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.

14 Jan 2017
Foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations met in Yangon late last year to discuss Myanmar’s Rohingya
09 Jan 2017
Zimbabwe’s contemporary foreign policy has been coloured by anti-imperialist proclamations that the country will never be a colony again. These
03 Jan 2017
Autonomous technologies are rapidly advancing in multiple industries; from transport to manufacturing, artificial intelligence is gaining steam. Military AI, however,
03 Jan 2017
While China seeks stability on its periphery, North Korea continues to upset regional security with domestic problems and a nuclear
23 Dec 2015
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has forged a new foreign policy approach for Indonesia since assuming office in October 2014. The
18 Dec 2015
This week trade ministers from across the globe came together for the 10th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
18 Dec 2015
In September 2009, an article from the Economist detailed a significant lack of counterinsurgency tactics in the original Star Wars sci-fi blockbusters. The
13 Dec 2015
It is a historic and game changing moment for the global youth peacebuilding movement: on 9 December 2015, the United Nations Security Council
09 Dec 2015
Central Asia does not fit comfortably in Europe or the Middle East and can present a challenge for Australian policymakers.
03 Dec 2015
The recent downing of a Russian jet by the Turkish armed forces has again highlighted Turkey’s chaotic domestic situation. The
02 Dec 2015
Indonesia will be severely impacted by climate change should carbon emissions continue at present day levels. The disastrous fires across
21 Sep 2015
It was announced during a meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Singapore last weekend, that 20 more states