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01.21.2024
Australia's Regional Security: Keeping our Balance
Please join us at this special event at which our distinguished guest speaker Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC KC FASSA FAIIA will provide his insights on the evolution of Australia's regional security environment. He served as Australia's long term Foreign...
05.04.2023
Future Smart Foods and Global Food Security
At this event Professor Kadambot H.M. Siddique talked about Future Smart Foods and Global Food Security. Professor Siddique's PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here Asia and the Pacific continue to suffer from a high prevalence of malnutrition. An estimated 479 million...
04.16.2023
A Critical Juncture in the History of Pakistan
At our March Event, Professor Samina Yasmeen (AM) talked about how Pakistan is passing through a critical juncture in its history as an independent state. Since the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government led by Imran Khan was removed by a coalition led...
03.29.2023
Malaysia: First 100 Days of the Anwar Government - How Many More?
In partnership with AIIA Tasmania, AIIA WA was pleased to host a Webinar-only discussion on Malaysian politics following the elections held on 19 November 2022, which resulted in a hung parliament and a patchwork coalition led by long term opposition...
03.09.2023
The Outlook for International Relations in 2023
In December 2019 Australians were shocked by the "Forever Fires" that raged through 12 million hectares in Australia's South East. Since then, prospects that once seemed abstract have materialised in rapid succession: a global pandemic, massive floods, and the biggest...
02.14.2023
Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah
As our first event in 2023, in collaboration with the Forrest Research Foundation, we had the pleasure to host Dato' Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, until recently the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia talking to us about the evolution of politics...
11.24.2022
Professor Hugh White on The Future of US China Relations and What it Means for Australia
It is now clear that the fracture in US-China relations goes very deep. It is not driven by disagreements about trade, freedom of navigation, or even human rights. It is driven by fundamental and seemingly irreconcilable differences between Washington and...
10.04.2022
Australia’s image of itself and in the world – as seen by Kamahl
At this event, Kamahl shared, through a discussion with the AIIA WA President Brendan Augustin, his reflections and perspectives on how Australia's image of itself - and how others have seen us - has changed in the nearly 70 years...
08.26.2022
Book Launch: The Consul by Ian Kemish
As head of Australia's consular service, Ian Kemish played a central role in the nation's response to some of the most dramatic events of the early twenty-first century, including the September 11 attacks and the Bali bombings. He led the...
08.03.2022
Playing to win: Australian sports diplomacy in Asia
At our July event Robbie Gaspar and Chris Ciriello, two sportsmen who have been involved in sports at elite levels in Indonesia, Malaysia and India, shared their views on Australian sports diplomacy Australia's recognition as a sporting nation has delivered soft...
07.14.2022
Global Citizen in the Age of the Pandemic
More than a decade ago, Michael Sheldrick helped co-found an Australian initiative known as Global Citizen after being one of the first recipients of the AIIA WA Bursary for Studies in Asia Program. In March 2020, at the request of the World...
06.29.2022
Timor-Leste: Twenty Years of Independence
At our May Event, AIIA WA hosted a panel discussion to mark the 20th anniversary of the independence of Timor-Leste. Less than 600km from Australia’s North, Timor-Leste has featured prominently in Australia’s foreign policy for many decades: from its annexation...
05.19.2022
Australia and India Trade and Economic Agreement: Moving the Dial?
On 2 April 2022, Australia and India signed the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI ECTA), after more than ten years of negotiations. In this event, Dr Jeffrey Wilson, one of Australia’s pre-eminent trade and investment policy experts, provides...
03.31.2022
Western Australia and Solar/Hydrogen with Professor Peter Newman AO
At our March event, Professor Peter Newman AO, an author of the next IPCC mitigation report, showed how producing solar energy and green hydrogen is likely to transform Western Australia’s economy in a geopolitically significant way. The slides used in...
03.03.2022
Australia’s Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics : A Discussion with Ian Kortlang
To start our 2022 program, the WA Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs hosted a discussion with Ian Kortlang who reflected on his 50 year career in the making of Australian foreign and domestic policy. From his first...
12.16.2021
The World in 2022 – Reasons to be Cheerful: Reflections of a Diplomat
At our traditional Christmas event we were pleased to have John R Goodlad as our end-of-year speaker. In this special lecture, John took his lead from the Ian Drury and the Blockheads song “Reasons to be Cheerful” expanded on what...
11.03.2021
Hong Kong‘s ”Real Return”: the decimation of one country, two systems with Dr Jie Chen
At our October event, Dr Jie Chen reviewed the tumultuous political transformation of Hong Kong after the 1997 handover from Britain to China. While Deng Xiaoping had pledged “one country, two systems” for the governance of the former British colony,...
