Filip Markoski (Chief Editor) For me, I would have to go back to Switzerland. Having travelled there in 2019, I can still recall enough of the natural beauty and relaxing atmosphere that the country had to warrant an immediate return trip. Ideally, I would want … Continue readingWHERE WE WOULD FLY WHEN WE WAVE ISOLATION GOODBYE
The Monash International Affairs Society (MIAS) has appointed Sonali De Silva and Filip Markoski as Co-Editors-In-Chief of Pivot for 2020, succeeding Ryan Attard who held the role from Pivot’s foundation. Their term will commence with Pivot’s first edition in February/March 2020, once handover is complete. … Continue readingUPDATE: EDITORS-IN-CHIEF APPOINTED
BEAU DONATELLA – I am sick and tired of hearing people whinging about Brexit. “Oh we shouldn’t have voted out” and “I wish I could change my vote”. Well the vote happened three years ago and if you had problems with the system you should … Continue readingS*** IS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO HIT THE FAN
BY JACOB YAP – It has always been easy for me to understand why I never truly loved the Philippines. For one, my Australian upbringing has influenced me tremendously. Born in Australia, I never learned the main dialect of Tagalog, which led to many a … Continue readingFILIPINO – A CULTURE TO BE PROUD OF
BY SARAH SAID – In my mind, with perfect clarity, the afternoon reconstructs itself. It was reserved particularly for Olumide Yinka-Kehinde, a then nineteen something Nigerian-Australian economics and computer science major. A friend, above all else. Following one of his many extracurricular obligations, I watched as he ambled through the automatic gates of Campus … Continue readingDEVELOPING AFRICAN CULTURE IN AUSTRALIA
BY ANGELO LIN – “China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world.” Napoleon Bonaparte China is a unitary multi-national country. Throughout its extensive historical development, people from 56 ethnic groups have come together and have opened … Continue readingCULTURE IN THE AUSTRALIA-CHINA SPACE
Pivot wants to hear from its readers about issues and topics they would like to hear more about. We kindly ask you spend 5 minutes filling out this short form providing suggestions about topics, regions, news stories, etc. that you would like us to investigate … Continue readingREACHING OUT TO OUR READERS
BY ZACH ELSBURY – The current state of British politics needs little introduction. A polity, once seen by foreign correspondents as dull, uneventful, and stable is now the complete constantly evolving, febrile, and flirting with total collapse. European integration has always been a vexed question … Continue readingLOOKING BACK TO MOVE FORWARD
By Russell Reader – This series aims to examine a potential war with China, exploring precedents for mutually destructive wars, what might precipitate a conflict, how it might unfold, and what the long-term consequences would be. When one begins to compare our contemporary global political … Continue readingWAR WITH CHINA? PART 1: PRECEDENT FOR CATASTROPHE
By Anonymous – There are limited political murders that are as well recorded or as frightening as that of Jamal Khashoggi. Strangulated, mutilated and most likely dissolved in acid in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Saudi Arabia’s leading commentator was brutally lead to his death on … Continue readingJAMAL KHASHOGGI & WHY HIS DEATH MATTERS