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Climate Change – Deciding Humanity’s Future (Johan Rockström, Marcia McNutt, Brian Schmidt, Project-Syndicate)

At the recent G7 summit in Cornwall, Sir David Attenborough described the decisions currently facing the world’s richest countries as “the most important in human...

Australia/Defense – Australia’s new tanks are overkill and overweight (Declan Sullivan, The Strategist)

Australia, according to an unremarkable line item in the May federal budget, is making its first purchase of new tanks in almost 15 years...

Australia/Defense – Why is it so hard for Australia’s innovators to win acceptance by Defence? (Charley Feros, The Strategist)

Finding a path out of the economic ashes of the Covid-19 pandemic while addressing growing tensions in our region has forced Australia to reassess...

Syria – Syria’s multi-purpose election (Samy Akil, The Strategist)

On 26 May, Syria held its second presidential election since the 2011 revolution. What was described by most observers as a sham yielded an...

Afghanistan – Standing with Afghanistan: Inclusion and women’s rights in peace talks (Azadah Raz Mohammad, Jenna Sapiano, Felicity Gerry, Jacqui True, The Interpreter)

The agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban in February 2020 sought to end America’s (and Australia’s) longest-running war. After nearly two decades of...

Antarctic Treaty – A Cold War deal on ice: The Antarctic Treaty at 60 (Donald R Rothwell, The Interpreter)

The Antarctic Treaty is celebrating an important anniversary. Negotiated in 1959, the treaty entered into force on 23 June 1961. The first meeting of the treaty parties...

India – India’s hidden Covid crisis (Vani Swarupa Murali, The Interpreter)

India’s second wave of Covid-19 has been brutal on its people. During the first wave, images emerged of a mass exodus from the major...

Pacific Islands – The risks of escalating strategic competition in the Pacific Islands (Joanne Wallis, The Interpreter)

When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Pacific Island leaders about the dangers of “economic coercion” and “retribution” in an address on 2 June, he...

USA – Believing Biden (Daniel Woker, The Interpreter)

At the conclusion of US President Joe Biden’s one-week visit across the continent and to the United Kingdom, Europeans appear to believe in the...
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