AI in Asia: Challenges and opportunities
In today’s information age, artificial intelligence has made a name for itself as a futuristic agent that will take away jobs and leave the planet… Read More
Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Will Indonesia act to end legal child marriage?
It’s hoped a ruling last month by the country’s Constitutional Court (MK) will lead to an end to child marriage in Indonesia where one in… Read More
Why the Quad won’t ever be an Asian NATO
The most recent meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Singapore last November suggests that the US,… Read More
Understanding the climate change challenge: Lessons from the Pacific
The Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP) leads Griffith University’s research into climate change adaptation and mitigation. As climate change issues cut across many… Read More
Can the Quad navigate the complexities of a dynamic Indo-Pacific?
The past year has seen the revival of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, a mechanism which enables dialogue between four major democracies within the Indo-Pacific region,… Read More
Australia should brace for a volatile year in foreign policy in 2019
By the end of 2019 we should be able to assess how Australia is travelling with the grand plan laid out in the 2017 Foreign… Read More
Israel embassy issue costs Australia’s farmers
What’s really at stake in the stand-off between Canberra and Jakarta over the potential relocation of the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv… Read More
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC): Legacies, law, and peoples
Multiple consequences of the violence and conflict that engulfed Cambodia during and surrounding the Khmer Rouge regime (1975-1979) continues to be experienced. The Cambodian Government… Read More
Leadership and regionalism in South East Asia – with Dr Marty Natalegawa
As 2018 draws to a close, Australia’s relationship with Indonesia could not be more important. Although the approach — from both sides — doesn’t always… Read More
Regional wrap
The last fortnight witnessed the most coherent manifestation of what’s being touted as the new cold war between the US and China that is likely… Read More