A military officer salutes during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing.
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Hugh White warns of a potential war between the US and China, drawing lessons from the first and second world wars to explore how Australia might respond to such a conflict – and where to draw a line.
What role does long-term certainty play in immigration policy?
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Government policy that provides certainty to immigrants will improve integration and, ultimately, boost the economy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2022.
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History brought Ukraine’s plight home to people around the world, and helped mobilize political and military support against the Russian invasion.
For ECB President Christine Lagarde, inflation is turning into a blooming nightmare.
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As the European Central Bank announces its first increase in interest rates, investors are getting very nervous.
Li Shiu Tong, right, was the boyfriend and intellectual heir of German sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld.
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When Li Shiu Tong died in 1993, his unpublished manuscript about sexuality was almost thrown away. Yet it contains views on bisexuality and gender fluidity that would resonate with young people today.
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The sourcing of wheat has factored into the political and strategic decisions and security of many countries.
A U.S. Air Force jet performs a test drop of a B61-12 bomb in December 2021. That bomb can contain a nuclear warhead for use in wartime.
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Both the Russian and US arsenals boast thousands of nuclear weapons, located in various places around their own countries and, for the US, in Europe as well.
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The Russian embassy in Vilnius now sits on Ukrainian Heroes’ Street (Ukrainos Didvyrių g.), a direct response to the war.
‘No roubles, no gas.’
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It will take more than Europe’s gas requirement to topple the greenback.
Cardiff Philharmonic came under fire for removing the Russian composer Tchaikovsky from its performance schedule, in response to the Ukraine war.
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Russian citizens in the west are being targeted in much the same way Germans, Italians, and Japanese were during the second world war.
A coal power plant in Niederaussem, Germany.
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The ‘Energiewende’ relies on gas as a bridge between a coal-powered past and renewable future.
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In the space of one week, some of the old certainties about Europe have been thrown out the window.
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The settled foundations of German foreign policy have been overturned in an instant following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A military vehicle destroyed on Feb. 18, 2022, by an explosion in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian separatists.
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Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant in Brandenburg where green hydrogen is produced from wind power and fed into the gas grid.
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Germany’s reliance on natural gas has undermined western unity in dealing with Russia, creating an opening for Vladimir Putin.
The Berezinsky Reserve in Belarus is one of the few corners of the European portion of the southern taiga that is in pristine condition.
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Three nature reserves in Belarus, Poland and France are united by desire to preserve the environment common to all mankind.
The Russian and Ukrainian governments both blamed forces aligned with the other for mortar fire in eastern Ukraine and for using the accusations as justification for increased aggression.
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Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
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The proposal is likely to mean economic and diplomatic costs for Australia, and should ring alarm bells in Canberra.
A US soldier at a training area in Germany.
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What’s the significance of the US beefing up its military presence in Europe? The Conversation provides a roundup of articles addressing the crisis in Ukraine.
Floods across the world this year cost hundreds of lives and millions of pounds in damages.
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Global floods in 2021 showed the danger of poor emergency preparedness - and the importance of planning ahead.