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Rodger Shanahan 8 hours ago Islamic State: women, justice, and a complex impasse What charges are laid against women returned to Australia will help us better understand the role they played in Syria.
Jessica Mackenzie , Alberto Lemma 9 hours ago Building a better development finance institution: Australia’s opportunity Canberra can learn a lot about risk appetite and the culture of financing from those already in the space.
Teesta Prakash , Jack Sato , Alexandre Dayant 18 hours ago Greater Sunrise: Can Timor-Leste play the “China card”? Beijing is a minor player in development finance for Dili – but it’s a different story with state-owned enterprises.
Kate Clayton , Henrietta McNeill 1 day ago “See it through my lens”: the optics of fashion diplomacy Sunglasses are a staple in the US President’s diplomatic style but not every leader can share the benefit.
Moses Sakai 1 day ago Ending capital punishment for good in Papua New Guinea In PNG’s history, the death penalty has now been abolished twice. The country can take a step to see it never returns.
Henry Storey 30 Sep 2022 Water scarcity challenges China’s development model With its industry and agriculture reliant on diminishing H2O, a crisis looms for the world’s most populous country.
Adam Simpson 29 Sep 2022 Myanmar: a desperate junta trying, and failing, to shore up its legitimacy Sentencing Sean Turnell to jail won’t help the Myanmar junta’s international isolation or its domestic problems.
Rodger Shanahan 29 Sep 2022 Iran protests: the more things change … Iranians see demonstrations as a chance to register their voice – but that doesn’t mean the regime is about to topple.
Peter Layton 29 Sep 2022 Buying the wrong submarine Being able to sink ships doesn’t end a war. Australia should consider ballistic nuclear missile subs as an alternative.