09.29.2021
Submarines, Security, and Alliances with Hugh White, Susannah Patton, and Peter Dean
On 16 September the leaders of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announced the creation of an enhanced trilateral security partnership called “AUKUS”. Through AUKUS, the three governments reinforced their commitment to support each other’s security and defense...
09.29.2021
Cybersecurity with Dr Mohiuddin Ahmed
The internet was not designed with security in mind. People with malicious intent are taking full advantage of its openness to disrupt the activities of individuals, enterprises, and states. It is assumed that the cyber attack on the Australian Parliament...
09.01.2021
Space law, good governance, and advancing our space strategy with Professor Erica Techera
Innovative technological advances, new space actors, and ambitious strategies have drawn increasing attention to space and space-related activities. In Australia, focus has been sharpened further with the establishment of the Australian Space Agency and publication of the Australian Civil Space...
07.06.2021
The Return of Democratic Alliances with Professor Benjamin Reilly
A commitment to democratic values is becoming a new organising principle in international affairs. Major military (eg NATO), economic (eg OECD) and security (eg the Quad) groupings are increasingly promoted as alliances of liberal democracies, over and above their original...
04.07.2021
Human Traffic
After drug trafficking and weapons smuggling, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates human trafficking to be the third most profitable illegal business in the world. In many countries, it is the most profitable. The International Labour Organisation...
04.07.2021
Human Traffic
After drug trafficking and weapons smuggling, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates human trafficking to be the third most profitable illegal business in the world. In many countries, it is the most profitable. The International Labour Organisation...
03.08.2021
Lurching Toward Normalcy: Insurrection, Inauguration, Impeachment
Join us with Professor Gordon Flake to talk about what the transition from Trump to Biden means for Australia While we were watching the insurgency on Capitol Hill, the result of Georgia's runoff election turned that historically red state blue. With Democrat majorities in...
12.16.2020
AIIA WA Christmas Event with the Hon. Professor Stephen Smith
Australia's security since the end of WW2 has been underpinned by the alliance with the US. By the end of the Cold War the US was a hyperpower, presiding over a world where rules based order, economic globalisation, and democracy...
12.16.2020
Panel Discussion: Australian Trade after Covid-19
Australia is facing its worst trade outlook since the Great Depression. Covid-19 has caused a global economic recession. Lockdowns all over the world have constrained shipping and manufacturing. Global supply chains have been severely disrupted and will likely remain so...
12.16.2020
US Presidential Election 2020
At our October event, two prominent Americans living in Perth with an intimate knowledge of the US political system, Professor Gordon Flake and Robin McClellan, shared their insights into the coming election and what either outcome may have meant for the...
12.16.2020
Not Always Diplomatic: An Australian Woman's Journey through international affairs
This podcast is a recording of the launch of Not Always Diplomatic: An Australian Woman's Journey through international affairs, a book by Dr Sue Boyd. It was launched at The University Club of Western Australia by the Official Visitor of the Australian...
09.10.2020
The India-China conflict in the Himalaya: Cultures, Ecologies, Geopolitics
The recent violent clashes between India and China in Ladakh drew the world’s attention to a decades-old frozen conflict that is often neglected. The possibility of violent conflict though, is only one challenge facing the Himalayan region. In this presentation,...
07.28.2020
Academic Power Is Moving East with Tayeb Shah
The 21st Century is frequently forecast to be the Asian Century. The term is usually understood with reference to the rapid growth of the economies of China and India, and the increasing influence it affords them in international affairs. What is...
04.23.2020
The politics of pandemics: COVID19 and the international order
Professor Mark Beeson will discuss how the rapid spread of the coronavirus COVID19 is bringing about an equally rapid transformation in domestic and international politics. The preparedness of national health systems and the responses of political leaders around the world are...
03.11.2020
Back from the Barracks: Why Indonesia's Military Still Reigns Supreme
This presentation by Natalie Sambhi takes a socio-cultural look at why Indonesia wants, and might need, a politically active military. For twenty years, democracy in Indonesia saw the formal exit of the military from politics, the end of its independent business...
12.04.2019
Crisis in Yemen
The war in Yemen has been raging for more than 4 years with catastrophic outcomes for its people. Out of a population of 28 million, 24 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. Fifteen million of them are on the...
10.30.2019
Defending the Maritime Rules-Based Order: Perspectives from the Indo-Pacific
