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07 August 2008

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75th Anniversary National Conference 7 - 8 August 2008, Melbourne

The Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is hosting a National Conference to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Institute’s foundation as a national organisation. This historic occasion will bring together those with an interest in international issues from a variety of areas including government, diplomacy, academia, NGOs, cultural organisations and the wider community.

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Dreaming of an Asian EU
Binoy Kampmark
It is hard to envisage: a seamless political and economic area in the Asia-Pacific region, where mobility is assured and military and trade interests are bound by genuine agreement. In short, something akin to the European Union, an order established by the Maastricht Treaty. Read more

SELECTED Stories

Retrospective

Chinese ghost story
Rory Medcalf 26-Feb-2008

Last year a four-headed apparition strayed into the halls of Asia-Pacific diplomacy, then abruptly vanished. What on earth happened to the quadrilateral?

Green growth
13-Dec-2007
The world is tilting back towards Kyoto, but the cleaner, greener world it promises will arrive in fits and starts. Now we've joined, can we lead the region to low carbon prosperity?

Bank on change
Adele Ferguson 15-Oct-2007

Despite claims to the contrary, the four pillar policy is already dead.

Photo essay: The night raiders
Sean Hobbs 15-Oct-2007

The Australian military in Afghanistan has seen some of the worst fighting since Vietnam.

Most read

Smash and grab
The Diplomat Analytic Unit 18-Jun-2008
Global commodity shortages are driving a wave of nationalist policy and the international system looks vulnerable.

Hot to bot
Sholto Macpherson 18-Jun-2008
As cyber warfare heats up, governments and militaries are going on the offensive.

Gulf club
The Diplomat Analytic Unit 18-Jun-2008
A new Middle East common market is emerging despite only scattered economic modernisation.

Hat tricks
Ben Bohane 18-Jun-2008
The Tibetan resistance movement continues behind closed borders.

Master of the universe
John Garnaut 18-Jun-2008
Consternation has taken hold of Asian capitals as they square off against Australia's potential resource titan.

In THIS ISSUE

Agenda

Smash and grab
The Diplomat Analytic Unit
Global commodity shortages are driving a wave of nationalist policy and the international system looks vulnerable.

Master of the universe
John Garnaut
Consternation has taken hold of Asian capitals as they square off against Australia's potential resource titan.

Carrying the load
Norman Friedman
Australian supply chains into the region may need more muscle.

Remote control
Adele Ferguson
Sovereign wealth fund money, which exceeds $7.8 trillion, are emerging as one of the most powerful clandestine forces shaping equity markets and company strategy.

Frank talking
Anastasia Kapetas
Francis Fukayama, America's modern oracle, still sees the light on the hill.

Global Economy

A question of interest
Philippa Malmgren
As Sharia restrictions on Gulf funds increase, local monies and a new gold exchange are driving unprecedented growth.

Business Survey

Gulf club
The Diplomat Analytic Unit
A new Middle East common market is emerging despite only scattered economic modernisation.

Currency moves
The Diplomat Analytic Unit
Record high oil prices are testing the resolve of the GCC to maintain its dollar pegs.

Making the grade
Sholto Macpherson
Australia is well positioned to tap education dollars flowing from the oil boom.

Review

Hat tricks
Ben Bohane
The Tibetan resistance movement continues behind closed borders.

Regulars

Australian Interest
Peter Hartcher
New figures suggest the war on terror is being won, despite the war on terror.

Lilliput
Adele Ferguson
The Rudd government's new infrastructure fund is a goldmine for some of Australia's most globalised firms.

Diversions

Globetrotter
Dominic Rolfe

Transfer Lounge

Once bittern, twice shy
Aaron Timms
Could Chinese English be a sign of rapproachment between the languages?

Out now

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Other Stories

Lords of Kabul
Janaki Bahadur
The Afghan capital is in the grip of graft, drugs and deadly rivalries.

Hot to bot
Sholto Macpherson
As cyber warfare heats up, governments and militaries are going on the offensive.

Neo neo con
Nick Bryant
As McCain's foreign policy emerges from the shadows, has he been captured by the neocons?

In name only
Mehdi Chebil
Religious and secular forces are clashing over a future Israeli constitution.

Without a trace
Bronwyn Curran
Tracing the forcibly disappeared is emerging as a major test of where power really lies in Pakistan's new political order.

Geek valley high
Brad Howarth
For all the talk of rising tech giants like China and India, the money is still pouring into Silicon Valley.

Staple stoush
Bob Herrera-Lim
High commodity prices are here to stay and Asian political leaders will need new policies if they are to survive.

Beyond Dubai
Sholto Macpherson
Doing business in the Gulf needs a deft touch when it comes to Arab sensitivities.

Settling the issue
Thomas Cliff
Determined immigration and development have pacified the Uyghur people.