America’s new alliance management
PETER LAYTON | The Trump administration has embraced a new, reductionist approach to managing its alliances. James Mattis, on his first visit to Europe as… Read More
2017
Negotiating for water resources – bridging transboundary river basins
ANDREA HAEFNER | Dr Andrea Haefner, an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Griffith Asia Institute, recently published a book focusing on transboundary river… Read More
Nepal’s comprehensive peace agreement: human rights, compliance and impunity a decade on
RENÉE JEFFERY | In November 2006, the Government of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist signed a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) designed to… Read More
A gendered human rights analysis of Ebola and Zika: locating gender in global health emergencies
SARA E DAVIES AND BELINDA BENNETT | Globally gender remains a key factor in differing health outcomes for men and women. This article analyses the… Read More
Australian airpower’s tough South China Sea challenge
PETER LAYTON | The RAAF is in the midst of a large-scale replacement program but the strategic goalposts have just changed mid-game. Two major events… Read More
A strategic focus for Canada-Australia security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
PETER LAYTON | Canada and Australia are remarkably alike in many areas. It was no surprise that Prime Minister Stephen Harper in addressing the… Read More
A war against drugs or democracy?
‘The Philippines is a fascist state in all but name only’ according to leading Philippines’ academic Professor Walden Bello speaking at the recent Philippines project… Read More
Trade, security ties and engaging the Indonesian diaspora – what you need to know about Widodo’s Australia visit
Officials from both Canberra and Jakarta must have been privately relieved last night. The first official visit to Australia by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”)… Read More
Why Australia and Japan need a Plan B
MICHAEL HEAZLE AND ANDREW O’NEIL | Concern over the possible decline of US power and the resilience of its commitment to underwriting security in… Read More
A poem and the politics of high imperialism
MICHAEL WESLEY | Michael Wesley takes a look at a new book by Andrew Selth and the story of how a poem by Rudyard Kipling… Read More
