Regions

  • Candles for peace: Indian students protest outside Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station

    India-Australia Poll 2013

    The India-Australia Poll is a groundbreaking survey of Indian public attitudes towards Australia, with some surprising results. It reveals broadly positive views towards Australia, but lingering...

  • Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Rarotonga

    Big enough for all of us: geo-strategic competition in the Pacific Islands

    China's growing engagement in the Pacific Islands has fueled talk of great-power competition in the region.  But viewing China's activities in the region in geo-strategic terms is inappropriate...

  • India Poll 2013

    The India Poll 2013 is one of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on the attitudes of Indian citizens towards their future in the world.

    Key issues covered in the poll include:...

Publications

  • Two documentary trailers

    Approved for Adoption tells the story of Jung Henin, a Korean boy adopted by Belgian parents who becomes obsessed with Japanese pop culture. The story is told partly in live action and partly animated, and will screen at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival . Watch video The second...
    23 May 2013
    By
    Sam Roggeveen

  • NZ diplomacy: The budget buzz cut

    In what is becoming an annual ritual after the Australian budget for Foreign Affairs and Trade has been handed down , I take a look at how DFAT's New Zealand counterpart fared in its own budget-cut fest. The NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 'Estimates of Appropriations' usually make...
    23 May 2013
    By
    Alex Oliver

  • Reader riposte: Pro-American news bias

    Watch video Rob McKay responds to Sam Roggeveen's post about the Australian media's bias towards American stories : While no doubt there is a cultural bias and it is one of the main drivers for the amount of US news Australia gets, a supply aspect is also at play and the two are connected. Also it...
    23 May 2013
    By
    Guest blogger

  • Eight is enough: Iran's elections

    Iran's Guardian Council has stayed true to form, rejecting the vast majority of the 600 candidates who nominated to run in next month's presidential elections and approving just eight. The most contentious refusal was that of the former two-term president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , who held the...
    23 May 2013
    By
    Dr Rodger Shanahan

  • Thursday links: Indo-Pacific, Syria's drought, Myanmar, Arab Idol and more

    The breakout Palestinian star of this year's Arab Idol provides an irresistible metaphor for the Middle East peace process. Construction on the world's tallest building is due to start in China in June. Is it a folly, a trophy, or the future of green building ? Indo-Pacific : the far-reaching...
    23 May 2013
    By
    Sam Roggeveen

  • Bankers humbled in St Gallen

    Dr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen. The St Gallen Symposium, held annually at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland ( my report on the 2012 edition ) is smaller, more intimate and, thanks to its large student...
    23 May 2013
    By
    Guest blogger

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