AIIA Fellows Program
In 2008, the AIIA launched a Fellows Award to recognise individuals who have achieved a very high level of distinction in and made a distinguished contribution to Australia's international affairs. The inaugural group of fellows announced were:
- Dr Coral Bell AO, Fellow, Australian National University
- The Hon. Gareth Evans AO QC, President of the International Crisis Group and former Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Dr Stephen FitzGerald, former professor and first Australian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China
- Mr Hamish McDonald, Asia-Pacific Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
- Dr Robert O'Neill, former Chichele Professor, University of Oxford, and Director of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, London
- Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC, former Chief of the Australian Army and Governor of Western Australia
- Mr James Wolfensohn KBE AO, former President of the World Bank
- Mr Richard Woolcott AC, former diplomat and Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
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