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  • 15 Nov 2019 06:00

    Book Review: The original corporate raiders

    John West

    Historian William Dalrymple looks at how a small trading company in London became a mighty army and conquered India.

  • 14 Nov 2019 15:30

    Surviving hell

    Edmond Roy

    Bush fires rip across Australia – a million hectares burnt so far – testing volunteers and residents alike.

  • 14 Nov 2019 10:30

    SCO-style economic cooperation: Treading slowly

    Olesya Dovgalyuk

    The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation efforts to rebrand itself as an economic forum deserve a second look.

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The souring mood towards Beijing from Berlin

Until recently, Germany was one of the few major Western countries that China had consistently amicable relations with in an increasingly hostile international environment for Beijing’s export-oriented industries and foreign investments. Germany, China’s fourth-largest trade partner, did not
By Björn Alexander Düben
15 Apr 19
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The Merkel legacy – a study in shades

In announcing this week that she would recontest neither the leadership of her Christian Democratic Union in December nor the German Chancellorship at elections scheduled for 2021, Angela Merkel was being her characteristic self. Conceding to political reality without acting impulsively, her plan
By Marcus Colla
02 Nov 18
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Europe: Merkel, May, and Moscovici

Underlining the continuing chaos in Europe, it has not been a good week for Germany, the UK, or Italy. The end of the tunnel looks far away, and unrelentingly dark. In Germany, the extraordinary result in this month’s state election in Bavaria has shaken an already weakened Chancellor
By David Ritchie
23 Oct 18
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Germany: A tale of two conservatisms

It was a political scandal that cooler heads could so easily have resolved: Hans-Georg Maaßen, President of Germany’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution, publicly expressed ‘scepticism’ that footage showing migrants being chased by right-wing demonstrators through the streets of
By Marcus Colla
02 Oct 18
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Tail wagging the dog: Seehofer in Germany

Horst Seehofer loves to play the tough guy. Up to a point, anyway, and never jeopardising his position at the pinnacle of political power in Germany. The divisive issue of immigration allows smaller parties of the extreme right to jerk around their bigger coalition partners. Seehofer,
By Daniel Woker
05 Jul 18
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