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Women and violent extremism
Do women engage in terrorism for a cause or for the sake of violence? If recent reports are to be believed, Islamic State may be on the decline. After sowing chaos in the region with its deadly mix...
Revisiting country risk for Myanmar
**Will it be boom or bust for companies investing in a newly democratic Myanmar? ** After Myanmar’s 2015 elections, the international credit rating agency, Moody’s, initially issued a very positive...
South China Sea ruling a test for our patchwork global order
The arbitral tribunal convened under Part XV of the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention has found that China’s claimed historic rights in the South China Sea, enshrined in its nine-dash...
Breathtaking but counterproductive: the South China Sea arbitration award
Anthony Bergin wrote here on The Strategist that The Hague award in The Philippines v China arbitration case is a heavy defeat for Beijing. The award is breathtaking in its overwhelming support for...
Brexit shows the vandals aren't at the gates; they’re the ones in power
Political leaders who jettison facts undermine the very fabric of our democracies and threaten our future, writes Mathew Davies. In the run-up to Britain’s referendum on the EU, Michael Gove,...
Brexit serves as a warning to ASEAN
The lesson from the UK-EU split should not be one of smugness, but that regional cooperation only exists thanks to citizens’ permission. For decades the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN...
South China Sea: After the Hague ruling, what's next?
Two scenarios are possible: China ignores the ruling and carries on as before. Or an irate Beijing escalates the tension in the region, calling Washington’s bluff. Any day now the Permanent...
ANU ranked number one in Australia for politics and international studies
The latest world subject rankings have strengthened the ANU position as among the best universities of the world and the top university in Australia. These rankings include...
Multilateralism in the post-hegemonic world: why the global power shift to Asia matters to the African union
Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy (APCD) Director, Dr Jochen Prantl recently travelled to Africa to deliver a series of major addresses on why the global power shift to Asia matters to the African...
China, Australia and the US rebalance?
Australia enters China’s strategic landscape because of its role as a close military ally of the US. It’s seen by many inside China as the ‘southern anchor’ of America’s alliance system in the Asia–...
