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.

16 Sep 2019
Trade between Australia and ASEAN member states is underdeveloped. But there are potential solutions to remedy significant soft trade barriers
10 Sep 2019
Attention should be paid to the recent elections in both Guatemala and Nauru, as they have similar immigration implications for
03 Sep 2019
The long-awaited United Nations Fact Finding Mission’s report on the state of Rohingyas is due in September. It is important
03 Sep 2019
President Bolsonaro’s ignorance to the Amazon fires and rude comments towards President Macron’s wife garnered much unwanted attention at the
26 Aug 2019
The Pacific Islands Forum clearly displayed Australia’s adamant position on not comprising its current coal-intensive interests. However, the focus should
26 Aug 2019
With the looming formation of a new coalition government between old and new forces, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
19 Aug 2019
The Philippines and Australia are both equally vulnerable to cyberattacks and could benefit in engaging in a strategic partnership to
12 Aug 2019
The recently concluded 12th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union in Niamey, Niger formally launched the operational phase of the Africa Continental Free Trade
06 Aug 2019
Brazil’s current administration is turning the country into an “exterminator of the future” and is interfering with emerging data on
23 Jul 2019
Despite the vast opportunities to increase India-Australia maritime cooperation, different traditional instincts about security collaboration and both states’ fear of
23 Jul 2019
Live and rolling media coverage of international crises exemplified the media’s power over policymaking agendas. But with the media landscape
14 Jul 2019
Despite greater unity on the concept of the “free and open Indo-Pacific,” the renewed Quadrilateral Security Dialogue may suffer from