Of the 72 countries that still criminalise gay sex today, at least 38 of them were once subject to British colonialism.
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When considering this question, we need to distinguish between the pomposities of monarchies and the purpose they serve as checks on untrammelled authoritarianism.
People from the Windrush generation have been told recently that they do not belong in Britain, but they are no strangers to feelings of unbelonging, which feature strongly in their stories of early life in Britain.
The Queen has been central to the achievements of the Commonwealth. Her son can do the same, if he stops being quite so petulant about it.
The international partnership offers new trade opportunities for the UK but some of its members also stand to lose out as a result of leaving the EU.
The main winner of Commonwealth Games 2018 is ... the City of Gold Coast.
Why the Commonwealth trade advantage isn't all that strong.
The Commonwealth Games do not get the same level of media coverage as the Olympics. But a one-time Commonwealth gold medallist says the Games are still an important athletic competition.
As the Commonwealth Games get underway on the Gold Coast, what actually is the Commonwealth and is it still relevant?
Without a clear full stop there can be no certainty that the unravelling of the British Empire has ended even now.
Leaving the EU single market and customs union cannot be compensated for by free trade agreements with other countries.
CBA's risk management strategy clearly states that responsibility rests with the board of the bank for any wrongdoing.
The continued embargo on documents relating to the dismissal of the Whitlam government point to the lingering imperial power that comes from an incomplete severance of colonial ties.
We are so accustomed to hearing about American exceptionalism that British exceptionalism is rarely discussed.
Many of the questions that would arise if Australia wants to become a republic have been successfully tackled elsewhere.
The Commonwealth countries' democratic failings take a back seat to British panic about impending irrelevance.
The aid and assistance Britain's Caribbean territories will need to rebuild will make highlight the fault lines in the relationship between Westminster and its former colonies.
Section 377, which criminalises homosexuality, could finally be relegated to the history books.
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
Australia ingratiating itself into a post-Brexit, British-instigated Anglosphere would be a futile exercise in counterproductive nostalgia.
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study
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Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study
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Senior Lecturer, History, University of Aberdeen
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Laureate Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
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Professor, Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor in School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Pat McConnell is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Founding Editor of Griffith REVIEW; Professor, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Shipra Chordia is a Teaching Fellow at the University of New South Wales and Barrister at the NSW Bar, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Law, researcher in international law, Birkbeck, University of London
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
