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Brian Stoddart explores why Australia is eroding 50 years of relationship building with China.
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis that has gripped Australia along with the rest…
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, exposing to the fullest the glaring weakness of our inequitable health system, and as the unemployment situation goes largely unaddressed, it…
As the United Nations celebrates its accomplishments over the past 75 years, a final showdown between the world powers will shape its future.
The world is in turmoil. In the…
Amrita Narlikar argues that to tackle the pandemic leaders sorely need to develop narratives that appeal to people’s own interests, and give them a sense of hope and purpose.
In…
A change in the Oval Office next year may presage a change in America’s approach to the Middle East; but it would not necessarily make the challenges there any less intractable.…
Out of Italy by Fernand Braudel. Flammarion. 1991. ISBN-10: 2080135007
Fernand Braudel wrote several smaller (in size) books that dealt with his favorite themes of capitalism…
Rosie Campbell and Shannon O’Connell introduce a new research report on the benefits of women political leaders.
As women’s equality activists, we are often questioned: Why is…
Christopher Hoy and Andy Sumner introduce a new paper exploring the possibility of ending global poverty in a post-pandemic world.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the…
Scott Montgomery worries that America's crumbling energy infrastructure is a sign of its waning global status.
I have been standing on a sidewalk, studying a telephone…
Branko Milanovic explores the implications of citizenships' gradual transformation into a commodity.
The modern idea of citizenship, after the French Revolution, is based on…