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The Fix: What has meaning
The Fix: What has meaning
We’ll be asking contributors to put together their own short collected observations like this one in the weeks ahead – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The…
Low Earth orbit: The next frontier
Low Earth orbit: The next frontier
Book review: The Future of Geography by Tim Marshall (Simon & Schuster, 2023) Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot stay in the cradle forever. ~ Konstantin…
The Fix: Spies and ties
The Fix: Spies and ties
We’ll be asking contributors to put together their own short collected observations like this one in the weeks ahead – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The…
The importance of pride: supporting LGBTQ rights in Asia
The importance of pride: supporting LGBTQ rights in Asia
I come from the Philippines and as a transgender woman in a predominantly Christian society, it is somehow a paradox that regardless how conservative and colonial our collective…
Expanding the Women, Peace and Security agenda to the next frontier – space
Expanding the Women, Peace and Security agenda to the next frontier – space
The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda reflects strong evidence that involving women in questions of peace and conflict leads to better stability. This…
King’s Birthday public holiday
King’s Birthday public holiday
India’s underperforming ties to Vietnam
India’s underperforming ties to Vietnam
Book Review: India-Vietnam Relations: Development Dynamics and Strategic Alignment, by Reena Marwah and Le Thi Hang Nga (Springer Nature, 2021) ​In Vietnamese culture dissent…
It’s time Australia branded Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation
It’s time Australia branded Russia’s Wagner Group a terrorist organisation
The French parliament has recently designated Russia’s Wagner Group, led by Vladimir Putin’s “chef” Yevgenyi Prigozhin, as a terrorist organisation. Paris has called for the wider…
Chinese-Australian shouldn’t be limited to tick-box of citizenship
Commentary
Chinese-Australian shouldn’t be limited to tick-box of citizenship
A commentary first published in the The Australian on 9 May 2023.
Five potential global consequences of Sudan’s escalating conflict
Five potential global consequences of Sudan’s escalating conflict
In Sudan’s 67 years as an independent state, the country has known more times of war than peace. Half a million people died in the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972). Two…