Eighty years ago, we were just as scared of the Japanese buying our assets as we are of the Chinese today. So what does this say about the future of Australia in the Asia-Pacific region?
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South Africa’s relations with the US could sour under President Trump.
It largely depends on whether Europe will decide to ignore (and pay the price for) US sanctions.
Many contracts have been ended in cases of war or changes in the law. But government action making a contract more expensive does not mean it will be terminated.
The international community should set bright line rules on appropriate responses to cyber attacks before an expansive reading of the “self-defense” clause triggers war.
The UK is pointing the finger at Russia for the nerve agent attack on a former spy. How should the government react?
Poland and Hungary have recently clashed with Brussels over democratic freedoms, but economic drivers are at play, too.
The charges against a Sydney man for allegedly acting as an ‘economic agent’ for North Korea are set against the background of recent tougher UN sanctions against the rogue nation.
The latest salvo of insults and threats between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim brought the region a little bit closer to war. China, North Korea’s closest trading partner, may be the only way out.
Are harsher measures to squeeze North Korea’s population worth it? Everything we know about sanctions says probably not.
The international community has been trying to stop North Korea from developing long-range missiles for decades. So what went wrong?
It’s never been used in the history of the EU, but Poland could be about to feel the full force of this powerful mechanism.
Trump’s revamped old policy could have a paradoxical effect on Cuba, seriously damaging the country’s economy while actually galvanising its political system.
“Shaming campaigns” have been successful in attracting attention to transnational issues like inhumane working conditions and environmental degradation. But shaming guilty corporations is only the first step.
The election TV debates have shown the candidates to be out of touch.
Trump’s tough rhetoric is bad news for Iran’s moderates.
Rules imposed after 9/11 and still on the books are getting in the way of delivering aid to conflict zones. In countries like Yemen and Syria, it could mean the difference between life and death.
Sanctions and warnings have failed to stop Pyongyang’s belligerence.
A grassroots opposition movement against the Donald Trump presidency is growing. The question is can it be harnessed into globalised sanctions campaign?
The incoming Trump administration could do worse than learn from China in devising a new policy of economic engagement with North Korea.
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
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Professor of International Security, University of Bath
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University
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Professor of IPE, Director of City Political Economy Research Centre (CITYPERC), City, University of London
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Co-Director of the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
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Professor Emeritus, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Professor in International Relations, University of Sussex
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Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University
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Co-founder and Special Advisor of the Islam, Law & Modernity Research Group, Durham University
