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America Needs Japan... and a New Japan Policy
When Donald Trump becomes the US’ 47th president on 20 January 2025, one of his foreign policy tasks will be setting the ...
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Shallow Promises: How Australia’s Involvement in Deep-Sea Mining is Undermining its Stated Commitments
The Pacific is​​, as former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described in 2018, a region where “we have special ...
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Book Review: Slick: Australia’s Toxic Relationship with Big Oil
Slick by Royce Kurmelovs is a compelling exploration of how the fossil fuel industry has managed to maintain its dominance in ...
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Why are Rebel Victories so Dominant?
Last month in October, Mozambique once again went to the polls to elect a new president and parliament that will rule the ...
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Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Marles, Wong, and Farrell in Singapore for the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee; Marles and Wong in Auckland for ANZMIN; Wong in Malaysia for ...
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war impact
Conflicts across the globe illustrate the devastating humanitarian consequences when urban areas become theatres of war. The use of explosive weapons in these environments carries numerous ...
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civilian protection
Conflicts across the globe illustrate the devastating humanitarian consequences when urban areas become theatres of war. The use of explosive weapons in these environments carries numerous ...
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Book Review: Canada First, Not Canada Alone: A History of Canadian Foreign Policy
In Canada First, Not Canada Alone, Chapnick and McKercher make a renewed case for understanding Canada’s place in world politics as a principal power. This book explores Canada’s evolving role in ...
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Children at Risk: The Dangerous Impacts of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Children continue to be affected. According to the United Nations (UN), explosive weapons were attributed to almost half of the 47,534 cases of children killed and maimed in 2018 – 2022 in the ...
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EU AI Act
The AI Act is a step in the right direction but has too many flaws to set an endpoint in the discussion on how to regulate AI. It should therefore be seen and employed as the beginning of a more ...