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28 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.

Dreaming of an Asian EU
Binoy Kampmark 07-Aug-2008
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.

In THIS ISSUE

Agenda

Web of receipts
Nick Bryant
Does Obama’s web fundraising really give power back to the people?

Is change in the heir?
Andrew Bacevich
The cult of the imperial presidency fosters outsized expectations of what the Most Powerful Man in the World ought to achieve.

The new oils of war
Sean Hobbs
>As the price of oil skyrockets, the US is being forced to invest in alternative fuels - some of which have serious side effects.

Fighting on empty
sean hobbs
Peak Oil will mean a big spend for the ADF.

Great expectations
Geoffrey Garrett

Change is coming but the next US President will be far less transformative than what the pageant of expectations would have us believe.

Correspondent

The isle seat
Saion Athelinas
If Alexander Downer is to solve the thorny problems in a divided Cyprus, his diplomatic skills will have to reach beyond just the Turks and the Greeks.

Shovel and sickle
Craig Skehan
Communist insurgents are holding a gun to the heads of mining companies hoping to strike it rich in the Philippines.

We have unity now
Ben Bohane

In his first ever interview, the newly elected leader of West Papua’s resistance, Commander Richard Yoweni, tells Ben Bohane that their struggle is entering a new era of unity after 45 years.

Global Economy

Sub-Saharan roulette
Roger Donnelly
Burgeoning business links between Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa – courtesy of the international resource boom – mean that the subcontinent now matters to both corporate Australia and Canberra. But the risks cannot be forgotten. Roger Donnelly and Ben Ford

The power of one
Kristen Le Mesurier
A prospective BHP-Rio merger has global commodities players spooked and now the EU is running the ruler over the merger as well.

Business Survey

Keeping your faculties intact
The Diplomat Analytic Unit

Australian education’s overseas search for profits reflects a changing strategy at home.

Review

Red star rising
Ben Bohane

Does the recent Maoist victory in Nepal herald a comeback for Communism across South Asia?

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

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