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  • 13 May 2020
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    In beef over barley, Chinese economic coercion cuts against the grain

    Darren Lim , Victor Ferguson
    Beijing has become adept at punishing countries with legally “dressed up” informal economic sanctions.
  • 12 May 2020
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    For Australia, a testing friendship

    Daniel Flitton
    It’s not a question for polite conversation, but PMs will always wonder, just how reliable is Australia’s big ally?
  • 12 May 2020
    • United States
    • Coronavirus

    Breaking with intelligence: Trump and the case of pandemic blame

    Arzan Tarapore
    Spurious virus claims are not a case of history repeating. Rather, it’s policy that ignores intelligence altogether.
  • 12 May 2020
    • Vietnam
    • Coronavirus

    Vietnam defies the odds on Covid-19

    Helen Clark
    Quick action by the government has helped prevent widespread infection – and turned the tide of public distrust.
  • 11 May 2020
    • Iran
    • Coronavirus

    Denials, delays, and conspiracy theories: Iran’s Covid mismanagement

    Mahmoud Pargoo
    The crisis reveals fundamental failures: a politicised health system, multiple power centres, and no respect for law.
  • 11 May 2020
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Weight on the scales

    Ali Wyne
    Middle powers might seek to balance the US and China, but inevitably their own actions change the equation.
  • 11 May 2020
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Can Covid-19 response be a model for climate action?

    Natasha Kassam , Noah Yim
    Mass behaviour change, policies guided by science, acting for the greater good: just what the climate crisis needs.
  • 8 May 2020
    • Australia in the World
    • Coronavirus

    COVIDcast Episode 10: Australia’s role in shaping a post-corona world

    Penny Wong , Hervé Lemahieu
    The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.
  • 8 May 2020
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Indonesia’s democracy is flawed, but do enough people care?

    Fadhilah Fitri Primandari
    Covid-19 puts healthcare and the economy at the top of the agenda, although poor governance is making matters worse.
  • 8 May 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Coronavirus
    • Human rights

    Samoa’s constitutional crisis: Undermining rule of law

    Fiona Ey
    Amid the Covid-19 emergency, a set of legal amendments threatens judicial independence and human rights.
  • 7 May 2020
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Wuhan lab claims: Is Australia questioning China? Or the US? Both?

    Sam Roggeveen , Natasha Kassam , Ben Scott
    Leaked claims, supposed intelligence dossiers, angry outbursts. Lowy experts look to make sense of a Covid controversy.
  • 7 May 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Lifting the doona on a post-pandemic world

    Greg Earl
    Australia can boast success in containing the virus. But its economy may still shrink more than other G20 nations.
  • 7 May 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Creating a Pacific bubble

    Joe Rafalowicz
    Australia’s special ties with Pacific Islands and New Zealand offer a chance to ensure mutual safety and prosperity.
  • 6 May 2020
    • United States
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Beyond Covid, might China overreach?

    Biren Nanda
    The virus has further complicated US-China ties, as both nibble away the bonds of multilateralism.
  • 6 May 2020
    • Coronavirus
    • Human rights

    Coronavirus: The end of sexist economics?

    Tara Davda , Priya Chattier
    Gender-responsive coronavirus policies are not only smart economics, but provide opportunities to do the right thing.
  • 6 May 2020
    • Philippines
    • Coronavirus

    Philippines: Bangsamoro, between conflict and Covid-19

    Georgi Engelbrecht
    A year after its creation, the autonomous region faces the threat of a pandemic, on top of lingering fractures.
  • 5 May 2020
    • China's Economy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    The prospects for China’s post–Covid-19 economy

    Rowan Callick
    Big questions loom around how China can jump-start growth after the coronavirus crisis and the US trade war.
  • 4 May 2020
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Coronavirus

    Covid-19 and development banks in Asia

    Malcolm Cook
    Covid-19 has challenged fears, or hopes, the AIIB would supplant the World Bank and ADB as the development bank in Asia.
  • 4 May 2020
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Parallel plotlines: The evolving stories of climate change and corona

    Bronwyn Lo
    How will history judge the global epilogues on two of the world’s greatest challenges?
  • 1 May 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Coronavirus

    COVIDcast Episode 9: Covid‑19 and the oil price collapse

    Rodger Shanahan , Roland Rajah , Rachel Ziemba
    The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.
  • 1 May 2020
    • Japan
    • Coronavirus

    Japan: Cracks in Abe’s government amid the Covid-19 crisis

    Purnendra Jain , Takeshi Kobayashi
    The dream projects of Japan’s longest serving PM appear under threat as his political capital evaporates.
  • 1 May 2020
    • Global Issues
    • Europe
    • Coronavirus

    Governments, not pandemics, stop access to reproductive health

    Sara E Davies , Sophie Harman
    A winding back of hard-won women’s rights in Europe has implications for us all.
  • 30 Apr 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Winds of change: Rethinking disaster relief after Cyclone Harold

    Meg Keen , David Sanderson
    Local response teams and demand-driven solutions are key to climate change aid in the Pacific.
  • 30 Apr 2020
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Foresight and pragmatism missing in Australia’s relations with China

    Alistair Nicholas
    Beijing’s man in Canberra misjudged our tolerance for a bully. But why is Australia alone pushing for a Covid inquiry?
  • 29 Apr 2020
    • Australia in the World
    • United States
    • Technology
    • Coronavirus

    Information warfare in the theatre of Covid-19

    Damien Spry
    Viral misinformation thrives amid the very conditions we see today – a lesson China appears to have identified.
  • 29 Apr 2020
    • Australia
    • Technology
    • Coronavirus

    Back to the future: Keeping Australian air lines of communication open

    David Brewster
    Not for the first time Australia is cut off from the world. Government has an essential role in preserving a connection.
  • 28 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Coronavirus

    A mining boom to a dining boom and more economic consequences of Covid

    Tim Harcourt
    All at once, everything economic seemed to stop, and the aftermath will transform our experience of globalisation.
  • 28 Apr 2020
    • Timor-Leste
    • Coronavirus

    A Covid-19 wake-up call to reshape Timor-Leste’s economy

    Joao da Cruz Cardoso
    A dual shock has demonstrated that dependence on oil revenue is unsustainable.
  • 28 Apr 2020
    • United States
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Is this the Kindleberger moment?

