Analysis
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This Happened Here: The Fascist Trump Presidency as Living American History
To speak of “fascism” in American political discourse has long been one of the great taboos of political life –…
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Brokering a Ceasefire in Yemen’s Economic Conflict
The latter struggle causes great civilian suffering. The new UN envoy should make it a central task to achieve an…
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Russia-Ukraine tensions: power posturing or trouble on the home front for Putin?
The real motivation for Russia’s aggression will largely determine the west’s room for manoeuvre. Authors The Conversation Despite amassing 100,000…
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Sending in the Royal Navy is not the answer to small boat migration in the Channel
Full details of the plan have not been revealed, but appear to involve the navy taking a leadership and planning role,…
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Ukraine and the Danger of Human Miscalculation
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to invade Ukraine and President Joe Biden’s threat to sanction Russia in response cast into high relief the danger…
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The Iran Nuclear Deal at Six: Now or Never
The parties must not squander what is likely their last chance to save the accord. ICG What’s new? The U.S.…
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Why Novak Djokovic lost his fight to stay in Australia – and why it sets a concerning precedent
On one side is a tennis superstar who is unvaccinated and has raised concerns about receiving the vaccination. Maria O’Sullivan…
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.: 5 things I’ve learned curating the MLK Collection at Morehouse College
Few archives of historical papers compare with the importance of the Morehouse King Collection. Vicki Crawford The Conversation Aside from…
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Behind the Unrest in Kazakhstan
In this Q&A, Crisis Group explains that demonstrators’ varied demands reflected discontent with worsening inequalities and calcified leadership and discusses…
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A short history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy – an indelible reminder of unceded sovereignty
Often people think about the Aboriginal Tent Embassy as something historic, dating back to the 1970s. Authors The Conversation But…
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Ocean heat is at record levels, with major consequences
Typhoon Rai killed over 400 people in the Philippines; Hurricane Ida caused an estimated US$74 billion in damage in the…
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Turkey-Armenia Talks Hold Promise of Opening Long-Shut Border
Crisis Group experts Olesya Vartanyan, Nigar Göksel and Zaur Shiriyev unpack how the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh war in 2020…
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Healthy humans drive the economy: we’re now witnessing one of the worst public policy failures in Australia’s history
Ask chief executives where value comes from and they will credit their own smart decisions that inflate shareholder wealth. Jim…
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Bark Ladies: how women’s Yolŋu bark paintings break with convention and embrace artists’ strong personalities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story includes names of people who have died. Sasha Grishin The…
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How Australia’s handling of Djokovic exposed its flawed immigration system to the world
Novak Djokovic has claimed victory in one court, and is back on one more familiar. Ben Doherty The Guardian But as…
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North Korea Plots a Course of “Heavy Agony” for 2022
With the pandemic not yet tamed and other uncertainty on the international scene, Pyongyang may continue refraining from major provocations…
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