Ruth Pearce served as a career diplomat. She held senior positions with the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra, including as assistant secretary of the public diplomacy branch and head of the ...

Joining the AIIA keeps you at the forefront of international affairs with a diverse range of presentations on current events and thematic topics of global, regional, and Australian interest. The ACT ...

Recent climate change and urbanisation have increased the risk of more severe disasters. In particular, the Indo-Pacific is ...

The third cohort of the Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network has completed a study tour through Fiji and New Zealand, examining ...

Stalin once posited, “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ...

As the US and its partners race to counter China’s grip on critical minerals, Australia and its allies risk mistaking ...

Australia’s mobilisation of its ‘amplified middle power diplomacy’ has been a feature as of late, with new agreements signed ...

Russia’s championing of SCO enlargement was never really about building a stronger bloc — it was about diluting China’s ...

Heather Smith has had 20 years’ experience in the Australian Public Service at leadership levels covering economic, industry, innovation, communications, resources, foreign affairs, national security, ...

Membership of the Australian Institute of International Affairs NSW (AIIA NSW) gives access to the pre-eminent public network of expert knowledge on international affairs in Australia. To gain a ...

On October 6, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met in Canberra to sign a historic bilateral Security agreement, the ‘Pukpuk Treaty, the ...