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.

25 Dec 2020
As new national security laws prompt states to reevaluate the future direction of their relationships with Hong Kong, Australia has
22 Oct 2020
UN peacekeeping dangerously overlooks the reality that peace operations have both unintended and negative consequences. Any intervention into the politics
18 Dec 2020
The International Court of Justice rendered a judgment last week that may have slipped under the radar at this heady
16 Oct 2020
There is nothing sinister in the federal government’s desire to control Australia’s foreign policy. However, proposed legislation to scrutinise “arrangements”
16 Dec 2020
Although overseas arrivals precipitated Italy’s second lockdown, migrants arriving from Africa and the Middle East are not super spreaders of
08 Oct 2020
Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert remains imprisoned in Iran on charges of espionage after attending an academic conference in Qom two
08 Oct 2020
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) came into effect on the 1st of January 2005, after being signed the
07 Oct 2020
Paris and Beijing want to enjoy the fruits of economic cooperation. However, stark variations in worldview, political standpoints, and global
28 Sep 2020
Human traffickers swiftly adapted to border closures and other measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, victims have
25 Sep 2020
In the latest drama of Brexit, the British government has indicated its plans to revisit the withdrawal agreement it signed
24 Sep 2020
Today, we are witnessing the exciting adoption of gamification by governments in their pursuit of the betterment of communities. However,
26 Nov 2020
The misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that in the area of social media, there is a need for