Organisation
Future Directions International
Acronym:
FDI
Future Directions International (FDI) was an independent, not-for-profit research institute. It was established in 2000, by Major General (Retd.) the Honourable Michael Jeffery (former Governor General of Australia), together with a small group of leading Australians, to conduct comprehensive research of important medium to long-term issues facing Australia.
FDI ceased operations in November 2021.
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India’s strategic vision and Sri Lanka’s national security
From its inception on 26 January 1950, the Republic of India has possessed the strategic vision of playing a major role in Asian and world affairs. During the Cold War period, it was a leading member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), but an extremely low economic growth rate held India back for many years. After...
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Indonesia as a contributor to regional security
As an emerging maritime power, Indonesia will encounter a variety of considerations in deciding how it will project its power in the region.
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Water security in urban India: water supply and human health
Urban India faces considerable water security challenges that have the potential to worsen in the coming decades as the level of urbanisation continues to increase.
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The chemical fertility of soils
Many of the soil types found in Australia are deficient in some of the essential nutrients and the solution is not as simple as just adding fertiliser. A plant’s ability to take up nutrients, even when they are abundantly available, is strongly influenced by the availability of water, the presence of soil organic matter, soil...
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Beijing, Moscow and Tehran: new partnerships, new alignments, new considerations?
Tehran has reportedly sent around one thousand élite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) troops to back up its proxy Hezbollah forces that are fighting Islamic State terrorists in Syria.