We haven’t focused on diplomacy much in recent years.  As new challenges to national security preoccupied governments and commentators around the world, it seemed to fall out of fashion as a ...

Ambassador Chatty and Ambassador Metwally will describe the charateristics, causes and other factors associated with the revolution in their respective countries. They will discuss  the current situation and challenges during the present ...

Skype scandals, security council resolutions, women on the front lines, the first female Australian Prime Minister, dramatic accounts of violence against women in our region and the list goes on.  The issues of gender equality and women’s ...

What is the current situation in Syria one year after the uprising began? Professor Williams will examine the dilemma that faces Syrian President Bashar al-Assad today over the decision to ...

For 20 years, the US pursued a policy towards Burma that was bound to fail. The Obama Administration cannot take credit for the reform program launched by President Thein Sein in 2011, but its more nuanced approach placed ...

The AIIA ACT Branch apologies for any inconveniance. 

  Greg Cornwell AM presents a thought provoking, confronting, and at times controversial overview of matters around global population. Which according to Mr Cornwell is an important but  neglected issue; which for religious, social ...

Discussions on an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) began following a 2006 UN General Assembly Resolution and have intensified over the last three years. The aim of the negotiations is to agree on a legally binding treaty which establishes common ...

In the year 2000 the United Nations General Assembly agreed to work towards a set of Millenium Development Goals by 2015.  The year 2015 is now nearing and debate is beginning about what the MDGs have achieved to date, as well as what should ...

In less than three years, the international Coalition’s combat forces will have left Afghanistan.  In the lead up to that departure at the end of ...

Elephants in the Room – A Perspective on

Despite a strong commitment to and initiatives by Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to improve the historically poor bilateral relationship between India and Pakistan, progress remains slow and incremental.  India also has concerns ...

United Nations Day Dinner hosted by the UNAA ACT branch and AIIA ACT Branch You are invited to dinner in Canberra on UN Day:  Australia’s unique perspective at the United ...

In the lead up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth latter this month, the AIIA ACT and Royal Commonwealth Society/Commonwealth Roundtable are pleased to present a joint event looking at challenges and issues facing the ...

Please join us for a briefing on CHOGM by Mr Daniel Slope, the Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, in the Australian Embassy, Berlin. This is a free event.

In 2000 an Australian ...

Fear and Envy: Reflections on the Media and the State Mr Bruce Grant

AIIA ACT Branch Annual General MeetingThursday 18 August 2011, at 12.30pm, Stephen House, 32 Thesiger Court, Deakin ACT   Dear member,The AIIA ACT Branch Annual ...

Australia’s newest diplomatic relationship: The current status and future directions of Australia-South Sudan diplomacy

Current Challenges for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

Climate Change: Can the International Community Respond in Time?Howard Bamsey ...

H.E. Mr Sam Gerovich Ambassador to ...

Following our presentation to Jim of his richly deserved AIIA Fellow's Award, Jim will give a controversial presentation arguing that the American alliance increases risks to Australia's long term regional ...

In light of Julian Assange’s recently being awarded the Sydney Peace Prize AIIA ACT Branch Youth Committee warmly welcome members and non-members to attend an interactive panel discussion  

IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN

Dennis Richardson commenced as Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 13 January 2010.  Previously he had ...

Our three expert panellists will talk on the overall implications of the 2011 tsunami, the implications of relief operations for people’s daily lives, and whether a “new Japan” will emerge as a result of the tsunami. 

  The 10-member ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is the most dynamic and durable regional grouping in the ...

E-Diplomacy

Roundtable:

People Power in the Middle East – What’s Next? Matthew Gray, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, ANU Philip Eliason, Middle East business consultant he has worked for the Gadhafi ...

Women in the Workplace: Some International Perspectives, Caroline Millar, Former Australian Ambassador to the UN (Geneva), HE Susanne Shine, Ambassador of Denmark,  Virginia Haussegger, ABC ...

Mr Wilson will address the changes that have taken place in Myanmar since the November 2010 elections, how real those changes are, what changes have not occurred, and what could, or should, the international community be doing about this. ...

The Argentine Ambassador and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, HE Mr Pedro Villagra Delgado, will address members of AFTE and the AIIA on the institution of the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. The presentation will focus on the customary role ...

The British High Commissioner, HE Mr Paul Madden, will address the Institute on the subject of the UK Australia Relationship.  Mr Madden, who took up his post in Australia in January, looks forward to building upon the UK’s longstanding ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina traveled the road from being a daily issue before the UN Security Council to being a non-permanent member of that body in the 2010-2011 term. From having sixty thousand peacekeepers stationed in the country, Bosnia and ...

