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Any meaningful way forward must be based on imagination and mutual understanding.
Australia’s international relationships were tested in 2018. And the coming year may prove to be even more challenging.
The initial aim of the 1937 Foreign Agents Registration Act was long forgotten: the prosecution of Nazis for interfering with American democracy. But that law is startlingly relevant to the US now.
The Federal Reserve opted to lift interest rates in a snub to stock investors who have been bleeding red for more than two months.
In the last year, workplace culture faced major upheaval for working women. We at The Conversation put together our reporting on that very topic from 2018.
The so-called ‘Australian model’ of ‘asset recycling’ is no miracle cure for US infrastructure problems.
All too often the Arctic region is portrayed as an area on the cusp of military invasion. This is an easy narrative to sell. But is there really a new Cold War coming?
The deepening geographic, racial, gender and educational divisions in America shows some striking parallels between the nation today and in the 1920s.
The significant churn in the Trump administration has caused confusion in foreign policymaking. In contrast, Bush’s presidency was marked by collegiality, which contributed to many successes.
The refugee and migration compacts are not perfect, but they offer the chance for countries to do better by people on the move, and should be joined.
The Donald Trump administration is repelling asylum-seekers by any means necessary, treating them as invaders and using military rhetoric to demonize them. It’s time for reality to prevail.
As the expected costs of climate change grow, cities are on the frontlines of adapting to sea level rise and more intense storms – and finding ways to pay for it.
George H.W. Bush, who has passed away aged 94, was US president when the world began grasping the climate issue in earnest. But he was pivotal in setting the US on a course of blocking climate action.
New trade routes and a wealth of natural resources are becoming increasingly available – and everyone wants a part of them.
During the November 4 US midterm elections, the candidates had to take into account the growing concern of many voters, across party lines, about climate change.
Millions of American flags come from China. Yet despite being symbols of patriotism, they’re not among the products subject to new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
Big city mayors with serious commitments to limiting greenhouse gases did well at the polls on Tuesday.
Times are changing – will the 2020s be Africa’s decade?
While a divided Congress will likely mean gridlock, there are two economic policies likely to see significant change: trade and infrastructure.
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