Young Australians in International Affairs

Mijica Lus | South Pacific Fellow Image sourced from Bob Brewer via Unsplash Digital platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), and online storytelling are increasingly being used to preserve language, culture, and identity across the Pacific. Indigenous and diaspora communities are documenting oral histories online, while Indigenous-led AI language projects are emerging as tools ...

Oliver Taylor | Europe and Eurasia Fellow Image sourced from Christoph Strässler via Wikimedia When Finland joined NATO in April 2023, it added 1,340 kilometres of new alliance frontier with Russia overnight. Sweden’s accession the following year completed what analysts from the Wilson Center have dubbed a “once-in-a-generation shift in security policy.” The maps make it look cl...

Johan van der Merwe | Africa Fellow Image sourced from Audy of Course via Pexels International monetary policy has turned militaristic. In 2012, the West discovered that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) could be turned into a weapon. When Iranian banks were disconnected from SWIFT, Iran lost half of its oil export revenues and 30 per cent o...

Mijica Lus | South Pacific Fellow Image sourced from Winston Chen via Unsplash Water Security, Sovereignty, and Pacific Leadership Water insecurity is emerging as one of the Pacific region’s most immediate climate challenges. Rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion, prolonged droughts, and ageing infrastructure are reshaping how island states access, manage, and govern freshwater...

Piper Stock | Indo-Pacific Fellow Image sourced from Mia Salim/AusAID via Wikimedia The Neighbour We Have Never Quite Faced Imagine waking up one morning to find that your next-door neighbour, someone you have lived beside your entire life, someone whose household decisions affect your street, your suburb, your city, has quietly become one of the most consequential people in the...