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

Lisa Martin

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Greenland, NATO and the ghost of Henry Kissinger

Sam Roggeveen

3

Australia’s suddenly emerging Greenland dilemma

Peter Layton

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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

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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

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

Mohd. Yunus
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Where has Indonesia’s optimism gone?
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Indonesia's diplomacy: Changing with confidence

Febrian Alphyanto Ruddyard

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Prabowo’s first year: Visibility without vision in Indonesian foreign policy

Virdika Rizky Utama

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Prabowo’s policies won’t fix Indonesia’s problems

Hilman Palaon

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Indonesia’s free meal ambition: When policy becomes a recipe for risk

Ronny P Sasmita

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Indonesia’s green industrial policy ahead of COP30

Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara , Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

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Indonesia’s SupTech experiment offers lessons for emerging markets

Hanif Santoso

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Indonesia’s biodiesel push

Akhmad Hanan

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Prabowo’s Indonesia draws opposition via cartoon pirates

Erin Cook