Russian troops' poor performance and low morale may worsen during a winter of more discontent
Dec 08, 2022 10:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
With Russian troops digging trenches to prepare for an expected winter standoff, it would be easy to conclude that fighting will slow in Ukraine until after the ground thaws in the spring. But evidence from the...
Dec 08, 2022 10:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
It has been standard for some years, in any analysis of South Africas governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), to refer to the radical economic transformation (RET) faction. Yet, there has been little serious...
The forgotten war: what Russia could win from the reignited conflict in Syria
Dec 08, 2022 10:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
Largely overshadowed by the war in Ukraine, Syria remains a deeply divided and violent country, where military conflict has recently reignited. This new period of conflict in Syria, with Russia, Turkey and Israel all...
China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out
Dec 08, 2022 10:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the...
Dec 08, 2022 10:48 am UTC| Insights & Views
Around 1.5 million Ukrainians have settled in Poland in the aftermath of the full-scale Russian incursion of Ukraine in February 2022. This is in addition to the 1.3 million that arrived after the 2014 annexation of...

These are the implications of the latest wave of mega-fires for the European Green Deal
Dec 08, 2022 10:47 am UTC| Insights & Views
The last embers of 2022 fire season are finally extinguished, but the coming years mega-fires are also already sprouting. Although they are not making headlines now, the fires to come are quietly gestating: fuel continues...

Wage theft has reached pandemic proportions, so why hasn't the Albanese government criminalised it?
Dec 08, 2022 10:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Australias first criminal case over wage theft is under way, with charges laid against the owner of a Victorian restaurant that allegedly underpaid staff by thousands of dollars. If found guilty, the owner of the...