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Articles by David Mickler
“No Colonial Baggage”: Imagining a Decolonised Australia‐Africa Relations
In Australia's last campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council (UNSC) (2008–12), the government knew it needed to win African votes to have any chance of election. So, as part of its strategy, Canberra sought to leverage its soft power potential by presenting Australia as having “no colonial baggage” in Africa. Ultimately, the election campaign was successful, with up to 50 of Africa's 54 countries voting for Australia.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place in the Somali Region - AIIA
With the recent US air strike on Al-Shabaab, what has been the progress one year on from the Mogadishu bombing? It has been a year since Mogadishu’s most devastating terror attack, which claimed more than 512 lives and injured many more. While never formally claimed by the terror group, the attack on 14 October 2017 is attributed to Al-Shabaab, reiterating that the group remains the principal security threat to peace and stability in the region.
The Struggle for Women’s Participation in Kenya - AIIA
Eight years after the implementation of gender quotas, women continue to struggle for political participation. The controversial and violent elections in Kenya on 3 August 2017 saw a record number of women enter national and county legislatures as a result of the implementation of gender quotas in the Kenyan Constitution in 2010. While the constitution promises a gender inclusive society, how has this been realised in practice?
African Union Seeks Rejuvenation - AIIA
In a new year, the African Union has seen an opportunity to renew the organisation which seeks to unite the burgeoning continent. With 55 diverse and disparate members, the process is however fraught with challenge. At 15 years old, the African Union (AU) is undergoing a major reform process after struggling, by its own admission, to live up to its progressive ideals and objectives.
New Faces in the African Union
The African Union’s 28th summit, held in Addis Ababa from 22 to 31 January 2017, saw the election of the organisation’s new leadership team while Morocco controversially rejoined the pan-African body after a 30-year hiatus. The summit highlighted ongoing contestation of core African Union governance principles while offering a critique of President Trump’s US travel ban on citizens of three African countries.
Engaging an Elephant in the Room? Locating Africa in Australian Foreign Policy
Articles Abstract Africa has traditionally been marginal to the Australian foreign policy agenda, aside from British colonial and Commonwealth ties and later efforts to end minority rule in southern Africa.
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