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In early December, the nations of the world are poised to take an historic step on nuclear weapons. Yet Australia sticks out like a sore thumb among Asia-Pacific nations in arguing against change.
The outcome of this election may depend more on what we make of it than on what Trump and his advisers intend. Though daunting, the challenge is pregnant with possibilities.
The US election confirmed the death of an extraordinary economic era. Now, control of the next must be wrested from the emboldened nationalists.
Scholars from the U.S., Ireland, Australia and France provide perspective on President-elect Donald Trump.
British prime minister Anthony Eden justified attacking Egypt as necessary to restrain the country’s ‘dangerous’ leader. We still hear similar things before every Western intervention.
The government’s message to asylum seekers is already clear: you are not welcome, and you will not be resettled in Australia. Surely that message does not need to be any harsher.
It’s hard to contain a mosquito-borne infection like Zika when the conditions are ideal for it to spread.
As life gets faster and working hours get longer, it’s tempting to think the Sandman is paying us ever shorter visits.
Scotland is about to greatly expand its use of tags to have more prisoners serve sentences in their homes and communities.
Natural hair has become a political rallying point for women across the African diaspora. For these women, wearing natural hair is way to resist Eurocentric norms and “post-racial” political thought.
Australia can learn from the US where state governments have attracted foreign investment in manufacturing that contributes to local economies.
With no sign of resolution in the near future the collapse of multilateral trade negotiations, tagged as the Doha round, risks breeding a major crisis.
A Woking-Cupertino tie-up seems implausible at first glance, but there is plenty up for grabs which could suit both companies.
Europe’s efforts to counter Russian propaganda may need to be stepped up.
It is more than just his music that has made Bruce Springsteen one of the world’s most influential rock stars. His progressive politics has made him the voice for many people around the world.
The industrial revolution wasn’t all about the spinning jenny and steam power. Money talked, and it needs to again if power and prosperity are to flow to the UK regions.
The canal was under US control for nearly a century and was only recognised as Panamanian on New Year’s Eve 1999.
Unlike the Kyoto Protocol, which languished for years, the Paris climate agreement is rocketing towards the threshold for it to enter into international law – leaving Australia in its wake.
But is the data misleading?
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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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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett 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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Professor in Economics and Humanistic Studies, Princeton University
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Rédacteur en chef, coordination internationale et technique, The Conversation France
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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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Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor of International Relations, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
