Looting of antiquities has increased under lockdown – here’s how we’re working to prevent this in Iraq Editors' Picks There is significant evidence that terrorist groups such as Islamic State have benefited from the black market trade in looted antiquities from Iraq and Syria.
Learning from Chilcot: reform and the 'grinding' Defence bureaucracy Monday September 12, 2016 By The Mandarin Defence Mandarins in the Defence portfolio rarely make public comment, but rarer still are wake-up calls on the scale of the Iraq Chilcot report. Ministry boss…
Gareth Evans: Syrian nightmare needs diplomacy, not war drums Friday August 21, 2015 By Gareth Evans Features As Washington formally asks Australia to increase strikes in Syria, former foreign minister Gareth Evans warned military force is counter-productive. Australia should be setting its…
