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  • 26 Mar 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Coronavirus

    After coronavirus: Where the world economy will stand

    John Edwards
    Debt will grow, for government, business and individuals alike, with interest rates to stay low – but all under control.
  • 26 Mar 2020
    • Afghanistan
    • Coronavirus

    In the shadow of a pandemic, political calamity grips Afghanistan

    Chayanika Saxena
    Duelling claims to the presidency, a bitter US benefactor, and a galvanised Taliban ratchet up the uncertainty.
  • 26 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • Coronavirus

    An Australian in New York with a warning about the weeks ahead

    Mitch Hayes
    The disconnect between public health and economic interests amid the virus outbreak shows a bias to underreact.
  • 26 Mar 2020
    • Asean
    • G20
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Fighting global pandemics from the G20 to ASEAN

    Greg Earl
    When the G2 idea still had currency, a pandemic might have seemed a potential moment for US-China cooperation
  • 25 Mar 2020
    • Global Economy
    • G20
    • Coronavirus

    What the G20 needs to deliver

    Roland Rajah
    A global pandemic demands a global “whatever it takes”.
  • 25 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Aid links: Coronavirus and the developing world

    Alexandre Dayant
    The spread of Covid-19 to countries with already struggling health systems is raising alarms.
  • 25 Mar 2020
    • Australia in the World
    • Coronavirus

    Australia can’t let foreign aid fall victim to Covid-19

    Philip Citowicki
    A review of the foreign aid budget is an opportunity to refocus, not to make more ill-conceived cuts.
  • 25 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus
    • Technology

    Disinformation and coronavirus

    Natasha Kassam
    The dilution of information on the internet is currently posing a risk to global health and safety.
  • 24 Mar 2020
    • Indonesia

    Covid-19: Indonesia’s crises can severely reverberate on neighbours

    Greta Nabbs-Keller
    Weakness in government coordination and communication will constrain flexibility to deal with this complex challenge.
  • 24 Mar 2020
    • Philippines
    • Coronavirus

    Philippines: Covid-19 will devastate the poor

    Sheila Coronel
    The pandemic threatens to break the already frayed fabric of communities that had not yet recovered from the drug war.
  • 24 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Pandemic peace or anarchical world?

    Van Jackson
    Some hope this pandemic will bring the world a shared sense of destiny. But existing cracks are widening quickly.
  • 24 Mar 2020
    • India
    • Coronavirus

    In India, praying the Covid away

    Aarti Betigeri
    The country has so far recorded few infections, and for some it is a matter of religious – and political – faith.
  • 23 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    The many prescriptions for isolation

    Geoff Kitney
    There may be only one way to slow the virus spread, but every country is coming up with its own interpretation.
  • 23 Mar 2020
    • European Union
    • Coronavirus

    Covid-19 and migration: Europe must resist a populist pill

    Alexandre Dayant
    The far right is peddling a falsehood people better serve themselves. Together, the EU can show just how wrong this is.
  • 23 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Three years working in self-isolation – what I’ve learned, so far

    Daniel Flitton
    A global crisis makes you wonder: Just how much will every topic feel a “social distancing” effect?
  • 23 Mar 2020
    • Hong Kong
    • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus and the Hong Kong protest movement

    JJ Rose
    Covid-19 may have put a damper on pro-democracy street demonstrations, but the spirit is very much alive.
  • 20 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    A speech for the age of the self-isolated

    Michael Fullilove
    Political leaders have a nearly impossible task to break through the noise and the fear, but they must.
  • 20 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus
    • Review

    Books for quarantine: Hugh White suggests, plus a time for classics

    Daniel Flitton
    More reader responses to the call for books to collect for social isolation.
  • 20 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Joe Biden and the ghosts of elections past

    Erin Hurley
    Faced with a diverse field of candidates and now a major crisis, Democrats go with what they know.
  • 20 Mar 2020
    • Hong Kong
    • Coronavirus

    How people power has flattened the Covid curve in Hong Kong

    Vivienne Chow
    Quick adaptation has kept down the spread of coronavirus, but it’s no time to relax.
  • 20 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    COVIDcast episode 3: The China story

    Alex Oliver , Richard McGregor
    The latest episode in a podcast to discuss the implications of coronavirus for Australia, the region, and the world.
  • 20 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Why gender matters in the impact and recovery from Covid-19

    Jacqui True , Sara E Davies , Sophie Harman , Clare Wenham
    Two-thirds of the global health workforce is female. Start there, then think through rest of the consequences for women.
  • 19 Mar 2020
    • Singapore
    • Coronavirus

    Is Singapore feeling safe enough to go to the polls?

    Kirsten Han
    All signs point to a looming election, but nothing is official so far – and a ballot in a pandemic is a big risk.
  • 19 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Don’t succumb to complacency again: Beating Covid-19 will take a team

    Dominic Meagher
    The world, together, can stop the virus, otherwise we are lost alone.
  • 19 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Countering extremism in the midst of coronavirus

    Lydia Khalil , Joshua M. Roose
    Disaster and emergency management need to recognise the ways in which crisis plays into the hands of extremists.
  • 19 Mar 2020
    • Australia
    • China
    • Coronavirus

    Are you ready for how the coronavirus is transforming the world?

