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INSIGHTS
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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Mar 27, 20154 min read
Australia in its Pacific Neighbourhood
The monster cyclone that ravaged Vanuatu on March 14 must provide a wake-up call for Australian policymakers. Though Australia already...
Mar 26, 20154 min read
Diplomacy in a Digital World: A Security Trade-off?
The ability of states to access, control and restrict secure online communications is incredibly important. Recent allegations of...
Mar 3, 20153 min read
Hacktivists: Cyber Activists or Cyber Vandals?
While governments continue to contend with the proliferation of traditional terrorist networks, rogue states and staple criminal...
Mar 1, 20153 min read
Xi Jinping’s ‘Four Comprehensives’: What they mean for China’s future policy direction
Comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society, comprehensively deepening reforms, comprehensively implementing the rule of...
Mar 1, 20158 min read
"More Jakarta, Less Geneva”: Empty Promise or Policy Shift?
When the current government came into power in September 2013, it promised a foreign policy with greater focus on Indonesia as both a...
Feb 26, 20153 min read
The Department of Homeland Security Funding Impasse: an assessment
News from the United States has been dominated by the potential shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Principally...
Feb 25, 20153 min read
On the Shores of Europe: ISIS in Libya
The scene was, in most ways, tragically familiar. The 21 men in orange jumpsuits – characteristic of prisoners held by the Islamic State...
Feb 9, 20154 min read
The Sri Lankan Election: Herald of a Viable Indo-Pacific?
A month ago, a diverse coalition of parties and political, ethnic, and faith-based groupings led Sri Lanka to an election upset. The...
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