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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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Kabila’s Congo: A ‘second African World War’?
The decision by the US State Department to pull all nonessential personnel from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) highlights...
Oct 11, 20164 min read
The need for a change in the US' Syria policy
The latest Syrian ceasefire was meant to herald the renewal of stalled peace talks as well as provide the impetus for greater US-Russian...
Oct 9, 20164 min read
End of the Golden Age? What Brexit means for China
The recent years of strong relationship-building between China and the United Kingdom (UK) has been referred to by both countries’...
Oct 7, 20163 min read
The rise of the ‘Climate State’
With the recent news that 2016 will, in all likelihood, be the year that the world enters into a permanent 400 parts per million...
Oct 5, 20164 min read
What does Russia really want to achieve in Syria?
Recent events in Syria have demonstrated the weakness of international law and Western commitment to liberal internationalism. The...
Oct 2, 20163 min read
India's response to Saudi Arabia's other humanitarian crisis
In July 2016 reports emerged that up to 40,000 Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Filipino migrant workers had been laid off construction...
Sep 29, 20164 min read
The hidden dragon: China's rise in Australian society
The slippery actions of ALP senator and former shadow cabinet minister Sam Dastyari have exposed the growing influence of the Chinese...
Sep 27, 20164 min read
Trouble in paradise: crackdowns and corruption in the Maldives
The Maldives may be known for its white sand beaches, pristine water and luxury resorts, but for the nation’s journalists and opposition...
Sep 23, 20163 min read
The rise of China and the growing demand for consensus-based security
As this year’s G20 summit ended, the prevailing sentiment was one of limited gains as the lack of active diplomatic direction provided...
Sep 21, 20164 min read
Forgotten Conflicts part III – the ‘forgotten conflicts’ continent
South America is a continent of security contradictions. On the one hand, it has only experienced two interstate wars since the Second...
Sep 19, 20164 min read
G20 Hangzhou Summit: renewed criticism of trade protectionism reinforces misguided debate
Last week the G20 met in Hangzhou, China to refocus economic policy and the direction of the global economy. Whilst the meeting has been...
Sep 15, 20164 min read
The insincerity of the Trump pivot
As Republican nominee Donald J. Trump edges closer to election day, much has been publicised about his own so-called ‘pivot’. As Trump...
Sep 14, 20163 min read
The financing agenda of international development: the role of impact investing
The financing of international development is an increasingly complex and pressing issue as the world comes to grips with approaching the...
Sep 13, 20163 min read
Imperfect legacy? Analysing the 'pivot' through Obama’s final tour of Asia
As President Obama recently embarked on his final diplomatic tour of Asia in a series of international summits, many have asked what the...
Sep 11, 20163 min read
Forget the Paris Agreement – it’s China’s ‘Peak Coal’ that truly matters
World leaders descended on Hangzhou over the weekend for the annual G20 summit. Commentators have generally been of the view that, this...
Sep 8, 20164 min read
India’s Modi signals a major policy shift towards Pakistan
As India and Pakistan celebrated their 70th Independence a few weeks back the recent unrest in the Kashmir valley, after the killing of...
Sep 6, 20163 min read
China woos Aung San Suu Kyi
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi received a red carpet welcome when she touched down at Beijing airport on 17 August, to commence her first official...
Sep 4, 20163 min read
Australia’s responsibility for cutting global greenhouse gas emissions: a Pandora’s box
Politicians generally are loath to involve themselves in philosophical debates. They’re the type of debates which pose awkward questions...
Sep 2, 20164 min read
Intransigent powers: reforming the United Nations Security Council
Speaking at a conference in Nairobi on Saturday 27 August, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged his country’s support for Africa to...
Sep 1, 20163 min read
Can new realism save European security?
The European Union (EU) once deemed itself the living embodiment of a post-Cold war power. Having diluted internal nationalist sentiment...
Aug 30, 20163 min read
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