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US monetary policy: the ripple effect
Book Review: The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy, by Christopher Leonard (Simon & Schuster, 2022)
A book focused on the…
Mauritius sets sail to Chagos
On Tuesday, Mauritius made good on a long-standing threat to Britain and sent a boatload of officials to visit the Chagos Archipelago without permission. This action has placed…
Public holiday: Australia Day
Wednesday is a public holiday for Australia Day, and posting will be light on The Interpreter. Normal publishing will resume on Thursday.
Main image via Flickr user…
Cold front: Antarctica and its military future
Book Review: The Future of Antarctica: Scenarios from Classical Geopolitics, by J McGee, D Edmiston and M Haward (Springer, 2022)
For a place that is agreed by treaty to be used…
History lessons from “The Great Crash”?
In J.K. Galbraith’s entertaining 1954 account of the stock-market collapse of 1929 The Great Crash (re-released by Penguin in paperback last year), the celebrated economist took…
Covid-19 and -20 and -21 … Best of The Interpreter 2021
The year began with a simple question that everyone wanted answered: can vaccines offer an exit plan from Covid-19? Rania MacIntrye:
There are more than 60 vaccines in clinical…
Top 10 of 2021: The most-read articles on The Interpreter
Here’s a countdown of the top 10 articles you read the most in 2021 – a terrific mix of high-quality analysis of big events and cross-cutting themes.
We’re taking a break…
That 70s show for an Interpreter 2021 favourite
Our end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs for 2021. More recommendations and reflections. –Eds
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Ear worms for The Interpreter’s 2021 favourites
Our end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs for 2021. Watch for more recommendations and…
How New Zealand recognises the people there first: 2021 favourites
Our end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs for 2021. Watch for more recommendations and…
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