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Adjunct member of the Griffith Asia Institute,Gordon Weiss, last week publishedan opinion piece for the Newcastle Heraldcommenting on Australia’s opposition to the United Nation’s Sri Lanka war crimes investigation. Gordon Weiss isauthor of The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers, and wasUN spokesman in Sri Lanka during […]

China has staked its economic future on deeper integration with Central Asia. But as the US withdraws from Afghanistan, Beijing is concerned that a renewed civil war there could thwart regional development. Griffith Asia Institute’s Dr Michael Clarke spoke with DW’s Spencer Kimballabout the situation. Read the full article on the Deutsche Wellewebsite.

The Sri Lankan government has condemned a proposed UN inquiry into alleged war crimes at the end of the country’s civil war in 2009.Gordon Weiss, from the Griffith Asia Institute, was interviewed about the situation for SBS World News Radio. Mr Weisswas the UN spokesman in Sri Lanka during the final stages of the civil […]

As the western world moves into an information age experts from around the world are getting together to develop strategies to ensure developing countries don’t get left behind. Experts will gather at the 5th World Association for Sustainable Development Conference (WASD), jointly hosted by the Griffith Asia Institute and the Griffith Business School (GBS), in […]