All keynote, opening and closing speeches, and select panels from the 2024 AIIA National Conference are now available. Choose the format that best suits you. This week in Australian foreign affairs: ...

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Marles and Wong in UK for 14th Australia-UK Ministerial Consultations (AUKMIN); aid for search and rescue efforts provided to Vanuatu following the Port Vila ...

The Pacific is , as former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described in 2018, a region where “we have special responsibilities” and where “we are connected as members of a Pacific family . ” ...

Australia needs strategic reindustrialisation. The days of secure supply chains and geopolitical stability have begun to erode, and Australia is without a plan. Australia is at a crossroads, where the ...

Competing development models in the Indo-Pacific highlight tensions between US-led openness and China’s revisionist socialism. Their impact on regional stability and the potential for cooperation ...

Sudan’s peaceful transition was cut short by the eruption of a devastating war in April 2023. Too many peace initiaitves however have proved counterproductive, and what is needed is far from being ...

Ian Lincoln has been president of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, New South Wales, since December 2017. He was vice president from 2015 to 2017 and a member of the AIIA NSW council ...

Assad’s fall has dismantled Iran’s Axis of Resistance, severing critical ties to Hezbollah and undermining Tehran’s regional ambitions. Can Iran adapt to a redefined Middle East where its influence is ...

Ukraine faces mounting challenges as battlefield victory becomes unlikely, with Donald Trump’s proposed “peace plan” offering a ceasefire based on territorial concessions. While Russia’s ...

You can watch keynotes, opening and closing remarks, and select panels on YouTube. The playlist for the conference is available here. Make sure you like and subscribe to our channel, AIIAVision! The ...

Australia’s proposed social media ban for those under 16 aims to protect youth mental health but risks unintended consequences. International examples show that restricting access to mainstream ...