    Alistair Nicholas , Guy McKanna
    China is likely to emerge from this crisis far stronger economically, and Australia must look beyond “selling stuff”.
  • 19 Mar 2020
    • Global Issues
    • United Nations
    • Australia
    • Timor-Leste
    • Coronavirus

    The future ain’t what it used to be

    Gordon Peake , Christian Downie
    If Covid-19 teaches us anything, obviously we need to plan, but let’s not pretend the future is actually predictable.
  • 18 Mar 2020
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Coronavirus

    PNG: Coronavirus promises a testing time for Marape

    Shane McLeod
    Although yet to have a confirmed case of Covid-19, PNG is preparing, knowing it will burden a fragile healthcare system.
  • 18 Mar 2020
    • Middle East
    • Egypt
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Yemen
    • Africa

    Middle East dispatch: MBS purge, dam dispute, refugees in jeopardy

    Lauren Williams
    As Covid-19 threatens some of the world’s most vulnerable, power plays continue in northern Africa and Saudi Arabia.
  • 18 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • Iran
    • Coronavirus

    Iran: Sanctions vs sympathy

    Rodger Shanahan
    The US policy of “maximum pressure” on Iran will look increasingly untenable as the coronavirus pandemic escalates.
  • 18 Mar 2020
    • Review
    • Coronavirus

    Books for self-isolation: Revisiting Why Nations Fail

    Scott Robinson
    Looking to past examples of state collapse offers a predictive guide to why nations will fail in the future.
  • 17 Mar 2020
    • Technology

    The uncertain fate of .org

    Xueyin Zha
    ​​​​​​​A profit-free corner of the internet is going through a rapid and controversial process of privatisation.
  • 17 Mar 2020
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Indonesia: Covid-19 crisis reveals cracks in Jokowi’s ad hoc politics

    Ben Bland
    The world’s fourth most-populous country has a long way to go to get a grip on this challenge, its president especially.
  • 17 Mar 2020
    • International Economy
    • Coronavirus

    Limiting the global economic fallout from Covid-19

    Roland Rajah
    As the the coronavirus pandemic grows, preventing a full-scale financial crisis requires exactly the right response.
  • 17 Mar 2020
    • Migration

    Migration: The bargaining power of transit states

    Antje Missbach , Melissa Phillips
    Destination countries try to get transit countries in line with their migration policies. It doesn't always work.
  • 16 Mar 2020
    • Australia
    • Philippines

    Australia-Philippines: Prolonged partners

    Lucy West , Dan Halvorson
    Manila’s termination of defence ties with Washington will have a geopolitical cost, but Canberra has history on side.
  • 16 Mar 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Coronavirus

    Anticipating Covid‑19 in the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke , Alexandre Dayant
    While Australia prepares its domestic interventions, it needs to spare some thought for the Pacific as well.
  • 16 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Fighting Covid-19: Everyone needs to be their own Sherlock Holmes

    Dominic Meagher
    Control over the spread of virus is possible. How? Aggressive and persistent tracing of every single case. Starting now.
  • 16 Mar 2020
    • IMF

    The IMF ponders international capital flows

    Stephen Grenville
    Foreign capital flows without effective debt resolution is like Christianity without the threat of hell.
  • 13 Mar 2020
    • Coronavirus

    Readers respond: Books to collect for Covid-19 quarantine

    Daniel Flitton
    A call-out for reading recommendations covers classics, contemporary politics, and the crystal ball.
  • 13 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • Trade
    • US Elections
    • North Korea

    Democrats on trade, and North Korea: “No hot dish for the dictator”

    Richard Maude
    From free trade to one of Asia’s most intractable challenges, a Democratic president needs to navigate Trump’s legacy.
  • 13 Mar 2020
    • Papua New Guinea

    Papua New Guinea: Journey to Ambullua

    Kylie McKenna , Philip Gibbs , Lorelle Tekopiri Yakam , John Ulno
    A trek to a remote village in the PNG Highlands uncovers the everyday challenges and dangers facing children.
  • 13 Mar 2020
    • China

    The Belt and Rebranding Initiative

    Nora Schlenzig
    What’s in a name? Old ideas are new again in the name of China’s Belt and Road initiative.
  • 12 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • The Trump Presidency
    • Coronavirus

    What a difference six weeks and a viral outbreak make for Donald Trump

    Erin Hurley
    A stock market in bear territory and Joe Biden all but confirmed threaten the President’s chances of a second term.
  • 12 Mar 2020
    • Global Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Rising risks and missing links in a pandemic

    Greg Earl
    Covid-19 reveals a need for Australian exports beyond China, security plans for epidemics, and supply-chain smarts.
  • 12 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • China
    • India
    • Coronavirus

    Covid-19 in China, the US, India: Comparative crisis management 101

    Mark Beeson , Priya Chacko
    The corona crisis is shining an unforgiving light on how very different political systems deal with unexpected crises.
  • 12 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • US Elections

    The Democrats and China: “Our values are not a bargaining chip”

    Richard Maude
    How and where the US projects force is one of many questions hanging over a potential Democratic presidency.
  • 12 Mar 2020
    • North Korea
    • South Korea

    Covid-19 will kill Moon Jae-in’s Korea détente

    Khang Vu
    Fears of the virus’s spread have ruined hopes tourism could bind North and South Korea – with a mounting political cost.
  • 11 Mar 2020
    • United States
    • US Elections

    The Democrats and America’s place in the world: “A rescue mission”

    Richard Maude
    The last men standing for the Democratic presidential nomination have a few things in common – and some big differences.
  • 11 Mar 2020
    • Germany

    A Thuringian eruption in Germany

    Marcus Colla
    A fiasco turns to farce, enlivening the far right and leaving succession plans for Angela Merkel in shreds.
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