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Cooperatives like Murray Goulburn and Fonterra and dairy farmers need to accept that lower milk prices will be the new normal in a more competitive global market.
Is being rude to overseas visitors an attempt to hold on to the pride that comes with power?
China’s unpredictable neighbour is a massive liability – and one to be handled with kid gloves.
Xi Jinping is spearheading an extraordinary bid to dominate the world’s favourite sport. But will he take the Chinese people with him?
The influence of London’s Chinatown is declining, but Chinese wealth is bringing far greater change to the city’s modern skyline.
Washington has been trying to corral the ASEAN countries into a unified bloc against China – but it could actually destabilise the region further.
China’s recent splurge on corporate acquisitions has demonstrated an ability to create value that outstrips its western rivals.
The message Chinese investors are getting from Australia is shifting from ambiguous to ominously hostile.
The United Nations is using an exhibition roller derby match in Beijing as a way of promoting China’s groundbreaking domestic violence laws. This fast-paced, full-contact sport is challenging traditional ideas about female athletes.
Press freedom has changed little in the past decade. If the African Union is to commit to the principles of democracy, it needs to do more to uphold freedom of expression and protects its journalists.
Between 1995 and 2013 the US provided about US$98 billion in aid to sub-Saharan Africa. But the country’s economic and political reach is slowly declining.
The decision on who would build Australia’s next generation of submarines carried just as much anticipation in Japan as it did in Australia.
The UK government is considering taking a stake in a dying asset when it could have helped build a balanced economy much earlier.
The increasing importance of non-traditional donors such as China has meant that the economic and political stronghold of Western countries in sub-Sahara Africa has gradually ebbed.
The Conversation’s experts respond to key aspects of the announcement that French company DCNS will be build Australia’s next fleet of submarines.
Over 8,500 were killed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, so how is the country coping?
The stakes around Australia’s defence appear higher and the urgency greater than at any time since the height of the Cold War.
The desire to fritter away our pay packet on the roll of a dice may not be hardwired at all. So where does it come from?
A survey has found that the percentage of foreign ownership is more worrying to Australians than the country-of-origin of the investment.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Faculty (Japan Campus), Temple University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, International Law; Asian Business Law, Monash University
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Professor and Associate Dean (Education), University of Nottingham
