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Does Australia’s walk match its talk about helping Pacific women advance?
Does Australia’s walk match its talk about helping Pacific women advance?
Last year, I shared Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa’s call to action on gender equality. In her keynote address to the first Pacific Islands Forum Women Leaders Meeting…
Australia and space: A step together for the whole nation
Australia and space: A step together for the whole nation
Australia’s reliance on space-based and space-enabled technologies is integral to the country’s way of life, especially in navigating the varied challenges presented by the…
Pacific Aid Map: Big data gaps are skewing the story about women
Pacific Aid Map: Big data gaps are skewing the story about women
To outsiders, reporting could be the most boring part of development work, but it’s arguably one of the most essential – if done accurately. On cross-cutting issues, like women’s…
Practising politics in a moral wilderness
Practising politics in a moral wilderness
Book review: Politics on the Edge: A Memoir from Within, by Rory Stewart (Jonathan Cape, 2023) To explain away their failures, errors and flaws, many politicians have consoled…
Making space arms control work
Making space arms control work
Military operations and warfare on land, at sea, in the air and even in cyberspace are highly dependent on space technologies. Since the 1960s, satellites have been a key part of…
The Fix: On the origin of species
The Fix: On the origin of species
We’re asking contributors to put together their own collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line via the…
COP28: Why a gender power divide threatens climate progress
COP28: Why a gender power divide threatens climate progress
What does gender have to do with global climate change negotiations? Climate change is not an inherently gender discriminatory phenomenon – but its social impacts are. The…
The Fix: Escape banality, shun labels
The Fix: Escape banality, shun labels
We’re asking contributors to put together their own collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line via the…
The Fix: An evolving Saudi Arabia
The Fix: An evolving Saudi Arabia
We’re asking contributors to put together their own collected observations like this one – and as always, if you’ve got an idea to pitch for The Interpreter, drop a line via the…
A Marshall Plan for Ukraine?
A Marshall Plan for Ukraine?
The war must yet be won, however both German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have called for a “Marshall Plan” style commitment to…