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Beijing could easily encourage people to have more children, but won’t
Beijing could easily encourage people to have more children, but won’t
On 1 June, I woke up to the news that the Chinese government had announced that it will allow all couples in the country to have three children, an increase from two. I joked to…
Bouncing off for a bit …
Bouncing off for a bit …
Photo courtesy of Flickr user David McKelvey. Normal service will resume Tuesday. The Interpreter
Samoa’s constitutional crisis and the dangers that have gone before
Samoa’s constitutional crisis and the dangers that have gone before
The April election in Samoa has set off a constitutional crisis that finds two rival leaders in a deadlock over the prime minister’s office and threatens the foundations of the…
Putting the pandemic in perspective
Putting the pandemic in perspective
Book Review: Fareed Zakaria, Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World (Penguin, 2021) Perhaps the most original contribution of Fareed Zakaria’s new book Ten Lessons for a …
Why did Australia sign the Moon Treaty?
Why did Australia sign the Moon Treaty?
International space law has again become a theatre of geopolitical competition. Unlike the bipolar space race of the Cold War era, a proliferating cast of countries and…
Lowy Institute Conversations: Ross Garnaut on Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession
Podcasts
Lowy Institute Conversations: Ross Garnaut on Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession
In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Roland Rajah, Lowy Institute Lead Economist, sits down with Dr Ross Garnaut to discuss the ideas in his new book, Reset: Restoring…
Lowy Institute Conversations: World Bank President David Malpass on COVID-19 and the developing world
Podcasts
Lowy Institute Conversations: World Bank President David Malpass on COVID-19 and the developing world
In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Alexandre Dayant, Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute, sits down with David Malpass, President of the World Bank
China’s leap into space
China’s leap into space
China has launched a new space station, the most ambitious project it has ever undertaken in spaceflight. Right now, the station is just a cylindrical module without a crew, but…
Power politics lies behind how new countries are born – or not
Power politics lies behind how new countries are born – or not
Book review: Gëzim Visoka, John Doyle and Edward Newman (eds) Routledge Handbook of State Recognition (Routledge 2019) At the school hall in Buka, in that heady hour after the…
India’s failure to include enough women in politics
India’s failure to include enough women in politics
Indian politician Lathika Subhash smiled for the cameras last month and then shaved the hair from her head. Subhash was making a personal protest after being left off Congress…