Young Australians in International Affairs

Amrita Chahal | Cyber, Tech and Space Fellow Image sourced from Pascal Meier via Unsplash As automated decision-making (ADM) has captured the attention of the international community, governments and industries alike are looking to harness its power to increase productivity. The appeal is understandable for public administrators, many of whom manage large volumes of casework and...

Abby Deng | Europe and Eurasia Fellow Image sourced from Lautaro Andreani via Unsplash The European Union’s (EU) technology-related conversation has largely centred on regulation: addressing the addictive design of social media platforms such as Meta's, monopolistic behaviours by tech gatekeepers like Google and so on. Yet these regulatory battles can obscure a less visible issu...

Nikko Riazi | Australian Foreign Policy Fellow Image sourced from Matthew de Livera via Unsplash On 10 November, China’s suspended export controls are due to return. When they last applied, they added five rare earth elements to China's licensing regime and extended it to foreign-made products containing Chinese-origin rare earths, putting allied manufacturers at the mercy of on...

Mia Ruddock | United States Fellow Image sourced from Thomas K on Pexels On 8 September 2026, United States (US) President Donald Trump announced that the US will ban Canadian dairy products, alcoholic beverages, and motorcycles. As the latest in a series of escalating trade hostilities between the neighbouring countries, the US and Canada are now locked in a trade war. The Whit...

Genevieve Phillips | South Pacific Fellow Image sourced from Defrino Maasy via Pexels The Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) is one of the most ambitious experiments in regional institution-building that the Blue Pacific has attempted in generations. It is designed as a Pacific-owned, Pacific-led, and Pacific-managed whole-of-response mechanism to reduce dependence on slow, compl...