Analysis
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Understanding the Stakes of Climate Talks for Countries in Conflict
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Andrew Ciacci explains the significance of this step. What is happening? As delegates gather…
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How the UN Can Make the Most of the New Agenda for Peace
Achieving consensus on large-scale multilateral reform will be hard, but a summit in 2024 is a focus for limited innovation.…
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Taiwan Can Help the World Tackle Climate Change
Climate change is the most significant global challenge of our time. Robin Cheng The National Interest The implications of our…
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High Court reasons on immigration ruling pave way for further legislation
Its ruling has required the release of some 140 people from immigration detention so far, and set off a political…
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Why the Taliban Should Be Brought in from the Cold for Climate Talks
In late November, delegates will gather in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the COP28 summit, where they will wrestle with…
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A survey found 1 in 6 men admit sexual feelings for children. So is paedophilia increasing?
This data was part of a study by UNSW Sydney and Jesuit Social Services. Xanthe Mallett The Conversation Researchers asked 1,945 men…
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From Bin Laden to Gaza
The dramatic events of the last six weeks have left the U.S. position in the Middle East a total wreck,…
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Is it time to reconsider the idea of ‘the banality of evil’?
It was his sheer normality. She subtitled her 1963 book on the subject, Eichmann in Jerusalem, “a report on the…
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Civil wrongs
Labor probably thought this would be a week where they got some credit for plans to improve press freedoms – even if…
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The Two-State, Two-Economy Solution
Yet that condition is impossible to meet amid the archipelago of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the eco-demographic strangulation…
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Time to Talk? Assessing the Plausibility of Negotiations in the Russo-Ukrainian War
This week on War & Peace, Olga talks with Samuel Charap, Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, about the prospect…
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Disquiet in the world’s middle class
”Middle-class life satisfaction rests on two pillars. Homi Kharas Brookings The first is the idea that hard work and self-initiative…
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UAE: Migrant Worker Abuses Linked to Broader Climate Harms
Upholding Migrant Rights Critical to Address Climate Crisis at COP28 Migrant workers form 88 percent of the UAE population and…
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Is Roger Cook right? Can WA save the planet by getting a bit dirty?
WA’s big hitters gathered at Premier Roger Cook’s energy transition summit on Friday to play their part in a carefully…
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Immune health is all about balance – an immunologist explains why both too strong and too weak an immune response can lead to illness
Why settle for less immunity when you can have more? Aimee Pugh Bernard The Conversation Many social media posts push…
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David McBride is facing jailtime for helping reveal alleged war crimes. Will it end whistleblowing in Australia?
He stood accused of putting national security at risk by sharing confidential information with journalists, who then reported on alleged Australian…
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