The international response to the crisis in Libya in 2011 was remarkably quick and decisive.  Where many other cases of mass atrocity crimes have failed to generate sufficient and timely political will to protect civilians at risk, the early ...

Christopher Lamb has been involved particularly through the work of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), in the development and promotion of 'humanitarian diplomacy' - defined as persuading decision ...

UPDATE: This event has moved to the Brisbane Irish Club, 175 Elizabeth St. A panel comprised of academic experts and students will debate fundamental questions of the international order. This is your opportunity to ...

  On 24 April the Queensland Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs ...

Australia’s international education can serve a role as public diplomacy, essentially engaging and influencing public audiences, in a way that progresses Australian foreign policy priorities and ultimately, national interests. Positive experiences ...

What are the key international relations lessons to emerge from the attempts to alleviate Europe’s banking and economic crisis? This presentation will focus on Europe’s new Fiscal Compact Treaty, which seeks to impose common budgetary ...

Solomon Islands has received about $2bn in Australian aid since 2003, but what is there to show for it? Australia leads the Regional Assistance Mission (RAMSI) that ended the country's bloody civil conflict. Apart from a few riots, one for ...

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 ...

The Australian casualty toll in Afghanistan is rising. Polls say that 60 per cent of Australians think our troops should come home now. But the Federal Government says our Diggers will be in Afghanistan until 2014. Should we stay or should we go? This is ...

The adoption of Resolution 1973 in March this year, authorizing intervention in Libya, represented the first time that the UN Security Council had authorized military intervention in a functioning and non-consenting sovereign state for the purpose of ...

Australia is a founding member of the United Nations and has been a member of the Security Council of several different occasions since 1945. It was last a member of the Council in 1986-87 and is now seeking a place on the Council for 2013-14. Dr Trood ...

NOTE: Postponed from 9 August. Greg Sheridan, The Australian's foreign editor, is the most influential foreign affairs analyst in Australian journalism.

Public diplomacy has been touted in recent years as a diplomat's tool of choice - engaging with wide public audiences to enhance national reputation and progress foreign policy outcomes. By its very nature, public diplomacy challenges the ...

Legislation for Australia's clean energy future is expected to be introduced into Parliament in the week commencing 12 September. Bond University Adjunct Professor Damien Lockie will present members of the AIIA and guests with a comparative analysis of ...

Registration is essential for this event.  Please register online using this form as soon as possible.  When Harris Terrace capacity is exceeded, we will try ...

Since the beginning of 2011 the world has witnessed popular uprisings against long-standing regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). To date this ...

Since the beginning of 2011 the world has witnessed popular uprisings against long-standing regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). To date this has resulted in the toppling of the Tunisian president Ben Ali and Egyptian president Hosni ...

Today we live in the information age where the power of information and its supporting technology has transformed the way we think, act and live. There are very ...

His Excellency Mr David Daly Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union in Australia will address our first meeting in May. The Ambassador will discuss the topic of “The State of the European Union: Sovereign Debt ...

Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich will speak at Harris Terrace on Tuesday the 5th of April on 'The Australia/US Relationship'.  There will be a significant question and answer component to this presentation, rather than a simple address. Jeffrey ...

With a focus on key global challenges facing Australia and Australian diplomacy in particular, DFAT Queensland State Director John Michell will examine the underlying reasons giving rise to global challenges facing Australia and describe the ...

Please note: This event will be held at the Brisbane Irish Club (175 Elizabeth St).  We will be having drinks from ...

Clarification: This event was originally listed to start at 7pm.  It actually starts at 6:30pm, with drinks available from 6pm. ...

Clarification: This event was originally listed to start at 7pm.  It actually starts at 6:30pm, with drinks available from 6pm.  We apologise for any inconvenience. Assessing North Korea’s intentions—and its ...

David Forde was born and educated in Dublin, Ireland and has lived in Australia since 1992. He is employed in the ...

Tom Switzer is a research associate at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney where he also teaches undergraduate courses in American politics and Australian political and diplomatic history. He is also editor of The ...

In a famous article published in Foreign Affairs in 1999, Gerald Segal asked: “Does China Matter?”. His answer was that China mattered, but not in the way that Westerners often think it does, and – more importantly – not as ...

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His Excellency Dr Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Thai Ambassador to Australia Before ...

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Piracy has always been a threat to maritime security and in past years the Malacca Straits have been regarded as the epicentre for pirate activity. However the dramatic increase in pirate activity in waters off the long Somali coastline in 2007/2008 has ...