Sport and diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula
CAITLIN BYRNE | Sport, it would seem, has paved the way for limited but significant diplomatic success on the Korean Peninsula. The Pyeongchang Winter… Read More
Commentary
Diplomacy on the doorstep: Australia’s equivocal Indonesian relationship
With close to 300 million people, and a GDP that for the first time last year hit USD$1 trillion, Australia has been quick to take… Read More
Other peoples’ air power: Air power with Chinese characteristics
PETER LAYTON | Peter Layton’s series on other peoples’ air power has included an examination of Islamic State’s use of unmanned aircraft and the employment… Read More
Foreign policy: Charting Australia’s diplomatic future
CAITLIN BYRNE | In a rapidly changing world, the unveiling of the Foreign Policy White Paper, represents the closest thing the Turnbull government has… Read More
Technological change and the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper
In November 2017, the Australian government released its Foreign Policy White Paper to a flurry of interest and speculation as to how Australia will chart… Read More
Coral Bell and the ‘concert of powers’ problem
IAN HALL | The End of the Vasco da Gama Era is vintage Coral Bell: bold and trenchant, with plenty on which both academics… Read More
Reading between the lines of North Korea’s letter
PETER LAYTON | The Foreign Affairs Committee of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly has been busy sending open letters to various foreign parliaments. … Read More
Other peoples’ air power: Air superiority without fast jets
PETER LAYTON | Say ‘air superiority’ and people instinctively think of highly manoeuvrable aircraft, silk-scarfed fighter pilots, the Battle of Britain and perhaps Top… Read More
Commercial drones: Privatising air power
PETER LAYTON | In irregular wars, the state has traditionally had a monopoly on the use of air power. This has now been overturned. With the… Read More
Doklam, the diplomacy of anger, and the Sino-Indian standoff
IAN HALL | The ten-week standoff between Chinese and Indian troops in Doklam, in territory disputed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Bhutan,… Read More