Maritime disputes are multifaceted. They include overlapping claims of sovereignty and jurisdiction, contests over freedom of navigation, island-building and militarization, and the use of ‘grey zone’ tactics to harass, intimidate and advance strategic interests. Maritime disputes have become highly visible...
10.01.2019
Australian soft power (and soft thinking) in the Indo-Pacific
Australia is a country with considerable, if under-utilised, reserves of soft power – the ability to achieve influence internationally via attraction rather than compulsion. In this presentation Professor Ben Reilly will discuss some claims regarding Australian soft power, including our...
09.04.2019
Beyond Trump
Donald Trump's election campaign has been described as 'explosive, populist, and polarising, and his direct to market use of social media has been unprecedented. His election signified a powerful rejection of establishment consensuses on trade, immigration, and other issues. And...
07.31.2019
Rethinking Global Governance
Mark Beeson provides an overview of the key issues and problems currently facing global governance and explains why international cooperation has become so difficult. Mark’s presentation is a snapshot of his new book, Rethinking Global Governance. The world currently faces a...
07.03.2019
Poverty and Development: Theory vs Reality
With reference to case studies in Africa and South East Asia, Dr Paul Schaffer challenges the theory of Export Oriented Industrialisation to show that successful development can be driven by strategies tailored to specific circumstances and that are directly focused...
06.05.2019
Midwifery in PNG: Making a world of difference
Sara David is a midwife and the founding CEO of Living Child Inc. She has been working in the Keram River area of East Sepik Province where, in recent decades, women have had little access to family planning, pregnancy and...
04.25.2019
Australia-Indonesia Politics and Trade : Indonesian Election and IA-CEPA
On 17 April 2019 up to 193 million eligible voters in Indonesia went to the polls. For the first time in Indonesian history, the president, the vice president and members of the local and national legislatures were elected on the...
03.21.2019
Professor Richard Whitman| Brexit: where next for the UK?
The UK plans to leave the European Union on 29th March 2019, nearly three years after a referendum vote in June 2016. Negotiating Brexit has been a major preoccupation for the UK over the last two years. It has caused...
03.21.2019
John West| Asian Century... on a Knife edge
In his recent book, "Asian Century … on a Knife-edge," John West questions the conventional wisdom that the 21st century will belong to Asia. He argues that in recent years many observers have succumbed to a case of “Asian-Century hype.”...
08.14.2018
Australia in the World, Episode 2: Elections in Pakistan and Cambodia, the new trilateral infrastructure investment fund, and how worried should Australia be about the United States?
In the second episode of the new Australia in the World podcast, AIIA National President Allan Gyngell and ANU academic Darren Lim discusses recent elections in Pakistan and Cambodia, a new trilateral investment fund announced by the United States, Japan...
07.27.2018
The rules-based international order with Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim
In a pilot episode of the forthcoming “Australia in the world” podcast, AIIA National President Allan Gyngell and the ANU's Dr Darren Lim discuss the rules-based international order and the priorities and challenges facing Australia as it seeks to shore up...
07.26.2018
The rules-based international order with Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim
In a pilot episode of the forthcoming “Australia in the world” podcast, AIIA National President Allan Gyngell and the ANU's Dr Darren Lim discuss the rules-based international order and the priorities and challenges facing Australia as it seeks to shore up...
04.06.2018
The Hon Kim Beazley on Bolton, Trump and the Indo-Pacific
On March 23, United States President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that he was removing H.R. McMaster as his national security advisor, and that John Bolton would take over on 9 April, 2018. Despite a heavily partisan caucus, all sides agree...
04.05.2018
The Hon Kim Beazley on Bolton, Trump and the Indo-Pacific
On March 23, United States President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that he was removing H.R. McMaster as his national security advisor, and that John Bolton would take over on 9 April, 2018. Despite a heavily partisan caucus, all sides agree...
01.26.2018
Dr Charles Miller on Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Increasing attention is being paid to the role public opinion plays in shapng foreign policy. Would US governments have remained in Vietnam, except for the humiliation of conceding defeat? How is the current American partisanship affecting the way Washington DC...
12.14.2017
Interview with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury
Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury is the former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (2002-2007) and is widely regarded for his work towards progress for the least developed nations and in particular championing the rights of women and children in conflict and post-conflict...
09.05.2017
Geraldine Doogue: Foreign affairs as water-cooler conversation
For her AIIA Fellow's Lecture, ABC Presenter Geraldine Doogue spoke to AIIA for WA about the consequences of foreign affairs becoming water-cooler conversation. The lecture was recorded by AIIA for WA council member, Flavia Zimmerman, and was edited by Adem Kerimofski from...

