The Dalai Lama's Succession Plans Could Move Beijing to Talks Stratfor 11 September 2014 Summary A recent statement by the Dalai Lama that he might abandon the tradition of having his successor chosen by the traditional process […] Read More
Issues Brief Colin Chapman 09 September 2014 President Barack Obama is planning to set out a strategy for containing and defeating the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, in a […] Read More
Can the Islamic State Expand into Indonesia? Andrew Manners 02 September 2014 With the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIL, attracting extremists across Indonesia, there are growing fears that the group could revitalise the militant […] Read More
Medieval War Crimes in Iraq and Syria Colin Chapman 21 August 2014 The medieval public beheading of an American journalist by an apparently British jihadist has reignited a sense of indignation about the need to […] Read More
Issues Brief Colin Chapman 11 August 2014 The good news is that there is a new 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza. But newspapers have carried pictures of the seven-year-old Australian son […] Read More
Issues Brief Colin Chapman 08 August 2014 The Middle East continues as a major focus of concern, although the emphasis has shifted to Iraq and Syria as a result of […] Read More
The End of Consensus Politics in China John Minnich 08 August 2014 Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is the broadest and deepest effort to purge, reorganize and rectify the Communist Party leadership since the […] Read More
Issues Brief Colin Chapman 04 August 2014 Both in the case of the confrontation in eastern Ukraine, and in the battle between Israel and Hamas, there appears to be a […] Read More
Issues Brief Colin Chapman 04 August 2014 Both in the case of the confrontation in eastern Ukraine, and in the battle between Israel and Hamas, there appears to be a […] Read More
The Failure of Economics to Foster Israeli-Palestinian Peace 30 July 2014 By Eliyahu Kamisher In recent weeks the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached another boiling point. Three Israeli teens: Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach […] Read More
The Zapatista Movement: The Fight for Indigenous Rights in Mexico 30 July 2014 By Iker Reyes Godelmann On 1 January 1994, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), an indigenous armed organisation, […] Read More