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The Diego Garcia dispute hits cyberspace
The Diego Garcia dispute hits cyberspace
The dispute over the ownership of Diego Garcia and the rest of the Chagos Archipelago involves a complex array of legal, human rights, security and geopolitical issues. The United…
Book review: The Ministry for the Future
Book review: The Ministry for the Future
Book review: Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future (Hachette, 2020) The Ministry for the Future is a novel set in the near future which describes the disastrous…
Favourites of 2020: Women make excellent spies
Favourites of 2020: Women make excellent spies
An end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff and Interpreter contributors offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs this year. Look back on more…
Favourites of 2020: Love on the Spectrum
Favourites of 2020: Love on the Spectrum
An end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff and Interpreter contributors offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs this year. Look back on the series and…
Favourites of 2020: Evil Geniuses
Favourites of 2020: Evil Geniuses
An end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff and Interpreter contributors offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs this year. Look back on the series and…
Favourites of 2020: The moral ambiguity of spying
Favourites of 2020: The moral ambiguity of spying
An end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff and Interpreter contributors offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs this year. Look back on the series and…
Favourites of 2020: Homeland Elegies
Favourites of 2020: Homeland Elegies
An end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff and Interpreter contributors offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs this year. Look back on the series and…
The wrong side won: Remembering John le Carré
The wrong side won: Remembering John le Carré
The verdict of John le Carré (real name David Cornwall) on the outcome of the Cold War was: “The right side lost, but the wrong side won”. This ambiguous conclusion is attributed…
Bringing space law into the 21st century
Bringing space law into the 21st century
Throughout 2020, a renewed debate has taken hold over international legal frameworks and the governance of outer space. A flurry of outer space activities has ensured this debate…
Favourites of 2020: Capturing a precarious moment
Favourites of 2020: Capturing a precarious moment
An end-of-year series as the Lowy Institute staff and Interpreter contributors offer their favourite books, articles, films or TV programs this year. Look back on the series and…