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YAIA's blog, Insights, is a platform aimed at promoting the voice of emerging young Australians in the analysis and commentary of International affairs.
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Restricting Trade Increases Political Violence
President Donald Trump’s decision to impose trade regulations on steel and aluminium imports is seemingly motivated by a desire to...
Apr 19, 20183 min read
It's About Retaliation, Stupid!
The United States believes that it has all the leverage in the world when it comes to negotiating international trade. Since it possesses...
Apr 19, 20183 min read
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Thailand’s Promised Elections
Thailand’s current political crisis is now nearly 12 years old. September will mark the anniversary of the 2006 military coup against...
Apr 18, 20183 min read
Corruption and Climate Change: The Double-edged Sword
Corruption thwarts climate action on an extraordinary scale. Building climate resilient communities is contingent on financing --...
Apr 17, 20183 min read
Libya's Woes
"Today there is an opportunity… we must all seize this moment." Referencing a new UN backed plan for the unification of Libya, the words...
Apr 16, 20183 min read
Written in the Stars: China's Space Ambitions
On the 31 March, 2018 the 8.5 metric tonne Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1, translated as “Heavenly Palace-1”, disintegrated upon...
Apr 16, 20189 min read
Casablanca and the EU: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
In 2003, a wave of bombings ripped through the heart of Morocco’s largest city, Casablanca. When it emerged the men behind the attacks...
Apr 13, 20183 min read
Let's not panic again - Reviewing Australia's involvement in Marawi
In September 2017, the Australian government committed Australian Defence Force (ADF) resources, personnel and AUD20 million in aid to...
Apr 3, 20183 min read
South Sudan in crisis, can Australian aid go further?
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) aid budget for 2017-2018 looks well structured, yet there is much to be desired with...
Apr 2, 20183 min read
Xi’s China dream: Three observations on China’s constitutional changes
Each year for a week or two in March, as China ushers in spring, residents of Beijing experience an annual seasonal quirk, sometimes...
Mar 28, 20184 min read
Advance Australian foreign policy
It is becoming abundantly clear that Australia needs to firmly commit to its own brand of foreign policy, as some of the world’s most...
Mar 27, 20184 min read
Greed is good
Wall Street. A cauldron of ego and ambition. 31 years ago, Gordon Gecko made famous the moral compass of finance: greed is good. Wall...
Mar 19, 20183 min read
The foreign policy case for substantive modern slavery legislation
In November 2016, the Sydney Morning Herald and Four Corners partnered with an undercover Malaysian journalist to expose exploitation of...
Mar 13, 20184 min read
It's time to talk more about South Korea
For the first time in a long time in February 2018, Australia’s attention turned to the Korean peninsula for a positive reason - the...
Mar 12, 20183 min read
Kosovo’s 10th birthday: Don’t blow out the candles just yet
As the Republic of Kosovo nears its ten-year anniversary since its independence from Serbia, there is little to celebrate in the streets...
Mar 7, 20184 min read
Trump's way or the highway: The global repercussions of the federal shutdown
During the 2016 US presidential election campaign, the world was introduced to billionaire businessman Donald Trump. The populist...
Mar 6, 20183 min read
Why is the United States wary of Olympics diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula?
As provocative rhetoric and constant threats of nuclear war continue to define the state of the United States’ increasingly tense...
Mar 6, 20183 min read
Our forgotten 3 billion
Over 3 billion people across the world still rely on dirty, inefficient cooking fuels. 40% of the entire global population uses biomass...
Mar 5, 20184 min read
The unintended consequences of the indictment
Last week, the US Justice Department indicted 13 Russians and three companies for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. Those...
Mar 1, 20183 min read
A sustainable peace? Participation of women in the Colombian peace process
The extent to which women have been included in the ongoing peace process in Colombia is unprecedented. Colombian women have participated...
Feb 28, 20183 min read
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