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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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Ahok's sentencing and the implications for Australia
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, more commonly known as Ahok, was recently sentenced to two years in jail, with a minimum of 1 year to be served...
May 17, 20173 min read
Is the rise of nationalism a threat to climate action?
It is undeniable that over the past year, the world has witnessed an unprecedented surge in nationalist movements, signalled by Britain’s...
May 15, 20173 min read
Reimagining the Trans-Pacific Partnership with the UK
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) once presented an opportunity for continued peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific. The flagship...
May 12, 20173 min read
Papua New Guinea, aid and economic growth
We live in a time where more people have been pulled out of poverty than at any other time in history. This has not been achieved by...
May 12, 20174 min read
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue 2.0: a strategic opportunity?
The potential revitalisation of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD) between Australia, Japan, India and the United States (US) has...
May 10, 20173 min read
The next Korean President will be between a rock and a hard place
South Korea cannot seem to stay out of the media. Whether it is a presidential impeachment, the US alliance or the misbehaving north—all...
May 9, 20173 min read
France En Marche! - Macron wins the Presidency
Standing in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum, French president-elect Emmanuel Macron triumphantly addressed his supporters. "I will...
May 8, 20172 min read
No good choices: the US and North Korea’s nuclear program
North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program is fast becoming an insoluble dilemma. The dimensions of the Korean problem have...
May 4, 20174 min read
Globalisation vs Nationalism: the new left vs right?
As French presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen faced off in the final televised debate before the second round of...
May 4, 20172 min read
Time for a new Australian approach on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The last year has been unkind to Palestinian statehood aspirations. In February, Donald Trump signalled that the US was no longer...
May 3, 20173 min read
Abu Sayyaf: the IS of the Pacific
On the 26th of March 2017, Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop stated that “there is concern ISIS may well seek to declare a...
May 1, 20173 min read
Australia’s historical record on arms control is now at stake
In June 2014, Australia proudly joined nations around the world as it ratified the landmark Arms Trade Treaty. This treaty provided the...
Apr 29, 20174 min read
How using the MOAB has reinforced Trump’s narrative
Strategic intent and implications aside, the decision to use the United States’ largest non-nuclear bomb against the Afghani based...
Apr 28, 20174 min read
What we know from the first round French Presidential election
With two insurgent parties passing on to the final round of the French presidential elections, Sunday’s first-round results bring...
Apr 27, 20173 min read
The Raqqa question: why Turkey doesn’t have an answer
Raqqa, the de-facto capital of Islamic State (IS) in Syria, is strategically significant to various interests within the Syrian conflict...
Apr 26, 20174 min read
Major parties given the boot as Macron and Le Pen advance in France
Maverick centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have advanced to the second round of the French presidential...
Apr 24, 20172 min read
Japanese economy: not all doom and gloom
The Japanese economy has dominated macroeconomic discussion for decades. In lecture halls and press galleries alike the lessons learnt...
Apr 24, 20173 min read
Le Pen’s dangerous dichotomy: ‘Assad or ISIS’ puts lives in danger
Marine Le Pen is predicted to advance to the final round of the French presidential elections. After Brexit and the election of Donald...
Apr 23, 20173 min read
Adani’s Carmichael Mine and Australia’s cult of coal
If construction for the Carmichael Coal Mine, mooted to be larger than London, finally goes ahead this year, it will cement Australia’s...
Apr 21, 20175 min read
Be prepared: the Australian Defence Force and climate change
Australia is no stranger to natural disasters. Heatwaves, bushfires, floods, earthquakes, landslides, cyclones—some would say these are...
Apr 19, 20173 min read
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