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Between Two Worlds. Australian Foreign Policy Responses to New and Old Security Dilemmas
David Martin JonesOctober 23, 2005OP97

Australian foreign policy is entering an era of complexity and strategic uncertainty. Globalisation has spawned...

Alliance: The View from America
Dan Blumenthal, Doug Bandow, Kurt Campbell, Peter BrookesAugust 25, 2005OP96

The Occasional Paper aims to ‘de-parochialise’ the debate in Australia by asking how Americans think...

America and the World: The Crisis of Legitimacy
Robert KaganDecember 28, 2004OP93

America is suffering a crisis of international legitimacy. So where will it find it?  ...

Morality and Foreign Policy
Owen HarriesNovember 19, 2004OP94

Owen Harries explores the intellectual heritage of two opposing positions on morality in foreign policy;...

A Voluntary Free Trade Alliance: How to Overcome Hurdles in the Path of Traders and Investors
Wolfgang KasperSeptember 9, 2004IA52

This paper outlines and endorses a new initiative for a Global Free Trade Alliance that...

Why power is America’s weakness
July 26, 2004

Comparisons may be odious and analogies tricky, but they can be indispensable. Which ones are...

Jakarta’s Juggling Act: Balancing China and America in the Asia-Pacific
February 3, 2011

Indonesia, long thought of as a basket case, has emerged as one of the key...

Europe’s Painful Farewell: An Essay on the Decline of the Old World
Oliver Marc HartwichDecember 16, 2010IA123

Europe is a continent in crisis. The financial problems of many European economies became visible...

Empires on the Edge of Chaos: The Nasty Fiscal Arithmetic of Imperial Decline
Niall FergusonDecember 14, 2010OP118

In the 26th John Bonython lecture, Niall Ferguson, one of the world’s leading geo-economic thinkers...

After the Wall – Reflections on the Legacy of 1989
John Lee, Lee Duffield, Martin Krygier, Oliver Marc HartwichSeptember 8, 2010OP116

The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 brought the Cold War to an...

The importance of India: restoring sight to Australia’s strategic blind spot
John LeeNovember 5, 2009FPA2

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has invited leading politicians and opinion makers in the region to...

Why America will lead the ‘Asian Century’
John LeeAugust 19, 2009FPA1

The beginning of the end of America’s strategic primacy in Asia is commonly predicted. We...

Affirmative action policies in Malaysia prove costly
John LeeJuly 23, 2010

A battle is playing out in Malaysia that could well determine the future economic and...

Opaqueness at heart of Chinese military’s U.S. strategy
John LeeJune 10, 2010South China Morning Post

The Defense Ministers at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore began with US Defense Secretary...

A bailout that hurts the Germans but doesn’t help the Greeks
Oliver Marc HartwichMay 5, 2010Institute of Economic Affairs

After months of agonising discussions, European leaders have agreed on a “solution” for the Greek...

Europe’s China blindness
Oliver Marc HartwichMarch 18, 2010Business Spectator

‘I only say China, China, China’, the German Chancellor warned, and everybody knew what that...

No more hope or glory for Britain
Oliver Marc HartwichMarch 11, 2010Business Spectator

The last time the Bank of England had much reason to celebrate was on March...

Rudd seeks redemption from Susilo’s visit
John LeeMarch 10, 2010New Straits Times

The four-day visit by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Australia starting yesterday will cover...

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