Thucydides’ Trap—the idea that a rising power and an anxious hegemon are fated to collide—has become the go-to shorthand for understanding China and the United States, invoked even by Xi Jinping ...

Francis A. Beer is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his A. B. (1960) from Harvard and M. A. (1963) and Ph.D. (1967) from the [...] ...

Steve Chan is College Professor of Distinction Emeritus and formerly chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research interests focus on international ...

Beijing’s new blockbuster casts the 1683 conquest of Taiwan as a preview of “unstoppable” unification—but the film has provoked backlash even among Chinese nationalists uneasy with its Qing-over-Ming ...

The Ukraine conflict has left Russia in a very uncomfortable position. Originally envisaged as a means to deter future wars, ...

Anshu Kumar is a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He frequently writes on Russia, ...

A New York Times article recently dubbed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the “de facto viceroy of Venezuela” on July 12th ...

Recent climate change and urbanisation have increased the risk of more severe disasters. In particular, the Indo-Pacific is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world, exposed to typhoons, ...

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently hosted its second biennial Forum on Gender Equality. While the inaugural forum in 2024 examined the impact of the green, ...

As the fifth anniversary of Australia’s departure from Afghanistan draws near, questions about the conduct of its soldiers still captivate the national debate. The commissioning of the Brereton Report ...

Stalin once posited, “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?” Soviet and current Russian leadership stood by this conviction ...

Any member of the public can join a branch of the AIIA, located in every state and territory in Australia. The National Office of the Institute, located in Australia's capital, runs publications, ...