    Peter Layton
    Covid-19 exposes a power vacuum where exceptionalism and tinfoil hat conspiracy theories go hand in hand.
  • 27 Apr 2020
    • Afghanistan
    • Coronavirus

    The Taliban makes the most of Covid-19 crisis in Afghanistan

    Roshni Kapur , Chayanika Saxena
    Whether for propaganda or political clout, the group has adopted an unexpected response to the outbreak.
  • 24 Apr 2020
    • Middle East
    • Europe
    • Islamic State
    • Terrorism
    • Coronavirus

    ISIS looks to prosper in a world distracted by the virus

    Kareem Salem
    Europe could quickly be confronted by another security crisis if the terrorists growing resurgence is left unchecked.
  • 24 Apr 2020
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations
    • Coronavirus

    COVIDcast Episode 8: Covid-19 and the World Health Organisation

    Joel Negin , Natasha Kassam
    The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.
  • 24 Apr 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Strength in numbers: The benefit from global efforts to halt the virus

    Hervé Lemahieu , Nicholas Bosworth
    Scientists racing to solve Covid-19 are proving that international solidarity is no empty platitude.
  • 24 Apr 2020
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    105 years on, a digital commemoration marks a very different Anzac Day

    Federica Caso
    Covid-19 might make traditional gatherings impractical, but individual commemoration was already gaining traction.
  • 24 Apr 2020
    • Asylum seekers and refugees
    • Coronavirus

    The danger of disease in the world’s largest refugee camp​​​​​​​

    Katrina Lee-Koo , Eleanor Gordon
    Cox’s Bazar camps are in lockdown. No Covid-19 cases are yet reported, but infectious illness is already sadly common.
  • 23 Apr 2020
    • China
    • European Union
    • Coronavirus

    Europe hasn’t fallen for China – if anything, it’s the opposite

    Daniel Woker
    Beijing’s charm offensive in response to coronavirus hasn’t moved the key capitals on the continent.
  • 22 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Coronavirus

    Missing in action: The G20 in the Covid crisis

    Tom Chodor
    The supposed “premier forum” has by and large failed to rise to hopes of a broader mandate.
  • 22 Apr 2020
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • Coronavirus

    The case for the World Health Organisation

    Charlotte Owens
    Governments actually have more say in how the WHO functions than the loudest critics are letting on.
  • 21 Apr 2020
    • Europe
    • Europe's Economy
    • Coronavirus

    Hit hard, could Covid lead Europe to rethink economic policy?

    Lisa Louis
    Airlines could be nationalised, global supply chains severed. Will a once familiar market-led dogma survive the crisis?
  • 21 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Energy
    • Coronavirus

    The complex consequences of a plunging oil price

    Christian Downie
    The cost of planes on runways and cars in garages looks very different with an economics, security, or governance lens.
  • 21 Apr 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Coronavirus

    If this is war, that Zoom call is part of the battle

    Jason Israel
    If this is war, military planning says we’re all combatants, our mission is broad, and the battle is just beginning.
  • 21 Apr 2020
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Coronavirus

    The phony war ends: PNG’s coronavirus challenge takes shape

    Shane McLeod
    After questions, the past few days have begun to reveal how pandemic has been silently spreading throughout the country.
  • 21 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Coronavirus

    The facts about global trade in face masks, ventilators and test kits

    John Edwards
    Policies that injure global trade in medical products would hurt the US and Western democratic allies more than most.
  • 20 Apr 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Coronavirus

    Safety of life at sea: Covid‑19 and naval operations

    Sam Bateman
    Naval exercises are heavily affected by the pandemic, with crews even more vulnerable than people on a cruise liner.
  • 20 Apr 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Australia needs a comprehensive plan for Covid-19 in the Pacific

    Pat Conroy
    A region of great power rivalry and critical to Australia’s physical security ­– that gave help when we needed it, too.
  • 20 Apr 2020
    • The Trump Presidency
    • Coronavirus

    The vanishing hegemon

    Marcus Colla
    Trump’s America has a weakening hold on the global imagination. That doesn’t mean an end to the hyper-connected world.
  • 17 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Coronavirus

    Flattening the economy costs lives, livelihoods and freedoms, too

    Ramesh Thakur
    Before the “Great Lockdown” we should have heeded the lessons of past catastrophic warnings that never came to be.
  • 17 Apr 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Coronavirus

    COVIDcast Episode 7: The cost to the international economy

    Alex Oliver , Roland Rajah
    The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.
  • 17 Apr 2020
    • New Zealand
    • Coronavirus

    New Zealand: Life under lockdown and the view of outside

    Dick Grant
    Morale remains good, but the bigger challenge is beyond the borders, seeking a glimpse of international cooperation.
  • 17 Apr 2020
    • Diplomacy
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    International Covid cooperation: Lessons from HIV/AIDS

    Annmaree O’Keeffe
    Australia’s responded to the viral killer in the 1980s not only with health measures but a crucial diplomatic campaign.
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