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Why Indonesia should embrace AUKUS (Arrizal Jaknanihan, East Asia Forum)

The announcement of AUKUS — a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States — sparked concern over escalating rivalry...

Australia’s submarine U-turn (Richard Brabin-Smith, East Asia Forum)

On 15 September 2021, the Australian government formally announced that it was abandoning French Attack-class conventional submarines in favour of nuclear propulsion through AUKUS....

The US needs urgently to raise its macropru game (Donald Kohn, Brookings)

Implementing robust macroprudential policy—addressing threats to financial stability beyond those that were the focus of safety and soundness on an institution-by-institution basis or of...

Remembering Colin Powell and a pivotal moment before the Gulf War (Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

Colin Powell shaped American history as the first African American secretary of state and as a role model for the American success story, going...

Competing over climate: Myanmar’s valuable and climate-vulnerable geography (Bruce Jones, Brookings)

Thant Myint-U, the noted historian of modern Burma and grandson of former United Nations Secretary General U Thant, has documented the myriad ways in...

Focus on finances to promote doctoral student diversity (Walter G. Ecton and Shaun M. Dougherty, Brookings)

Increasing the diversity of students in Ph.D. programs is crucial to creating a pipeline of future researchers and educators in the nation’s system of...

What life in space teaches astronauts about solving challenges on planet Earth (Darrell M. West, Brookings)

The future of space is here. NASA is preparing to return to the Moon and is planning to have missions to Mars. Private space...

Rule of law takes a big hit during COVID-19 (Ted Piccone, Brookings)

The global pandemic has dramatically impaired the lives of millions of people around the world. It has also dealt a body blow to democracy,...

Thousands protest in El Salvador against Bukele government (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of protesters have marched in El Salvador’s capital San Salvador against the actions of President Nayib Bukele’s government, including the move to make...

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