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Suez Canal – The Blocking of the Suez Canal: Lessons and Challenges (INSS)

Tomer Fadlon, Ofir Winter, Shmuel Even In late March 2021, maritime traffic in the Suez Canal was blocked in both directions, after a ship ran aground in...

Libya – A Unified Government in Libya: Potential Regional Implications (INSS)

Sarah J. Feuer The recent appointment of a new unified government in Libya has fueled cautious optimism that the war-torn North African country may finally...

Trade to adapt: Changing specialisation to cope with climate change (VOXEU)

Bruno Conte, Klaus Desmet, Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg Trade restrictions are often invoked as a way to stem climate change. Although international transportation is...

Pathways for productivity and growth after the COVID-19 crisis (VOXEU)

Hans‐Helmut Kotz, Jan Mischke, Sven Smit The future of productivity and economic growth in the US and Europe is uncertain. This column reviews evidence from...

Innovation in Australia’s electricity sector holds lessons for Defence (The Strategist)

Marcus Hellyer Disruptive innovation almost always takes the incumbent by surprise. Successful organisations are very often good at sustaining innovation (that is, incrementally improving their business...

Australia/China – Time to end China’s lease on the Port of Darwin (The Strategist)

Peter Jennings Defence Minister Peter Dutton has asked his department ‘to come back with some advice’ about the future of the 99-year lease by Chinese...

Somebody might hear us: the future of secure communications (The Strategist)

Andrew Davies I was pleased to become involved when ASPI was asked to run a workshop on secure communication technologies late last year. It’s been...

India – India’s power illusion (The Interpreter)

ANITA INDER SINGH Ambition now looks like arrogance as New Delhi’s mishandlingof the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in disaster. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-s-power-illusion

Pakistan/China – Pakistani Taliban turn on China (The Interpreter)

ADNAN AAMIR Any friend of the government in Islamabad appears to be an enemy of the terrorist group. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/pakistani-taliban-turn-china

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