In his recent Quarterly Essay “Power Shift: Australia's Future between Washington and Beijing”, Hugh White has painted a stark picture of Asia's strategic evolution in the light of China's rise  and America's response, and what the resulting ...

Special Envoy is an impressive title, implying a direct channel of communication between heads of government on an issue of central importance.  No living Australian is better qualified to expound on the use of this explicitly special ...

Dr Larkindale, who is nearing the end of his term in Canberra, will provide reflections on the state of the “two government’s one system” that frame the Australia New Zealand relationship  The Australian colonies and New Zealand ...

Pakistan is a strategically important nuclear-armed nation of some 175 million people, located at the cross roads between South and Central Asia, and a neighbour of India, Afghanistan, Iran and China.  Pakistan is a key player in regional ...

Associate Professor Nathalie Nguyen, Principal Fellow at the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, will speak on the subject on the moral dilemma presented by the Vietnamese refugee crisis. The Vietnamese diaspora was produced by one of the ...

The ACT Branch of the AIIA and the University of Canberra International Studies program invite you to attend a presentation by Alison Chartres (AusAID) titled: Keeping the Promise: The 2010 Millennium ...

In collaboration with the ANU Japan Institute, the AIIA is delighted to host a forum on the new Democratic Party of Japan Government. Professor Rikki Kersten, Professor Jenny Corbett, Shun Ikeda and Yusaku Horiuchi will speak on the diplomatic, ...

A sophisticated system of human rights standards has developed internationally since 1948. The challenge for the international legal system is making these standards effective. Eighty per cent of states have ratified four or more of the human rights ...

Australia's co-sponsorship with Japan of the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Commission is but one of sign that we may be in a "policy moment" in relation to nuclear weapons. The intensification of nuclear ...

Following the AIIA ACT Branch 2010 AGM Adam Henry will give a presentation on the early role of the AIIA in Foreign Policy. The event is free for AIIA members and $10 fro non-members and guests.

Australia is due to become a member of the Asia-Europe Meeting, an organization that unifies some 45 Asian and European states.  However, the issue of Australia’s relations with this organization has not been debated in public.

"At least I am not boring. The election analyst who makes predictions is far more interesting than one who doesn't. And if I collect ...

Eighteen months into his appointment as South Africa’s Hugh Commissioner in Canberra, HE Mr Lenin Shope will touch on the bilateral relationship between his country and Australia, ...

The AIIA ACT Branch is pleased to provide Bill Farmer with an opportunity to reflect on his time in Jakarta and the state of one of Australia's most important bilateral ...

Emma Belcher, an Australian who will move  in September to a post-doctoral fellowship on nuclear security at the Council of ...

H.E  Mr Fernando de Mello Barretto, Brazilian Ambassador will answer question such as how has Brazil fared ...

 H.E. Mr Fernando de Mello Barreto, Brazilian Ambassador to Australia, "The Changing Face of Modern Brazil" The Brazilian Ambassador will answer question such as how has Brazil fared during the Global Financial ...

Please join us to hear what a visiting delegation of six young American political leaders (Republican and Democrat) have to say about the current state of politics in the U.S. as the President faces the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history ...

Please Join us for a presentation by Mr Robert Jackson, Assistant Director General, AusAID. By 2011 Australia will have a fully operational capability for the rapid deployment of trained civilian specialists to countries experiencing or ...

 Mr Robert Jackson, Assistant Director General, AusAID, will present on the topic "The Australian Civilian Corps: A New Dimension in Australia's International Assistance" Thursday 17th June, 12.30pm, Stephen ...

"A View from Perth: Australia and the Indian Ocean Rim" The Hon Julie Bishop, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Foreign Minister, 2nd June, 5:30pm, Stephen House We ...

The AIIA ACT Presents "A View From Perth- Australia on the Indian Ocean Rim"  a presentation by the Hon Julie Bishop MP, Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Foreign Minister.  

Louise Hand PSM Australian Ambassador for Climate Change The United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December 2009 is said to have been the largest intergovernmental conference in history. Over 30,000 ...

Professor Geoffrey Garrett, CEO of the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, will discuss the state of US foreign policy one year into Obama's presidency. Professor Garrett will discuss the progress Obama has made towards major US foreign policy ...

Please join the Youth committee of the ACT Branch for a presentation by Chief Justice Robert French entitled 'Interacting with Diversity: Australian Judges and Regional Courts. Refreshments will be served from 5:30pm with the presentation beginning at ...