Allan Behm
Allan Behm is Advisor, International & Security Affairs Program at the Australia Institute. He has a significant publishing record and is a respected commentator in the media. He specialises in international and security policy development and policy analysis.
Unity in our shared humanity
We may never understand what motivated two terrorist gunmen to kill sixteen joyful people celebrating the Festival of Lights at Bondi on the afternoon of 14 December 2025 – Australia’s “Bloody Sunday”.
An AUSMIN pantomime in Washington
It does suggest that there’s something odd happening when the BBC’s fabled Goon Show provides the script for the AUSMIN talks just concluded in Washington.
Parliamentary entitlements and family reunions: just let the pollie pay
The arbiters of ethical public spending have an odd set of tools at their disposal, to judge by the dismal saga facing Anika Wells and Don Farrell, among others.
Neoliberalism has won: Australia is privatising its foreign policy
Who would have thought it possible? The Government is reportedly going cap-in-hand to the corporate sector to fund its most recent foray into “soft diplomacy” – the PNG Chiefs NRL team.
