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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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The 2016 Warsaw Summit – Peak of NATO’s Legitimacy Crisis?
10 days. 31,000 troops deployed. 3,000 vehicles. 105 aircraft. 12 ships. 24 states. The biggest such mobilisation since the end of the...
Jun 27, 20163 min read
Contextualising the Eurozone through three contradictions
The Eurozone has proven itself to be one of the most powerful and important political and economic regions in the world. However, in...
Jun 26, 20164 min read
The International Implications of Australia’s Border Protection Policies
The recent UN Human Rights Committee ruling—that Australia’s indefinite detention of five refugees held from 2009-2015 amounted to...
Jun 26, 20163 min read
Great Britain Votes to Leave EU - What Now?
In a stunning and somewhat surprising defeat, the Remain campaign has lost narrowly to the Leave campaign on Britain’s claim to the...
Jun 25, 20163 min read
Australia’s Self-Indulgent Indonesian Misconception
Policymakers consistently stress the need for deeper, more meaningful engagement with China. Politicians extoll the economic virtues of...
Jun 22, 20164 min read
The Political Polarisation of Bangladeshi Politics
The recent killing of USAID worker and gay rights activist Xulhaz Manna in conjunction with the barbaric murder of secular bloggers, an...
Jun 21, 20163 min read
New Opening Available: the Hunt for a New UN Secretary General
Seeking talented, eloquent executive for leadership role in maddeningly complex supranational organisation, preferably of eastern...
Jun 21, 20164 min read
Hillary has Made History - Let’s Not Ignore it
There’s no romance when the favourite wins. Everyone loves David; no one would have remembered if Goliath had won. This seems to be what...
Jun 14, 20164 min read
Red Politics, Black Economy: Reconciling Authoritarianism and Burgeoning Capitalism in North Korea
It can be argued that the development of North Korea’s famed clandestine economy is a narrative that reflects the ineptitude and/or...
Jun 11, 20164 min read
The Reawakening of Authoritarianism in the Middle East
The 2011 Arab awakening in the MENA region shocked many analysts and academics the world over. Many had summarised that authoritarianism...
Jun 10, 20165 min read
The ‘New’ Non-alignment: Understanding Djibouti’s Geostrategic Romances
Before us is a small country with a small population, no natural resources, and no clear sources of revenue. It gained independence from...
Jun 9, 20164 min read
Staying Afloat: The Future of the Melanesian Economies
Securing long-term economic viability remains a challenge for the Melanesian states, with geographic isolation, climate change, natural...
Jun 8, 20165 min read
Somalia’s Fractured State: the Divisions that Plague the Country
On 1 June a suicide car bomb ripped through the front of the Ambassador Hotel, Mogadishu, before armed al-Shabaab militants rushed in...
Jun 8, 20164 min read
Would a Brexit Really Undermine British security?
In the lead up to the European Referendum on 23 June, there is much public debate about how Britain should define its future relationship...
Jun 7, 20163 min read
Vietnam Government in Hot Water over Fish Deaths
One of the biggest threats to Vietnam’s government at the moment is fish. More specifically, masses of dead fish. The fishing industry in...
Jun 6, 20164 min read
France’s Labour Crisis Shows Little Sign of Abating
Proposed French labour reforms have led to riots and protests across the country. The protests have unleashed pent-up emotions between...
Jun 5, 20163 min read
China: the Surprising Solution to Australia's Foreign Aid Budget Cuts
The recently released Australian Budget for 2016-17 maintained the downward trend in Australian foreign aid expenditure by confirming...
Jun 5, 20163 min read
Pancasila: A Powerful Remnant of Indonesia’s Authoritarian Past
Indonesia recently commemorated the resignation of its longest-serving president, Soeharto, in 1998 and with it, the end of a military...
Jun 4, 20164 min read
The West’s Blank Cheque: The Rise of a Defiant Turkey
To say that the EU and U.S.’s alliance with Turkey is one of the most important in the world would be an understatement. At a security...
Jun 1, 20163 min read
Austrian Election Exposes a Polarised Nation
In late May, far-right wing leader of Austria’s Freedom Party, Norbet Hofer, lost Austria’s presidential election to Alexander Van der...
May 28, 20162 min read
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