Posted by Natasha Vary

Griffith Asia Institute were pleased to host a roundtable meeting with Mr. Imamura, Deputy Chief of Mission from the Embassy of Japan in Australia on the 23 January 2014.  

Forget the James Bond reputation and the hype surrounding Edward Snowden’s protracted leaks, intelligence activities can be a valuable asset when shaping government policy. Associate Professor Rod Lyon discusses the good and the bad of government intelligence gathering in his article Intelligence: actions and their meanings for The Strategist, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute blog.

Territorial disputes between an increasingly assertive China and its regional neighbours Japan, South Korea, The Philippines and Vietnam dominated coverage of the region in 2013. Analysts are warning that any of these disputes could potentially escalate into armed conflict in 2014. Professor Andrew O’Neil comments on this issue in an interview with ABC Radio National […]

The inaugural Asian Century Futures Initiative: Australia-Korea Dialogue was held on the 6 December 2013 at Nathan campus. A joint initiative of the Griffith Asia Institute and the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Yonsei University the workshop explored Australian and Korea perspectives on the change underway in the Asia-Pacific, the key policy […]

The Japan Times publishes a story by Eric Johnston who recently attended the Australia-Japan Dialogue in Brisbane hosted by the Griffith Asia Institute. Mr Johnston comments on the discussions held at the Dialogue. Read the article here.

In an article in SBS Online, Professor Alex Bellamy comments on the United Nation’s findings implicating Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the country’s civil war. Read the full article here.

At one level, Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Australia last week was all high praise, inspiring speeches and standing ovations. At another level, it was hard-headed politics, diplomatic signals and muted criticisms. At times, history was simplified or re-written to suit the occasion. In other words, there were no surprises and on all sides […]