The resources in this section include research papers presented to the Institute by guest speakers, and periodical papers published by the Institute in recent years. Photos from certain events are available in the AIIA Archives.

Australian Outlook: A History of the Australian Institute of International Affairs By Professor John D. Legge Available from our Office Publication Cover

2006-2007 Annual Report is available for download

Please take a look at the newly revised AIIA Victoria Constitution

SPEAKER PAPERS

Essays or articles presented by guest speakers at our events.

Speaker Title Date Posted* File Size Mr Gareth Evans Second Sir Zelman Cowen Oration: Ending deadly conflict: Dream or Delusion? 05.09.07 85kb Mr Thomas Murphy The US, China & Australia: alliances, dollars and our future 05.09.07 245kb Ms Susan Windylake China’s Pacific Strategy: The Changing Geopolitics of Australia’s ‘Special Patch’ 12.10.06 128kb Prof Victor Bulmer-Thomas OBE Sir Zelman Cowen Oration: Living with two Megapowers in the World in 2020 (22.08.06 Event Flyer) 10.10.06 69kb   Asialink Lecture (17.08.06): China's Peaceful Development - Six Reasons for Concern . Outline & Audio file 08.11.06 - Mr Saul Eslake The Emergence of Oil Producers as Net International Creditors: Possible Implications for the Global Financial System 01.09.06 328kb Dr Yeo Lay Hwee The Construction of an ASEAN Community: Myth or Reality 25.05.06 73kb Dr Colin Rubinstein The Israeli and Palestine Elections: The Politics of War and Peace 12.03.06 100kb The Hon Jim Short Australia-China Relations 8.02.06 85kb The Hon Neal Blewett AC AIIA National President 1998-2005 Farewell Address 29.01.06 16kb The Hon Bob Carr Hurricane Katrina and Nuclear Terrorism 7.12.05 188kb Mr Daniel Griswold Cato Institute, Washington D.C. Australia, The US, and the Road to Free Trade 27.9.05 39kb Dr Nick Morris ACIL Tasman Pty Ltd China's Economic Prospects: An Analysis of the Risks 27.9.05 132kb Mr Ian McCubbin Aust.-China Business Council The Importance of Australia to China 15.8.05 72kb Ms Lyuba Zarsky Tufts University, Boston RMIT University Whither Globalisation? The Beleaguered Promise of Foreign Investment for Sustainable Development 2.8.05 198kb The Hon. Alexander Downer Foreign Minister of Australia Speaking notes of presentation 24.7.05 110kb Prof Bruce Jacobs Monash University VCE Seminar Presentation: Cross-Straits Ties: Comments on China and Taiwan 22.5.05 164kb Prof Barry Hart Monash University Sustainable Water Management 22.5.05 696kb Ms Sally Neighbour ABC Foreign Correspondent Transcript of AIIA presentation 28.4.05 36kb Dr James Risbey Monash University Claims and Counter-Claims in the Climate Change Debate 21.3.05 2.03Mb Prof. John Langmore Monash University Australia and the UN in 2005 20.3.05 56kb Mr Andrew Hewett Oxfam Community Aid Abroad The Tsunami: Risks and Challenges for International Development 3.2.05 70kb Prof. Richard Cullen Monash University Democracy in Hong Kong: What is the Hold Up? 18.11.04 149kb Prof. Joseph Camilleri La Trobe University From Berlin to Baghdad: Empire and the Competition for Discursive Legitimacy 20.10.04 24kb Mr Michael Richardson Australia-New Zealand & Southeast Asia Relations: An Agenda for Closer Co-operation 14.9.04 327kb Mr Michael Richardson Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore A Time Bomb for Global Trade: Maritime-related Terrorism in an Age of WMDs 14.9.04 79kb Dr Ken Coghill Monash Governance Research Unit Governance Within a Globalising Framework 31.8.04 268kb Mr Matthew Davies former Department of Defence Intelligence Analyst Indonesia's Unholy War in Aceh 18.8.04 133kb Dr Shahram Akbarzadeh Monash University Where is the Islamic Republic of Iran heading? 5.5.04 140kb

* May vary from actual date of presentation.

BRANCH PUBLICATIONS
The Victorian Branch published a series of occasional papers in recent years. Copies of these publications are available from our Office for a price of $11.00 each (including GST). Please email our Office to request a copy:

BRANCH PUBLICATIONS

Series No. Author Title No.1 Joan Beaumont The Evolution of Australian Foreign Policy, 1901-1945 No.2 Peter Henderson, Stuart Harris and Richard Woolcott Managing Australian Diplomacy: Three Views From the Top No.3 David Dorward Namibia: International Dimensions to its Decolonisation No.4 Joan Grant Small Potatoes? Students and Teachers in Shanghai, 1988-89 No.5 Derek McDougall The Superpowers Since 1940: A Significant Relationship Reviewed No.6 Garry Woodard Human Rights in Australian Foreign Policy: With Special Reference to Cambodia, Burma and China No.7 Sir Ninian Stephen The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development: Beyond Brazil 1992 No.8 Andrew Linklater Key Concepts in International Relations: Competing Perspectives on the State, the National Interest and Internationalism No.9 Scott Burchill Australia's National Interest in the 1990s No.10 Prue Myer The Political System of the United States No.11 Garry Woodard Australia and Asia: A Regional Role No.12 Philomena Murray Whither - or Wither - The European Community? No.13 David Welsh South Africa's Prospects for Constitutionalised Democracy No.14 Anton Hermann Australia's Human Rights Obligations No.15 Victor Prescott, Rosemary Greaves, and Martin Hardie The Timor Gap Treaty No.16 John McKay The Korean Peninsula After Kim Il Sung No.17 General John Sanderson Intervening for Peace: The Question of Standing Forces for the United Nations No.18 Reginald L. Stock Some Thoughts Concerning Mabo No.19 David Henderson International Agencies in an Independent World: Reshaping the OECD and WTO No.20 Phillip Flood AO Australia and the New Dynamics of Asia No.21 Clive Hamilton Diplomatic Rationalism: Ethics Versus Economics in Australia's Asia Policy Back to top (last updated 22/03/2007)