“This is what change looks like”: Obama’s Direct Diplomacy with Cuba
Last week, the US and Cuba reopened their respective embassies in Washington and Havana after half a century of severed diplomatic...
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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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Jul 27, 20153 min read
Is Australia a ‘High’ Threat Country for Terrorism?
The Sydney Morning Herald reported earlier this month that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) considered “the threat of...
Jul 25, 20154 min read
Australian Citizenship and the IS Threat
Public debate has raged in recent weeks about the revocation of Australian citizenship for individuals involved in terrorist activities...
Jul 22, 20154 min read
AIIB Exposes ASEAN’s Two-Track China Strategy
The politics of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) illuminate an intriguing theme in Asian regionalism in contrast to US-led...
Jul 17, 20153 min read
MH17: Missing a Triumph from Tragedy
17 July marks one year since Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over the Ukraine, taking with it 298 people – 27 of which were...
Jul 15, 20154 min read
Burning the Midnight Oil for Israeli Gas Deal
Located off the coast of Israel in the Mediterranean Sea, the Leviathan gas field is one of the biggest offshore gas discoveries in...
Jul 13, 20153 min read
Transcending Gender: the Importance of Candidates’ China Policy in Taiwan’s Presidential Election
With Hung Hsiu-chu almost all but confirmed as the Kuomintang’s (KMT) candidate for Taiwan’s upcoming presidential elections [1], an...
Jul 11, 20154 min read
Australia: a Haven for Chinese Sinners?
China has an emigration problem. Corrupt officials have decamped to all corners of the world and the Chinese Communist Party wants to...
Jul 9, 20154 min read
Good Things Come in Threes: the AIIB, CHAFTA and the CSP
On 17 June Trade Minister Andrew Robb signed Australia's Free Trade Agreement with China, bringing to a climax a saga of negotiations...
Jul 4, 20154 min read
The India-Japan Partnership: Asia’s New Allies?
Traditionally, India and Japan have always enjoyed strong relations. Today, their positive relationship is underpinned by a common...
Jul 2, 20153 min read
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Dilemma of Dismantling Islamic State
When President Obama formally announced the full withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in October 2011, a collective sigh of relief...
Jul 1, 20154 min read
The US and China: Navigating a Nuclear North Korea
In the post-Cold War era, managing North Korea’s nuclear program is an urgent and persistent concern for the United States and the...
Jun 30, 20156 min read
Chile’s BioLantánidos Project: A Genuine Challenge to Baotou’s Rare Earth Monopoly?
Chile’s BioLantánidos project promises to deliver greener practices to toxic models but is the industry ready for a clean out? China’s...
Jun 21, 20156 min read
Australia’s International Awareness: What Do You Know?
Foreign policy is typically thought of as the domain of the elite. While domestic policy changes are fiercely debated within the...
Jun 20, 20155 min read
Be Yourself: Whatever Happened to Australia in the Asian Century?
Australia’s conception of its place in the world is in flux. Particularly since the 1990s apparently significant changes appear and pass...
Jun 12, 20154 min read
Australia's own Area 51: Pine Gap
The top secret Central Australian spy base of Pine Gap has taken on greater intelligence gathering capacities, a recent report by several...
Jun 11, 20153 min read
Iran’s Shiite Crescent
The news that Ramadi – the Sunni capital of Iraq – fell to the forces of the Islamic State (IS) last month is the largest setback that...
May 19, 20154 min read
R2P and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Asia
Asia is characterised by democracies and dictatorships, by developed economies and developing ones, by high-intensity conflict zones and...
May 13, 20154 min read
Mandatory Data Retention Laws: Pushing Criminals Further into the Deep Net?
The passing of legislation through the Australian parliament that will require telecommunications and Internet service providers to store...
May 11, 20153 min read
Iran and the Bomb
The news out of Lausanne early last month, that the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany (the...
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