Nicholas A.J. Taylor | Writer

The paper, ‘Nero fiddling while Rome is burning: International policy discourse on a denuclearized Middle East’ was shortlisted for the $10,000 McElvany Prize.

Today I submitted a revised research proposal entitled, Norms of the Conventional Armaments Trade: An analysis of US arms transfers to Middle East allies, 1980 to 2010.

Lecture given on regional security at the ‘Prospects for Peace in the Middle East Conference’, hosted by the Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University.

The United Nations Expert Group, of which I am a member, has released its first guidance note to promote on responsible practice of market actors in emerging markets.

Following comments from Rory Sullivan and John Ruggie on Ethical Corporation, I make three brief points on the issue of business and human rights.

Interview on the ethics and political risk of Rio Tinto’s West Papua operations for The Wire, a national current affairs radio program produced by 2SER in Sydney.