Valerie Amos: 'academic freedom and freedom of speech must be protected and respected'
Sep 15, 2016 06:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This is an extract from a speech made by Valerie Amos for the Menzies Oration on Higher Education at the University of Melbourne on September 14, 2016. You will be aware of the student movement linked to the...
With 10,000 Syrian refugees resettled in the US, are more on the way?
Sep 15, 2016 02:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
On Sept. 12, a new cease-fire took effect in Syria. With a lull in fighting, some are hopeful for an end to the nations ongoing civil war. Yet, even if the war ends soon, rebuilding the country will take time. As many...
Putin, IS and military preparedness: Six essential reads
Sep 09, 2016 10:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
Editors note: The following is a collection of archival stories related to military preparedness, combating IS and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This week, presidential candidates Democrat Hillary Clinton and...
With Uzbekistan's dictator dead, Russia seeks to extend its influence
Sep 09, 2016 10:34 am UTC| Insights & Views
The death of Islam Karimov, a dictator who ran Uzbekistan since its creation a quarter-century ago, has kicked off a new round of geopolitical competition in Central Asia. Despite the rise of China in the region, Russia...
Global Geopolitical Series: Tensions rise between America and Philippines
Sep 06, 2016 07:38 am UTC| Commentary
Philippines new president Rodrigo Duterte triggered a diplomatic riftwhen he cursed President Obama and called him a son of a whore, after receiving weeks of criticism over his war on drugs, in which around 2000 people...
What next for British border controls in Calais?
Sep 03, 2016 11:17 am UTC| Insights & Views
During the EU referendum campaign, David Cameron suggested that Britains border control in France might not survive Brexit. Now, with an upturn in the number of irregular migrants in the Calais area, there is growing...
What the G20 is doing – and why it matters
Sep 03, 2016 10:14 am UTC| Insights & Views
As the leaders of the worlds 19 biggest economies and the European Union meet in the beautiful southern Chinese city of Hangzhou for the culmination of Chinas year at the helm of the G20, it pays to ask exactly what theyre...