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.

01 Mar 2021
Refugee women’s vulnerability and agency are not mutually exclusive. Some refugee women in the Global South exhibit meaningful agency despite
24 Feb 2021
The Huawei crisis has become a technological flashpoint in the US-China power struggle. The Biden administration’s response to this technological
16 Feb 2021
The Chinese government has produced statements alleging academic and journalistic misconduct for reporting on the Xinjiang camps home to an
10 Feb 2021
“Never Trump” Republicans are hoping the inauguration of a Democratic president might spark a shift that brings “principled conservatism” back
06 Feb 2021
In 2020, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia witnessed youths protesting against governmental measures that were imposed during the height of the
27 Jan 2021
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) may seem part of a "grand strategy" of expansionism threatening to destabilise the liberal
24 Jan 2021
If further genocidal acts and violence are to be prevented in Burundi, the UN should remain vigilant and act on
21 Jan 2021
After the symbolically poignant attack on the US Capitol and a sitting Congress, it would be easy to rush policy
14 Jan 2021
There are rumblings that Chinese embargoes on Australian coal are having adverse economic impacts on dependent cities. How far will
08 Jan 2021
Narratives of isolation and self-sufficiency have arisen in attempt to curb the spread of disease. Like the Global Financial Crisis
07 Jan 2021
Unassuming and quiet is sometimes the best way to govern in a pandemic. Southeast Asia’s most overlooked nation, Brunei, has
05 Jan 2021
Southeast Asian nations have had varied responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore shows great competence in handling the outbreak, while