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Covid vaccines: Charity begins at home
Covid vaccines: Charity begins at home
There has – rightly – been a strong reaction in Australia and more broadly to the Italian government decision, endorsed by the European Union and some of its leaders, not to…
Russia vs the EU
Russia vs the EU
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell visited Moscow this month intending to lodge a strong protest against the treatment of dissident Alexei…
Filling the gaps in ASEAN and EU cybercrime cooperation
Filling the gaps in ASEAN and EU cybercrime cooperation
The recent takedown of a major hacking network has demonstrated the importance of international cooperation in fighting cybercrime. Defined as criminal activity that either…
Russia-US relations in 2021: Key things to watch out for
Russia-US relations in 2021: Key things to watch out for
Vladimir Putin is a master of keeping his political counterparts on their toes. After being among the last world leaders to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the United…
She won’t be right with “Australian-style” Brexit
She won’t be right with “Australian-style” Brexit
As if 2020 has not been challenging enough, the United Kingdom is currently facing the prospect of ending its Brexit transition period on 31 December without a trade deal with the…
COVIDcast: Tom Tugendhat on forging a “Global Britain” in the midst of Brexit and a pandemic
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COVIDcast: Tom Tugendhat on forging a “Global Britain” in the midst of Brexit and a pandemic
In this episode of COVIDcast, Ben Bland, a research fellow at the Lowy Institute, sat down with Tom Tugendhat MP to discuss the UK’s COVID-19 crisis.
The outlines of a European policy on the Indo-Pacific
The outlines of a European policy on the Indo-Pacific
The Netherlands recently published its first official strategy paper for the Indo-Pacific, just ten weeks after Germany had brought out its own. The two countries are now part of…
COVIDcast: Yanis Varoufakis on Europe and the future of capitalism
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COVIDcast: Yanis Varoufakis on Europe and the future of capitalism
In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Alexandre Dayant sat down with Professor Yanis Varoufakis to discuss Europe and the future of capitalism. Yanis is…
The “Australian solution” won’t fix Johnson’s Europe problem
The “Australian solution” won’t fix Johnson’s Europe problem
Three main points show that Boris Johnson’s “Australian solution” – what we might call a hard-Brexit with loss of access to the single European market and not even a free trade…
No breakthrough in sight for EU-China leaders’ meeting
No breakthrough in sight for EU-China leaders’ meeting
2020 was supposed to be a transformational year in China’s relations with the European Union. Next to the annual bilateral summit, an extraordinary gathering of all 27 EU…