The future of Australian democracy
Photo: Melody Ayres-Griffiths, flickr.com Erin Gear The shortcomings of representative democracies are becoming increasingly apparent in...
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- Jul 3, 2019
- 3 min
Adaptation to the Asian Century
Photo: Jorge Láscar, flickr.com Scott Reid In October 1895, Mr E. Jerome Dyer spoke to the Supper Hall of the Melbourne Town Hall....
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- Jun 29, 2019
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Cyberwarfare; the sinister transformation of traditional warfare
Photo: Casper Folsing, flickr.com Alysha Carter According to its 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment, cyber attacks present the greatest...
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- Jun 26, 2019
- 8 min
China's Bid to Becoming a Superpower or a Realistic Bid to Global Connectivity and Development?
Photo: World Economic Forum, flickr.com Anant Saria The incremental coverage and commentary on China’s technological advances, military...
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- Jun 17, 2019
- 9 min
China’s socioeconomic prospects: between a rock and a hard place
Photo: JERRYANG, flickr.com Krishna Tripathi Introduction While China has promoted export-led growth as part of its longstanding policy...
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- Apr 8, 2019
- 5 min
The Missing Queer
Photo: Ludovic Berton, Wikimedia Commons Finlay Spalding It is written in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights that every human...
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- Mar 26, 2019
- 6 min
Rule Brittania No More: Brexit at the Drop of a Hat
(Photo: UK Parliament, flickr.com) Mateo Bianchi Despite the anticipated looming 29 March 2019 deadline for the UK to enter the 21-month...
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- Mar 20, 2019
- 4 min
The Dichotomy of the India-China Relationship
Edward Wright The bilateral relationship between India and China is much like a two-sided coin. On one side, it is characterised by...
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- Mar 15, 2019
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Celebration and Unrest: The Two Sides to a Divided Iran
(Photo: Mohammad Jafari, Wikimedia Commons) Brodie McLaughlin On February 11, a mass of citizens lined the streets of Iran in order to...
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- Mar 12, 2019
- 4 min
Turkey's Local Elections: Referendum on Erdogan's Leadership
(Photo: kremlin.ru) Ibrahim Taha Turkish citizens will head to the polls for the local elections on March 31, the first time since the...
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- Mar 5, 2019
- 4 min
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire: Abandoning the INF Treaty Could Spark a Global Arms Race
Anant Saria After days of anticipation, President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Intermediate-Range...
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- Mar 1, 2019
- 5 min
The Similar but Distinct Professions of Politics and Diplomacy
Why a background in politics isn’t holistic preparation for the diplomatic service. (Photo: Premier of Alberta, flickr.com) Samuel Elsing...
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- Feb 26, 2019
- 5 min
Goals of the Second Trump-Kim Summit
Evan Freidin On February 27th, one of the most anticipated diplomatic events of 2019 will begin in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two-day summit...
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- Feb 12, 2019
- 4 min
Maduro's Second Term: a "Popular-Elected" Dictator Leads Venezuela to Isolation
Victoria Vargas On January 20th, Nicolas Maduro took office in a rather controversial ceremony. His second six-year term has had a rough...
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- Jan 30, 2019
- 6 min
A Week in the Life of an Embassy Intern
(Photo: Hannah Stenton) Hannah Stenton The Australian Embassy in Berlin is responsible for relations with Germany, Switzerland and...
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- Dec 5, 2018
- 5 min
ASEAN-EU FTA: Why Restart Negotiations Now?
(Photo: European External Action Service, flickr.com) Nanthini Sambanthan – Regional Content Writer, Southeast Asia On July 14 2018,...
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- Nov 22, 2018
- 5 min
State Compliance with the Non-Refoulement Principle: Regional Human Rights Instruments
Emily Forbes Since the inception of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (‘The Convention’), there has been much...
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- Nov 5, 2018
- 5 min
'Modicare' 101: India's Universal Healthcare Scheme
Faseeha Hashmi Health care in India has long been an expensive ordeal; however, the introduction of the National Protection Health Scheme...
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- Oct 8, 2018
- 5 min
The Three Stooges at the helm in Syria: an uncertain future
Neve Lynch As the leaders of Turkey, Iran and Russia descended on the Iranian capital of Tehran on September 7 to discuss a new round of...
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- Sep 11, 2018
- 4 min
The True Cost of Tariffs
Gregor Moodie Five months in and the trade war between the United States and China has shown no signs of abating as of late, with the...
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