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The geopolitics of fuel
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The Pacific’s fuel problem has a solution – and the sun is shining

Aquila Van Keuk , Deepak Chand , Paul Munro

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When the tankers stop, the tractors stop

Nischal Dhungel

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Are New Zealand’s politicians ready for a cold stretch?

Mary Watson‑Burton

4

Japan is charting a new course for development – but looking in the wrong direction

Grace Stanhope

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A toll on Malacca Strait puts Indonesia’s own legal foundations at risk

Dita Liliansa

6

Hormuz is just one point of failure. Australia’s sea-lanes are suffering a slow squeeze

Sean Andrews

7

Pacific islands face a connectivity shock as oil prices surge

Jake Hamstra

8

From oil shock to nuclear surge in Asia

Julius Cesar Trajano

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ASEAN’s energy crisis is not about energy

Aniello Iannone
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Greenland’s future
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Denmark plays a royal flush in Trump Greenland saga

Lisa Martin

2

Greenland, NATO and the ghost of Henry Kissinger

Sam Roggeveen

3

Australia’s suddenly emerging Greenland dilemma

Peter Layton

4

Trump to cast a shadow over coming Greenland talks

Lisa Martin

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Greenland: “Not for sale, but open for business”

Lisa Martin

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The legal options for Trump to acquire Greenland

Donald R Rothwell

7

Is the notion of the United States acquiring Greenland that absurd?

Donald R Rothwell
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COP30: A climate for change?
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Japan lost its climate leadership – and now Australia can help

Richard Neumann

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Can the Pacific still shape COP31 after Australia’s compromise?

Georgia Hammersley

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Redirecting COP31 funds could deliver Australia’s most important climate contribution yet

Alexandre Dayant

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Climate change: Compromise and progress in the heart of the Amazon

Ryan Neelam

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The world is getting on with tackling climate change. Australia can’t afford to be left behind

Ryan Neelam

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Why COP30 may disappoint – again

Melanie Pill , Georgia Hammersley

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A new model for forest finance or just more debt?

Jawad Khalid

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The COP30 and COP31 summits must be a display of southern hemisphere stewardship

Izabela Pereira Watts

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Pacific Islands: Without literacy, climate resilience is nigh on impossible

Serena Sasingian

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COP30 and COP31 will test middle powers in a climate of opportunity

Martin Geissdoerfer , Trang Nguyen

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Crunch time for Australia and COP31

David Dutton

12

Indonesia values the forests, but can it fund the trees?

Mohd. Yunus