The Abe Push Behind the Australian Sub Deal By Professor Aurelia George Mulgan 19 March 2015 If Japan’s submarine agreement with Australia goes ahead, this deal could signal an inseparable security relationship between Australia, Japan and the US. In July 2014, […] Read More
Cyclone Pam: The Pacific Needs a Climate Insurance Scheme Jeff McGee, Liam Phelan and Neil Holbrook 19 March 2015 A risk pooling mechanism may enhance the resilience of Pacific Island countries facing natural disasters. Severe tropical Cyclone Pam, which devastated Vanuatu on […] Read More
Overcoming the Australia–Indonesia Cultural Divide John McCarthy 15 March 2015 The probable executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, and Australia’s responses thereto, risk pushing the Australia–Indonesia relationship into another downturn. Fifteen years […] Read More
Israel, Iran, and the Bomb By Emeritus Professor Ramesh Thakur FAIIA 13 March 2015 Israel and the US agree on stopping Iran from getting the bomb. But will leaving Tehran limited capability check or facilitate its bomb […] Read More
How Countries Could Come to a Global Climate Deal in 2015 Anita Talberg and Malte Meinshausen 12 March 2015 At the end of this year, 196 countries from around the world will meet in Paris for the first attempt to reach a global deal […] Read More
The Ongoing Fallout from Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown Simon Avenell 11 March 2015 Four years after the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011, Japan’s leaders and citizens still face many complex challenges. Among these, none […] Read More
Pirates, Spies, Soul-stealers: Spirituality Transformed Shameem Black 09 March 2015 In the past decade the worldwide yoga industry has become a multi-billion-dollar business. Yet, ironically, the one country where yoga does not yet […] Read More
China and Myanmar: When Neighbours Become Good Friends Dai Yonghong 09 March 2015 China wants to keep its good relationship with Myanmar. But, because the major powers are also taking interest, China must work to make […] Read More
Ending Forced Child Marriage Empowers the World, Not Only Women Courtney Pelkowitz 05 March 2015 As International Women’s Day on 8 March 2015 approaches, child marriage remains one of the greatest challenges facing […] Read More
PM’s Lightning Trip Across “The Ditch” Alexia Jablonski 03 March 2015 Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s first official visit to New Zealand on 27 February 2015 involved economic and national security talks with New Zealand […] Read More
Modi’s BJP No Longer Invincible Purnendra Jain and Peter Mayer 03 March 2015 The tale of the recent February Delhi assembly elections shows how quickly political fortunes can decline. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party […] Read More