New Research

Leveraging limited dollars

06 February 2012This paper will help philanthropic executives and trustees explore three innovative strategies to achieve greater results with their limited grant dollars.

Teaching with social media in classroom settings: Top ten practices from teachers around Europe

05 February 2012The “Teachers’ competition for social media use in formal language learning contexts” was created within the framework of the EU-funded network “Language learning and social media: 6 key dialogues”.

Two steps forward, one step back: Indonesia's arduous path of reform

31 January 2012Australia should be proactive in exploring new opportunities for cooperation with a reform minded Indonesia - it’s in our interests to draw Indonesia into a more important strategic role in regional security.

Europes foreign cultural relations

30 January 2012Cultural relations are the glue that holds alliances together. This report deals with the workings of international relations between the nations of Europe and the rest of the world.

Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio) Bill 2011

25 January 2012This proposes of this Bill is to digest and amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the BSA) with the aim of easing the regulatory burden on regional commercial radio broadcasters.

Immigration detention in Australia

23 January 2012The policy of mandatory detention in Australia (that is the legal requirement to detain all non-citizens without a valid visa) was introduced by the Keating (Labor) Government in 1992 in response to a wave of Indochinese boat arrivals.

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Asia

To 2012 and beyond: international assistance to police and security sector development in Timor-Leste

01 February 2012The failure of the United Nations to construct a police force in Timor-Leste has far broader implications in police building globally.

International issues

Tech trends 2012: elevate IT for digital business

07 February 2012This report examines trends in technology put to practical business use.

No quick fix for Australia’s future energy challenge

06 February 2012This report sets out the findings of the technology assessments and reviews the implications for government policy in terms of developing and deploying low emissions electricity technology.

Commentary

Is the East Asia Summit Rudd’s gift to the world?

17 January 2012The Summit's expansion is an underappreciated offshoot of Rudd's vision for an 'Asia Pacific community', writes Thom Woodroofe in Quarterly Access.

Is killing Taliban a good idea?

08 December 2011Intensified military activity has failed, argue John Braithwaite and Ali Wardak in Inside Story. It’s time for a ceasefire

How Labor finished Bush's uranium script

24 November 2011The debate over uranium exports to industry has ignored the most important argument of all, writes Andy Butfoy in Inside Story.

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Topic Guides

Good practice in transnational education: A guide for New Zealand providers

  • Christopher Ziguras
  • Education New Zealand Trust

25 August 2007Providing an introduction to good practice in ‘offshore' education, this 2007 guide draws on the international codes of practice, case studies of large-scale successful overseas programs and reports of quality assurance bodies.

ACCAN Guide to consumer rights and protection in the communications industry

09 November 2010This Guide highlights current consumer rights and protections in place in the communications industry in Australia and the debate around them.

Mechanisms for advancing women's human rights:

  • Australian Human Rights Commission

22 August 2011Aiming to assist women who have experienced human rights violations, and been failed by processes in Australia, this guide can be used to seek redress from international complaint mechanisms.

Audio

Waves of influence: Television drama as an instrument of soft power in Asia

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21 November 2011Sociologist Professor Chua Beng Huat explains how serial TV dramas have become a soft power currency traded among China, Korea, Japan and other countries in Asia.

Non-proliferation, disarmament and Australian security

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10 November 2011In recent years Australia has taken a leading role in national, regional and international non-proliferation and disarmament, in particular through the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in May 2010 and the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND). This seminar addresses three key themes in the relationship between national security and non-proliferation: the state of international non-proliferation regimes, Australia’s non-proliferation commitments, and consequent regional security issues.

Foreign policy

Video

Interview with Indonesian Ambassador Primo Alui Jolieanto

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06 October 2011This week marks the opening of the inaugural Australia-Indonesia Dialogue, a new  forum designed to enhance people-to-people and business-to-business linkage between the two countries. To mark the occasion, Pnyx Events Director Olivia Cable interviewed Ambassador Primo Alui Joelianto about the state of Australia-Indonesia relations in the 21st century.

Prime Minister's speech to the Asialink and Asia Society Lunch, Melbourne

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29 September 2011Asia has never been of greater global significance and as global economic and strategic weight shifts from west to east, global institutional frameworks reflect this in turn.

Foreign aid

What do we know about the private sector's contribution to development?

What do we know about the private sector's contribution to development?

09 January 2012Business is increasingly seen by international aid agencies as a partner in development.

Websites

Development Policy Blog

03 January 2012Providing a platform for the best in aid and development analysis, The Development Policy blog focuses on Australia, the Pacific and Asia.

Austral Peace and Security Network

21 September 2009Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Bulletin covers critical national and regional security issues, broadly understood, in Australia and the surrounding region.

Australian Development Gateway

31 August 2009The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) supports members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region.

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Books

The rational optimist

The rational optimist

  • Matt Ridley
  • Fourth Estate
Predicting disaster has always sold well. But, over the last 10,000 years, things have usually turned out much better than expected.
There goes the neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia

There goes the neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia

  • Michael Wesley
  • New South Books
For the first time in history, Australia will be uncomfortably close to the designs and demarches of competing great powers. In the years ahead, we will no longer be too small to make a difference.

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Topic Guides

Good practice in transnational education: A guide for New Zealand providers

  • Christopher Ziguras
  • Education New Zealand Trust

25 August 2007Providing an introduction to good practice in ‘offshore' education, this 2007 guide draws on the international codes of practice, case studies of large-scale successful overseas programs and reports of quality assurance bodies.

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