Fresh perspectives

Fresh Perspectives gives former AIIA interns, AIIA youth members, young professionals and other emerging scholars an opportunity to write a 500-750 word article covering a foreign affairs issue. For information for contributors see below.

12 Oct 2021
The challenge presented by the COVID-19 pandemic has thrust Cuba and its medical internationalism into the spotlight. Australia should take note if it wants to make significant inroads with its
08 Oct 2021
A prominent frontier in the Sino-US competition and the Quad’s agenda is tech and cyberspace governance. To tackle emerging security
23 Sep 2021
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha faces ongoing public protests, poor approval ratings, and a third wave of COVID-19 that has
22 Sep 2021
Osama Bin Laden saw himself as the architect of a plan to defeat the West. The strategic goals he set
01 Sep 2021
The Australian government has long viewed its alliance with the United States as critical to its security. But should Australia
18 Aug 2021
The Trump administration was oft praised for its increased engagement with Taiwan. Looking back, we should ask whether this translated
13 Aug 2021
As the 70th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement nears, South Korea grapples with competing memories of the Korean War. Historical
13 Aug 2021
The 2019 defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has left tens of thousands of people, many
06 Aug 2021
Thailand’s initial response to COVID-19 was applauded internationally, but cracks have begun to appear in vaccine rollouts and new COVID-19
28 Jul 2021
Australia’s level of influence in the Pacific has declined as the result of a misguided and confused foreign policy. With
22 Jul 2021
US President Joe Biden and European leaders held cosy displays at the G7, EU-US, and NATO Summits held last month.
15 Jul 2021
After the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) retook the regional capital of Mekelle from Ethiopian government forces, Addis Ababa declared