On 11 August 2021, the Monash International Affairs Society hosted an illuminating panel discussion on the world of sports diplomacy and its myriad possibilities as a branch of Australian diplomatic strategy in the Indo-Pacific. In this article, Jerry Nguyen-Schlenker, Winuri de Alwis and Arshiya Merchant review this highly stimulating event and delve deeper into the ideas it presented. … Continue readingMIAS Recap: Sports Diplomacy Event
Climate change has morphed into an abstract ideological issue, seemingly disconnected from everyday life. Sir David Attenborough’s biopic: A Life On Our Planet bridges the chasm between climate change as a concept and climate change as an everyday reality. Opening with the deserted Chernobyl, Attenborough … Continue readingBEARING WITNESS: SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S ‘A LIFE ON OUR PLANET’
*trigger warning: the following article discusses sexual assault* The Australian criminal legal system is crippled in its ability to effectively address sexual assault. The underreporting, the fear of being disbelieved, lengthy and daunting court processes, reliving trauma and the well-known fact that a guilty verdict … Continue readingTHE BURDEN: HOW THE TERM ‘BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT’ HURTS SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS