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  • 3 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Resource security
    • Technology

    Mineral futures: A critical step for Albanese’s Beijing trip

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Trade in rare earth elements and numerous minerals is essential for the energy transition – but can Australia and China find complementary ground?
  • 19 Oct 2023
    • Mongolia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Mongolia’s critical role in the global energy transition

    Byambajav Dalaibuyan , Vigya Sharma
    Many suitors are eager to assist the country in realising its natural resources potential. But are all the deals win-win?
  • 9 Aug 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Resource security
    • Technology
    • Iran

    Iran’s lithium lode: A potential strategic game-changer

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Australia might find itself on a political and economic tightrope as China looks to diversify its options for the new oil of our times.
  • 19 Jul 2023
    • Resource security
    • Global Issues
    • Sustainability

    What Norway might learn from Nauru after a massive phosphate find

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    A handful of countries meet demand for an essential fertiliser ingredient – and geopolitical competition complicates the equation.
  • 30 Mar 2023
    • China
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Resource security

    Climate change, ironically, reduces the heat in the South China Sea

    John Quiggin
    The days for oil and gas are numbered, so the economic case of a fight over undersea resources doesn’t stack up.
  • 28 Feb 2023
    • Vietnam
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Vietnam’s challenge to wean off coal

    Trang Nguyen
    Fossil fuels have driven rapid growth but the country has pledged – with global help – to be carbon neutral by 2050.
  • 3 Feb 2023
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • South China Sea
    • Southeast Asia
    • Energy
    • Resource security

    Global energy scarcity and the South China Sea

    Suryaputra Wijaksana
    A new source of natural gas within the controversial “nine-dash line” should revive questions about sharing access.
  • 25 Jan 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Technology

    Lithium, lightest metal on earth, carries heavy geopolitical weight

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Instead of a source of great tech power competition, lithium should be key to a collective fight against climate change.
  • 20 Dec 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Resource security
    • Trade

    To unchain Indonesia’s commodity reliance

    Suryaputra Wijaksana
    Riches from minerals and agriculture resources are yet to transform the local economy. Wider reforms should be the goal.
  • 31 May 2022
    • Trade
    • Resource security
    • Australia
    • Japan
    • Energy

    Japan-Australia: building a hydrogen supply chain

    Akimoto Daisuke
    Efforts to develop a network for cleaner energy in the Indo-Pacific marks a practical step for closer relations.
  • 20 Aug 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Resource security
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Nuclear energy

    Why we still need UN climate negotiations

    Seb Henbest
  • 11 Aug 2015
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security

    Lebanon's garbage crisis reveals political paralysis

    Vanessa Newby
  • 24 Jun 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security
    • Energy

    MRC bows out of Don Sahong discussions

    Milton Osborne
  • 11 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • G20
    • Sustainability
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Resource security
    • Climate change

    Is the G20 getting serious about climate change?

    Hannah Wurf
  • 27 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Resource security
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Development Assistance
    • Climate change

    Cyclone Pam: A photo essay from a volunteer

  • 24 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security
    • Energy

    Can LNG continue to fuel Papua New Guinea's economic growth?

    Paul Barker
  • 13 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Resource security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Climate change
    • Energy
    • Nuclear energy

    SA's Royal Commission into nuclear energy: Let's talk about waste

    John Tilemann
  • 5 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Global Economic Governance
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Resource security
    • Energy

    Australia is not meeting its IEA oil reserve targets

    Christian Downie
  • 19 Jan 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Sustainability
    • Global Economic Governance
    • IMF
    • Resource security
    • Energy

    Indonesia leads on petrol subsidies, but will others follow?

    Stephen Grenville
  • 15 Jan 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Australian Perspective
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security
    • Australia and Asia

    Cambodia's controversial dam seems set to go ahead

    Milton Osborne
  • 24 Jul 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security
    • Climate change

    China: Climate wrecker or climate leader?

    Lisa Williams
  • 27 Jun 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security

    The economic impact of environmental crime

    Marty Harris
  • 24 Jun 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security
    • Climate change

    Asia's coal demand: You ain't seen nothing yet

    Stephen Grenville
  • 17 Jun 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security
    • Climate change

    Climate and energy policy merging, but where is Australia?

    Paul Bourke
  • 14 Mar 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security

    Mekong: Laos confirms Don Sahong dam plans

    Milton Osborne
  • 24 Feb 2014
    • Global Issues
    • Global Economy
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security
    • Climate change

    Global renewable-energy investment: Glass half empty, glass half full

    Killian Wentrup
  • 11 Feb 2014
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Resource security

    Interview: Adam Minter on the Junkyard Planet

    Philippa Brant

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