COP25 delay tactics hamper setting ambitious targets
The 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) is currently taking place in Madrid, Spain. Officially opened last Monday, the event will run through to 13 December. Read More
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The state in the neighbourhood: A snapshot of Queensland’s engagement in the Asia Pacific
Significant transformation in Australia’s neighbourhood—the rise of Asian economies, cities and middle classes, unprecedented digital disruption, and near insatiable demands for knowledge, innovation and infrastructure—offers… Read More
Regional wrap
Concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s nefariously growing interference into the region (and Australia’s) domestic politics, society and academy dominated the headlines Down Under this… Read More
More questions after the Pacific Q&A
Perhaps the most telling exchange on this week’s Q&A broadcast from Suva came right at the end. Alex Hawke (Australian Minister for International Development… Read More
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PNG budget handed down The budget for 2020 (the Marape government’s first) has been handed down in Papua New Guinea. The budget reveals more… Read More
Earth has a couple more chances to avoid catastrophic climate change. This week is one of them
Almost 200 world leaders gather in Madrid this week for climate talks which will largely determine the success of the Paris agreement, and by extension,… Read More
The state of the step-up: Australia’s engagement with the Pacific
Since winning the election in May 2019, Scott Morrison has maintained his categorical statement that the Pacific islands region is ‘front and centre of Australia’s… Read More
The power of the ballot box
The remarkable people of Hong Kong — long written off by outsiders as conformists focused on turning a buck — keep confounding the stereotypes. With… Read More
Nepal’s border pains: burning effigies of Modi and Xi
Earlier this week, some agitated Nepalese youths poured onto streeets and burnt effigies of Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping – executive heads of two neighboring… Read More
Nuclear deterrence and the US–Australia alliance
Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington two weeks ago, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds affirmed Australia’s readiness to play a more active role… Read More
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