What's aiia about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

aiia episodes:

Australia's Regional Security: Keeping our Balance

Future Smart Foods and Global Food Security

A Critical Juncture in the History of Pakistan

Malaysia: First 100 Days of the Anwar Government - How Many More?

The Outlook for International Relations in 2023

Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Saifuddin Abdullah

Professor Hugh White on The Future of US China Relations and What it Means for Australia

Australia’s image of itself and in the world – as seen by Kamahl

Book Launch: The Consul by Ian Kemish

Playing to win: Australian sports diplomacy in Asia

Global Citizen in the Age of the Pandemic

Timor-Leste: Twenty Years of Independence

Australia and India Trade and Economic Agreement: Moving the Dial?

Western Australia and Solar/Hydrogen with Professor Peter Newman AO

Australia’s Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics : A Discussion with Ian Kortlang

The World in 2022 – Reasons to be Cheerful: Reflections of a Diplomat

Hong Kong‘s ”Real Return”: the decimation of one country, two systems with Dr Jie Chen

Submarines, Security, and Alliances with Hugh White, Susannah Patton, and Peter Dean

Cybersecurity with Dr Mohiuddin Ahmed

Space law, good governance, and advancing our space strategy with Professor Erica Techera

The Return of Democratic Alliances with Professor Benjamin Reilly

Human Traffic

Human Traffic

Lurching Toward Normalcy: Insurrection, Inauguration, Impeachment

AIIA WA Christmas Event with the Hon. Professor Stephen Smith

Panel Discussion: Australian Trade after Covid-19

US Presidential Election 2020

Not Always Diplomatic: An Australian Woman's Journey through international affairs

The India-China conflict in the Himalaya: Cultures, Ecologies, Geopolitics

Academic Power Is Moving East with Tayeb Shah

The politics of pandemics: COVID19 and the international order

Back from the Barracks: Why Indonesia's Military Still Reigns Supreme

Crisis in Yemen

Defending the Maritime Rules-Based Order: Perspectives from the Indo-Pacific

Australian soft power (and soft thinking) in the Indo-Pacific

Beyond Trump

Rethinking Global Governance

Poverty and Development: Theory vs Reality

Midwifery in PNG: Making a world of difference

Australia-Indonesia Politics and Trade : Indonesian Election and IA-CEPA

Professor Richard Whitman| Brexit: where next for the UK?

John West| Asian Century... on a Knife edge

Australia in the World, Episode 2: Elections in Pakistan and Cambodia, the new trilateral infrastructure investment fund, and how worried should Australia be about the United States?

The rules-based international order with Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim

The rules-based international order with Allan Gyngell and Darren Lim

The Hon Kim Beazley on Bolton, Trump and the Indo-Pacific

The Hon Kim Beazley on Bolton, Trump and the Indo-Pacific

Dr Charles Miller on Public Opinion and Foreign Policy

Interview with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury

Geraldine Doogue: Foreign affairs as water-cooler conversation