Events

New Members Evening

Les Rowe, Acting President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria, has pleasure in inviting you to attend our first New Members and Prospective Members Networking Evening to be held at the AIIAV ...

Location: Dyason House
Time/Date: Thursday, 23 February 2012 5:45 PM to Thursday, 23 February 2012 7:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA Victoria
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AIIA - WA Club Luncheon

Australia-India Relations: Media and Strategic Dimensions

The Australian Institute of International Affairs, together with WA Club and the Australian-India Youth Dialogue, is proud to welcome Mr Rishi Suri to speak on "Australia-India Relations: Media and Strategic ...

Location: The Western Australian Club
Time/Date: Monday, 27 February 2012 12:15 PM to Monday, 27 February 2012 2:00 PM
Hosted by: The WA Club, AYID & AIIA WA Branch
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The Arms Trade Treaty: Towards binding standards for conventional arms transfers

Ambassador Roberto Garcia Moritan: Argentina’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York

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 ...

Location: Stephen House, Canberra
Time/Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 12:30 PM to Tuesday, 28 February 2012 2:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA ACT
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Book Launch and Talk - Dr Ian Austin

Branch Meeting

Investments in Australia by Asian State Owned Enterprises and Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments: Impact on Australian Political Economy. Ian Austin is a researcher at Edith Cowan University. He has recently edited two books ...

Location: St Catherine’s College
Time/Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 6:00 PM to Tuesday, 28 February 2012 8:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA WA Branch
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An American Melodrama

The Presidential campaign in 2012

The AIIA NSW is holding this important event precisely one week ahead of Super Tuesday, normally the date when the largest number of primaries take place, providing a clear indication of ...

Location: The Glover Cottages, Sydney
Time/Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 6:00 PM to Tuesday, 28 February 2012 7:30 PM
Hosted by: Australian Institute of International Affairs, Sydney
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South Sudan - The Building of a New State

Mr Peter Run

For 55 years, the black African population of South Sudan – consisting of Christians and traditional believers – resisted the Arab-Muslim dominated state that emerged after decolonization.  In 2011, the nine million South Sudanese successfully ...

Location: Harris Terrace, Brisbane
Time/Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2012 6:00 PM to Tuesday, 28 February 2012 6:30 PM
Hosted by: AIIA Qld
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India Today: Relations with Australia and the Region

Mr MJ Akbar, Editorial Director, 'India Today'

With a population of 1.2 billion people and a rapidly developing economy, India seeks to play an increasingly significant role in the international community.  Traditionally focussed on its relations with its neighbours, India has more recently ...

Location: Dyason House
Time/Date: Thursday, 01 March 2012 5:30 PM to Thursday, 01 March 2012 7:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA Victoria
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Rethinking Policy on Asylum Seekers and Migration

Come and hear John Menadue AO

Australia’s policy on asylum seekers and immigration generally is a mess. Yet it can be argued - and indeed has been acknowledged - that over the last century, immigration policy has made the principal contribution to ...

Location: The Glover Cottages, Sydney
Time/Date: Tuesday, 06 March 2012 6:00 PM to Tuesday, 06 March 2012 7:30 PM
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Microfinance: The Answer to Poverty Eradication and Women’s Empowerment?

Ms KC Ranjani, India Director, Opportunity International Australia

Presentation to commence at 5.50pm.       Over the last forty years, microfinance has been a growing movement in international development.  Primarily focused on women in low-income countries, it offers a ...

Location: Dyason House
Time/Date: Thursday, 08 March 2012 5:30 PM to Thursday, 08 March 2012 7:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA Victoria
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Countdown to a Nuclear Iran

Can and will Israel strike?

There is no international consensus on how close Iran is to having a usable nuclear weapon. Attempts by the IAEA inspectors to visit a key site in Iran recently were re-buffed again, leaving the inspectors 

Location: The Glover Cottages, Sydney
Time/Date: Wednesday, 14 March 2012 6:00 PM to Wednesday, 14 March 2012 7:30 PM
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From Crisis to Salvation – Can Mario Monti save Italy?

Professor Pasquale Sgro, Deakin University

Event will commence at 5.50pm. The deep-set problems in Italy are at the heart of the euro-zone’s financial crisis – and there is now no other word than crisis for the current trauma.  Despite having the euro-zone’s third largest ...

Location: Dyason House
Time/Date: Thursday, 15 March 2012 5:30 PM to Thursday, 15 March 2012 7:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA Victoria
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Iran's steady rise towards Middle East hegemony

Egypt in distress, Syria in civil war, what next?

Since the Chinese and Russian veto of the UN Security Council Resolution on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s regime, the Syrian leader has redoubled the military assault on his opponents, ignoring any distinction between civilians and armed rebels, and ...

Location: The Glover Cottages, Sydney
Time/Date: Tuesday, 20 March 2012 6:00 PM to Tuesday, 20 March 2012 7:30 PM
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On the Edge of a Nuclear Crisis

Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi, Foundation for Defence of Democracies, Washington DC

The presentation will commence at 5.50pm. With every passing month of bluff and bluster, Iran is edging closer to developing a nuclear arsenal that would change forever the strategic equation in the greater Middle East and trigger a new arms ...

Location: Dyason House
Time/Date: Thursday, 22 March 2012 5:30 PM to Thursday, 22 March 2012 7:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA Victoria
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Rediscovering Foreign Policy

Branch Meeting

Dr Ric Smith AO PSM

Location: St Catherine’s College
Time/Date: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 6:00 PM to Tuesday, 27 March 2012 8:00 PM
Hosted by: AIIA WA Branch
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Humanitarian Negotiations Unveiled

In the front line with Médecins Sans Frontières

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders), is at the front line of international conflict and politics. While focused on helping and healing those whose very survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, it is also ...

Location: The Glover Cottages, Sydney
Time/Date: Tuesday, 27 March 2012 6:00 PM to Tuesday, 27 March 2012 7:30 PM
Hosted by: AIIA in Sydney
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