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HomeRESEARCH AREASForeign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Affairs and Trade

What should Australia's role in the world be? Here you will find the IPA's work on foreign policy and trade, and how Australia can use the international free market to improve the lives of its citizens and people around the world.
Opinion
Donald Trump’s New Security Adviser Must Learn To Master Chaos

Donald Trump’s New Security Adviser Must Learn To Master Chaos

Andrew Shearer 22 February 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

After just four weeks, the Trump administration finds itself beset by problems, many of them related to national security: the botched executive order on immigration; a gush of leaks from the...

Originally appeared in Financial Review
Opinion
IMF Report Shows Old-Time Fiscal Religion Is Needed To Counter The New Mediocre

IMF Report Shows Old-Time Fiscal Religion Is Needed To Counter The New Mediocre

Sinclair Davidson 20 February 2017 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

The latest annual IMF Australia Consultation might have passed unnoticed but for this highly damning statement: “the new mediocre”. Perhaps they were being polite –...

Originally appeared in The Australian Financial Review
Opinion
Trump’s Artless Deals Will Deeply Disturb Allies After Turnbull Call

Trump’s Artless Deals Will Deeply Disturb Allies After Turnbull Call

Andrew Shearer 3 February 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

Tough phone calls between Australian prime ministers and other world leaders are nothing new; I have been present for a number of them. Even when the messages are firm and the differences great...

Opinion
The UK’s Relationship With Australia Will Be Revitalised After Brexit

The UK’s Relationship With Australia Will Be Revitalised After Brexit

Matthew Lesh 30 January 2017 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

Theresa May confirmed in her landmark speech at Lancaster House earlier in the month that Brexit really does mean Brexit. Britain will be leaving the economically strangling common market...

Opinion
Shinzo Abe’s Visit Remind Us What A Crucial Ally He Is To Australia

Shinzo Abe’s Visit Remind Us What A Crucial Ally He Is To Australia

Andrew Shearer 16 January 2017 Foreign affairs and trade, Ipa today,

It is doubtful many Australians realise what a consequential leader Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been for Australia. During Abe’s first, truncated term as prime minister he and his...

Trump’s America

Trump’s America

Daniel Wild and Scott Hargreaves Started 13 January 2017 Energy and resources, Foreign affairs and trade,

A Trump administration will be a net positive for the United States’ economy. Yes, restricting international trade will harm growth. But the ambitious agenda to cut corporate and income...

Opinion
A Political Lesson For Australian Politics From Brexit And Trump

A Political Lesson For Australian Politics From Brexit And Trump

John Roskam 16 December 2016 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

In Reflections on the Revolution in France published in 1790, Edmund Burke concluded that “A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation”...

Media Releases
Labor’s Books Backdown A Protectionist Throwback

Labor’s Books Backdown A Protectionist Throwback

Evan Mulholland 9 December 2016 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

Parallel Import Restrictions on books are an effective tariff on international trade, similar to the archaic tariffs that were abolished under the Hawke-Keating government. “Labor’s...

Opinion
Britian’s First Post-Brexit PM Theresa May Will Be Tested

Britian’s First Post-Brexit PM Theresa May Will Be Tested

Georgina Downer 14 July 2016 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

Theresa May is Britain’s new prime minister. Should we “Keep Calm and Carry On” or hit the panic button? The initial reaction from markets and the British political establishment...

Opinion
Protectionists Do Australia No Favours

Protectionists Do Australia No Favours

Mikayla Novak 8 July 2016 Finance and economics, Foreign affairs and trade,

The federal Parliament is now stacked with politicians peddling anti-globalisation agendas contrary to Australia’s interests. The underlying motivations for the Turnbull government to call...

IPA TV
Why Britain Should Vote ‘Leave’

Why Britain Should Vote ‘Leave’

Georgina Downer 21 June 2016 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

IPA Adjunct Fellow Georgina Downer explains why Britain should vote to leave the European Union, and what it would mean for Australia.

Research Papers
In Defence Of The British Nation State: The Australian Case For Brexit

In Defence Of The British Nation State: The Australian Case For Brexit

Georgina Downer 1 June 2016 Foreign affairs and trade, Publications,

On 23 June, Britons will be asked, Brexit or not? The answer will have seismic ramifications for the future of democracy, sovereignty and freedom. No lesser advocates than Boris Johnson and Prime...

Foreign Affairs and Trade
Who’s Afraid of More Free Trade

Who’s Afraid of More Free Trade

Khalil Hegarty Started 1 May 2015 Foreign affairs and trade,

There were few bright spots for the Coalition government in 2014, but trade was definitely one of them. Where the Gillard-Rudd governments had made overtures to Asia, spouting rhetoric about the...

Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Missing Foundation Of Development: Individual Rights

The Missing Foundation Of Development: Individual Rights

Peter Gregory Started 20 July 2014 Foreign affairs and trade,

This article from the July 2014 edition of the IPA Review is by Researcher at the IPA, Peter Gregory. The major contribution of William Easterly’s new book, The Tyranny of Experts, is simple and...

Faith and Society
Dangerous Ethics

Dangerous Ethics

Peter Gregory Started 22 November 2013 Education and skills, Faith and society,

This article from the November 2013 edition of the IPA Review is written by Researcher at the IPA, Peter Gregory. Following the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse in April which claimed over...

Foreign Affairs and Trade
In Defence Of The Shutdown

In Defence Of The Shutdown

James Paterson Started 20 November 2013 Foreign affairs and trade,

This article from the November 2013 edition of the IPA Review is by editor, James Peterson. Conventional wisdom suggests that the Republican Party’s decision to ‘shut down’ the US government for...

Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Chinese Capitalist Miracle

The Chinese Capitalist Miracle

Alan Moran Started 6 December 2012 Foreign affairs and trade, Ideas and liberty,

This article from the December 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of the Deregulation Unit at the IPA, Alan Moran. The Chinese economic miracle is the latest and most comprehensive...

Constitution and Law
The International Law Delusion

The International Law Delusion

Simon Breheny Started 5 December 2012 Constitution and law, Foreign affairs and trade,

This article from the December 2012 edition of the IPA Review is by Director of the Legal Rights Project at the IPA, Simon Breheny. Australian barrister and international lawyer Geoffrey Robertson...

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The Institute of Public Affairs has today announced that the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Tony Abbott will join the IPA as a Distinguished Fellow. Mr Abbott will be working with the...

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Key findings : The quality of the Australian way of life is collapsing.  The Australian Way of Life Scoreboard, which measures the quality of the Australian way of life, has declined by 28.5%...

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On the 21st and 22nd of January the Institute of Public Affairs received correspondence about a planned register of think-tanks in Australia by The Guardian Australia “to improve Australian...

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