Global Issues
India’s hesitation as China pushes for BRICS expansion
With the latest BRICS summit kicking off today, much has been said about Russia’s announcement that Vladimir Putin will attend virtually, given South Africa’s obligation as a…
Remember the Rohingya, for disease hasn’t forgotten them
The nightmare scenario has arrived for the Rohingya people living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Disease and living conditions have reached a level that is unacceptable and…
Loss and damage: Thoughts on global climate fund reform
A major issue that undoubtedly will be a point of contention at this year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai in December, is the architecture of a fund meant to pay for loss and…
Stepping on the gas: Boosting Australia’s climate diplomacy in the region
The Australia’s women’s soccer team the Matildas may have gone down in the World Cup semi-final this week, but they certainly won over the fans – perhaps none more surprising,…
The climate crisis demands sovereign debt justice
International scientific and economic research suggests that developing countries, many of which neither created nor benefitted from historical greenhouse gas emissions, are…
Embracing digitalisation
A recent study by the World Economic Forum (WEF) looking across 46 countries estimated that 83 million existing jobs will no longer exist within five years. The reason? Rapid…
Overseas Filipino workers toil for the Marcos government’s bottom line
Standing to deliver a “State of the Nation Address” last month, a year after assuming office, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr triumphantly announced he had solved a …
Iran’s lithium lode: A potential strategic game-changer
Iran’s recent unearthing of a vast lithium deposit – potentially the world’s second largest – has sent shockwaves through the global lithium competition landscape. Amid the…
Why universities are still at risk for foreign interference
You might be forgiven for thinking that foreign interference was yesterday’s news.
In 2021, when the Parliamentary Joint Committee for Intelligence and Security (PJCIS)…
Women belong everywhere and this World Cup proves football can be the great equaliser
For those who love sport as much as international policy, it’s a glorious moment when the two come together.
And right now, all eyes are on the FIFA Women’s World Cup in…