The Theory and Practice of China's Peacebuilding
WEBChina has increasingly engaged in international peace efforts, shifting from a non-interference policy to actively participating in conflict management due to threats to its investments, particularly those related to the Belt and Road Initiative. This involvement aims to demonstrate China as a responsible global power.
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WEB26 September 2024. Named after a particularly eventful year in German history, 1923 is a book that examines the economic and political context around Adolf Hitler's coup in the same year. Author Mark Jones presents the existential threats faced by the Weimar Republic—and its surprising resilience—as a tragic foreshadowing of the German ...
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WEBKnow. Understand. Engage. Founded in 1933 by member organisations that trace their lineage to the 1920s, the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) is Australia’s longest-existing private research institute on politics and international relations.
The Genocide Convention at 75: An Australian Perspective
WEBDec 7, 2023 — As we approach the 75th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), it is important to reflect on it from an Australian perspective. Australia’s ratification of the Convention in 1949 has and continues to have very significant impacts both domestically and …
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: Protection of …
WEBOn the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is worth considering it in terms of the protection of human rights within Australia. Australia has failure to implement domestically the terms of the two founding Covenants, and the resulting piecemeal protections that exist for human rights.
Most Read of 2021: “Israel” and “Palestine”: Where Should History …
WEBThe geographic terms “Israel” and “Palestine” have a long history and specific connotations for Jews and Arabs with respect to their competing claims to the same land. The only way forward for Jewish Israelis and Palestinian Arabs is to cease looking backwards.
Social Justice – How and for Whom? - Australian Institute of ...
WEB20 Feb 2022. By Erika Feller FAIIA. Analysis. For 14 years, 20 February has been celebrated as the World Day of Social Justice. Though such a day is supposed to celebrate how far we have come in building societies that ensure equality and peace, there is still a long way to go. COP26, the latest international climate change conference, is well ...
The Last Drop: Protecting Australia’s Water Supply
WEBIn the midst of record-long regional droughts across the globe, the United Nations last month officially launched a 10-year global water action plan that seeks to bring about greater progress in achieving the Sixth Sustainable Development Goal. The launch came on the eve of Cape Town’s forecasted ‘Day Zero,’ when it was predicted that the city would run out of fresh water.
The Warsaw Pact: Forgotten Relic of the Cold War
WEBMay 14, 2015 — Sixty years after the signing of the Warsaw Pact on 14 May 1955, relations between Russia and Western Europe remain fraught with tension. This week marks the 60 th anniversary of the establishment of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO), better known as the Warsaw Pact. Up until at least 1991, European and even global security concerns were understood through interpreting the relationship ...
Australia and Globalisation - Australian Institute of International ...
WEBDecades of economic reform have underpinned a long period of Australian economic growth. However, in believing that we are invincible, we may have learned the wrong lesson from the global financial crisis.