An edited extract of remarks by the National President of the AIIA, Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA, at a farewell for Melissa Conley Tyler at the National Office, 21 March 2019.

Melissa Conley Tyler is director of Diplomacy at Asialink at the University of Melbourne. She was national executive director of the Australian Institute […]

AIIA National Executive Director Melissa Conley Tyler was interviewed by Natalie Sambhi on Blogging Heads TV’s Foreign Entanglements . […]

Melissa Conley Tyler, National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, responds to delegate presentations during the […]

National Executive Director (2006 – 2019)   Melissa H. Conley Tyler served as National Executive Director of the Australian Institute of International Affairs […]

In Australia, there’s been commentary this month about the frosty state of relations with New Zealand. The thing I’m most surprised about is the surprise.

Welcome to the fourth annual International Women’s Day special edition of Australian Outlook! International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women, acknowledge the specific challenges women face, and think critically about the ways in which these challenges can be addressed.

International relations are more than just government. With relations between Canberra and Beijing at a stalemate, the story of AFL team Port Adelaide’s audacious push into China reminds us of the choice between insularity and international engagement.

Over the past 15 years, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has grown from a grassroots movement to a major international coalition. The success of ICAN in turning the Nuclear Ban Treaty into a reality shows the power of non-state diplomacy.

Should we be worried about politicisation of Australia’s foreign policy and security? It’s never been a politics-free zone, but there is a dangerous populism entering the debate.

The Australian government had originally planned to release a long-term international development policy, but COVID-19 derailed this. Instead it was decided to release a policy for the next two or so years covering the COVID-19 crisis and aftermath.