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The largest cities in Australia and the US are both the richest and the most likely to push out low-income earners. Having cities of all sizes will increase people’s choices of where to live and work.
Thousands of Australian women took flight to the US in the early 20th century, escaping sexism at home for success overseas. They included architects, artists, dentists and an economist who advised JFK.
Looking at the agreement, it appears that Kim Jong-un has outmanoeuvred Donald Trump.
Seven world leaders with axes to grind are preparing to sit round one table. Sparks will fly.
US tariffs could potentially benefit some EU firms that rely on steel and aluminium.
China has taken an incremental approach to cementing its control over the disputed waters, making the US and its allies powerless to stop it.
Anxiety about China’s rise is unlikely to abate any time soon – Australia needs to remain calm and realise the region is changing rapidly.
US diplomats in Cuba and China have shown symptoms of brain injuries.
The return of the US to the top is driven by its strength in economic performance and infrastructure. But it’s mixed results for president Trump.
We modelled a number of scenarios showing all increases in US or Chinese trade protection would cause international trade, and the global economy more generally, to shrink.
The logic behind U.S. president Donald Trump’s proposal that Canada and other countries have been “free-riding” off high prices in the United States is bizarre at best.
The Iran nuclear deal will struggle to survive the damage done when Trump pulled the US out on May 8. So will US-Europe relations.
President Donald Trump’s move to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal has been met with dismay by the Europeans. But could his high-stakes gambit actually work in getting a better deal?
It largely depends on whether Europe will decide to ignore (and pay the price for) US sanctions.
At least for the next few months, what happens overseas will be more important for the Australian economy than domestic factors
Could the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea between American and Japanese aircraft carriers have turned out differently?
The US Ambassador to Australia post remains vacant after Admiral Harry Harris was reassigned to South Korea. But the diminished role of ambassadors means this is not cause for alarm.
There was much that was agreed to at the Korean summit - but still a lot yet to be worked out. The will now shift to the hotly-anticipated meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
France’s answer to #MeToo was #BalanceTonPorc – “denounce your pig”. An analysis of the idioms linking to sex and pigs provides some insights into why the hashtag hit home.
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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