Renee Jeffery
![Renee Jeffery](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/Jeffery_staffportrait.jpg)
Biography
Publications
Renee Jeffery is a Professor of International Relations at Griffith University. She works on conflict, justice and human rights in the Asia-Pacific.
![Can states have strategic personalities?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1232860177.jpg?itok=bpvZmKq4)
Can states have strategic personalities?
Understanding Australian traits and behaviours could explain how the country works with others – and how it’s perceived.
![Who was Hugo Grotius and what is a “Grotian world”?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/16314014547_1eecaa19f0_k.jpg?itok=ZT9joqq2)
Who was Hugo Grotius and what is a “Grotian world”?
The PM extols a philosopher who put moral conduct at the centre of international relations.
![Domestic politics drive Malaysia’s abrupt global court U-turn](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1074353710-min.jpg?itok=1gHTkzfF)
Domestic politics drive Malaysia’s abrupt global court U-turn
Politicking to protect rights of Malaysia’s hereditary rulers has dashed plans to join the International Criminal Court.
![Taking transitional justice to Cambodia’s youth](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/14709029317_75fbd992f9_b.jpg?itok=93sfgT0I)
Taking transitional justice to Cambodia’s youth
Decades after Khmer Rouge, reparations could not be afforded to its victims. So justice is looking at Cambodia’s youth.
![Malaysia joins the International Criminal Court](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/26191581924_81077e3c30_k.jpg?itok=BR65JXWw)
Malaysia joins the International Criminal Court
Why now, after resisting membership for more than 20 years, has Malaysia decided to ratify the Rome Statute?
![Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission limps on](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/7956884736_9bf5b8cef9_o.jpg?itok=UkBgSFwl)
Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission limps on
A culture of impunity has proved stubborn and entrenched.