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Brian Stoddart explores Australia's pantomime politics and its actors' performances in response to China's increasing regional power.
Reading ex-Australian Prime Minister…
Last weekend’s agreement notwithstanding, international cooperation over oil output stands to be short-lived as the short- and medium-term battles for market share intensify.
Over…
The progress achieved towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) might be maintained or could be thrown out of the window by today’s decisions on how to deal with the debt…
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin tackle the questions of what lessons we can learn from this pandemic and how society may organize moving forward.
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19…
The impacts of COVID-19 in developing countries are starting to be felt. The Economist went as far as to call it the ‘next calamity’, noting how overlooked the impact on…
Alastair Newton argues that despite its early mishandling of Covid-19, the pandemic will shift the global balance of power further in China’s favour.
“The new coronavirus is…
Shannon O’Connell, from the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, argues that COVD-19 epidemic is an opportunity to push the ‘restart’ button on women’s role in society…
Scott Montgomery argues that, all things considered, ultra-cheap oil is not the world’s friend.
Oil shocks happen when prices suddenly ascend or crash. In the past, a skyward soar…
Parliaments can contribute to more effective and accountable governance through monitoring the implementation, impact and unintended consequences of the laws they pass (otherwise…
Following on from his previous post, Branko Milanovic further explores the difficulty of comparing wealth over the ages and across societies.
A few days ago I…