Global Issues
Finding a new approach to water security in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian governments are aware of the intersecting challenges of water security and disaster governance. The importance member states of the Association of Southeast Asian…
R2P: An idea whose time never comes
In May, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to include an item about “the Responsibility to Protect” on the Assembly’s annual agenda. On one view, the…
Scholar, advocate, judge: James Crawford 1948–2021
James Crawford, who passed away on Monday, was the most influential Australian international lawyer of all time.
Many of us in the field hope for some measure of success as…
Troubled waters? Australia-Indonesia maritime boundary in the news
Recent media reports suggest that different perspectives on maritime boundaries are creating tensions between Australia and Indonesia. An Indonesian border negotiator told The…
Gab’s gift to the far right
As major social-networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have increased their efforts at moderation to crack down on hateful and extremist content, they have become less…
As varied as the weather: How public attitudes shape climate policy
Australians are no strangers to the “climate wars”. For more than a decade, the politics of responding to global warming has felled prime ministers amid policy failures and…
Is Southeast Asia ready for a US-China tech decoupling?
Recent developments suggest that both China and the United States are taking steps towards unravelling or “decoupling” their technology ecosystems. Nowhere has this been more…
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 …
Indians are becoming visible in Australia like never before
Two weeks after the end of the hiatus on flights from India to Australia, the repatriation of the 9,000-plus Australian citizens who wish to return home has resumed, albeit slowly…
Thailand’s overcrowded prisons hit by Covid-19 surge
Thailand emerged from the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic as one of the best performing countries in the world in terms of minimising cases and deaths. But 2021 has been a…