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Is Russia finally getting serious on climate change? (Ian Hill)

At last month’s annual Valdai forum in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said it was “impossible” to deny climate change when disasters had become “almost a...

Australia at the centre of tension between record fossil-fuel prices and the move to net zero (David Uren, The Strategist)

Will soaring prices for coal, oil and gas speed their replacement by renewables or foster a surge of investment in fossil fuels? The new political...

Developing a national threat assessment for Australia (Richard Keir, The Strategist)

In a previous article, I talked about Australia’s changed threat environment and recommended that the government produce a national threat assessment with both classified and...

Delivering a stronger navy, faster (Marcus Hellyer, The Strategist)

Serious risks are being realised in the Royal Australian Navy’s twin transitions in its surface combatant and submarine fleets. As Australia’s strategic circumstances become...

Decline of the West? Pros and Cons (Ivan Timofeev, Valdai Discussion Club)

Moreover, there is a very deep intellectual tradition of viewing the West as a deteriorating and doomed community. It’s enough to recall Nietzsche's "God...

New Regionalism in Central Asia (Ulugbek Khasanov, Valdai Discussion Club)

The primary condition for a successful foreign and domestic policy is a constructive understanding of one’s place in the world and in the region, which allows for the pragmatic formulation...

COP26: Everything to know about the climate change summit on 1 November (Joe Myers, WEF)

This round-up brings you everything you need to know about the COP26 climate summit, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions targets. Top stories:...

Autonomous drone networks are a faster route to sustainable supply chains (Edward Fu, WEF)

New forms of infrastructure are needed to relieve over-burdened and unsustainable supply chains. In Rwanda and Virginia, US, drone-based logistics networks have proved...

What the smallest country in mainland Africa can teach us about climate action (John Letzing, WEF)

The Gambia has been singled out as the only nation with adequate plans to avert a climate catastrophe. While the country’s own carbon...

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