Global Issues
![Visa-free travel: A chance to reignite the Pacific voyage](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-01/3491561.jpg?itok=dj_utkG8)
Visa-free travel: A chance to reignite the Pacific voyage
Voyaging is a fundamental part of the Pacific. It ties Pasifika peoples, cultures and economies together across thousands of years of history. The tradition of voyaging remains…
![Practical steps to alleviate Papua New Guinea’s unemployment crisis](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-01/GettyImages-1916555098.jpg?itok=G3Zd2_WN)
Practical steps to alleviate Papua New Guinea’s unemployment crisis
Papua New Guinea’s turmoil isn’t over. A vote of no confidence hangs over Prime Minister James Marape, with an imminent challenge to his position expected on the floor of…
![Can China use offshore wind to break its reliance on foreign LNG and coal?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-01/GettyImages-1760742222.jpg?itok=AKYs6ZaR)
Can China use offshore wind to break its reliance on foreign LNG and coal?
A worldwide scramble for energy supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has intensified China’s quest for energy security. The nation is doubling down on all forms of…
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The window (shade) seat
My first and most memorable experience onboard a long-haul airliner was seeing Uluru from my window seat on a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 twenty years ago as a child.
However…
![Global economic prospects are the worst in decades but investing in the future could be the answer](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-01/India%20covid.jpg?itok=h2lne4CD)
Global economic prospects are the worst in decades but investing in the future could be the answer
The World Bank released its semi-annual Global Economic Prospects Report on 10 January, and it reads like a warning shot across the bow for the world’s economies.
Global…
![AI’s Oppenheimer moment: Establishing regulations](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-01/GettyImages-846762350.jpg?itok=Vf-WsD4X)
AI’s Oppenheimer moment: Establishing regulations
This era of Artificial Intelligence is coming to be known as the “Oppenheimer moment”, where the rapid development of military AI demands concrete regulatory frameworks to prevent…
![Manager of the internet, controller of the world?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-12/tN344soypQM-unsplash.jpg?itok=jmgNhHpz)
Manager of the internet, controller of the world?
Review: Underground Empire: How America Weaponised the World Economy, by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman (Allen Lane, 2023)
Among foreign-policy thinkers of today, there’s…
![By default not design: the end of the asylum consensus](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-05/GettyImages-1253742715.jpg?itok=egMhhCLy)
By default not design: the end of the asylum consensus
During a summer break, The Interpreter will feature selected articles each day from throughout the past year. Normal publishing will resume 15 January, 2024. This article first…
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Multilateral cooperation can improve South Asia’s water woes
During a summer break, The Interpreter will feature selected articles each day from throughout the past year. Normal publishing will resume 15 January, 2024. This article first…
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A jurisdiction over the high seas
During a summer break, The Interpreter will feature selected articles each day from throughout the past year. Normal publishing will resume 15 January, 2024. This article first…