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.

03 Sep 2026
Australia is strengthening the pathways to Asia capability, but institutional access alone cannot sustain language learning. Australia must also create
02 Sep 2026
Pakistan and Armenia have ended decades of diplomatic estrangement, but normalisation does not equate to strategic realignment. Their emerging relationship
02 Sep 2026
Jakarta's attempts to mediate between Washington and Tehran, as well as between the two Koreas, went unanswered. This lack of
28 Aug 2026
After 12 months of the Lee Jae Myung administration, North Korean messaging towards Seoul has shown little sign of fundamental
27 Aug 2026
Sceptics doubt Beijing will part with its J-35 stealth fighter, especially given its own expanding priorities. However that reads the
27 Aug 2026
The US-Saudi nuclear agreement places Riyadh's facilities under American bilateral oversight rather than the International Atomic Energy Agency's intrusive inspections
27 Aug 2026
As Putin’s desperation in Ukraine becomes ever starker, Russia’s actions against NATO have become increasingly aggressive and, perhaps most concerningly,
27 Aug 2026
As the Women, Peace and Security agenda loses ground to a global gender backlash, ASEAN is quietly building it out.
25 Aug 2026
The recent visit of the Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, to India was the first official visit since assuming office
25 Aug 2026
Treaties and donor institutions have repeatedly failed to secure Pacific sovereignty, at times even eroding it, as they seek to
12 Aug 2026
India-China relations are entering a new phase in which economic cooperation and diplomatic engagement are increasingly conditioned on stability along
04 Aug 2026
In 2025, President Trump boycotted the G20 Leaders’ Summit, the annual gathering of leaders from the 20 largest economies. The