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5 hours ago Whether EVs or solar panels, protectionism has the same distorting effect Biden is playing election politics with tariffs on China’s electric cars, while Albanese’s solar subsidy plans might end up costing Australia.
Stephen Grenville 20 hours ago Indonesia, and the origins of a decolonialisation movement that swept the world European colonial history is lamentable – but it is important to remember the enduring legacy.
Jenny Gordon 21 hours ago The macroeconomic limit of American exceptionalism There are hard rules to the forces driving the current account deficit, no matter how it is calculated.
Morten B. Pedersen 1 day ago Myanmar: If sanctions aren’t the solution, what is? The local population invariably pays the price for financial punishment of the regime. So better for the world to directly support communities instead.
Grace Stanhope 17 May 2024 Australia is increasingly spending around, not on, development Transparency could be the cost of the semi-commercialisation of Australia’s international development efforts.
Jon Richardson 17 May 2024 Time to recognise the Crimean Tatar genocide Acknowledging the crimes in the 1940s would underline the attachment to Ukraine and rebuff changing borders by force.
Daniel Flitton 17 May 2024 Was that a future Ambassador Morrison meeting a soon-to-be again President Trump? With an election looming in the United States and one not that far away in Australia, it’s an easy scenario to imagine.
David Cheng-Wei Wu 17 May 2024 The most important factor hardening China’s stance on Taiwan And that is China itself.