Unblocking the passage from India
May 09, 2021 08:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
It became clear this week repatriation flights for Australians stranded in India would have to resume ASAP after May 15, whatever the COVID situation in that country. By going too far in its effort to stop individuals...
UK-India trade deal: why the timing is crucial for both nations
May 06, 2021 02:32 am UTC| Politics
The UK and India have announced a new enhanced deal on trade at a virtual summit. The deal aims to double trade between the two countries by 2030 and declares their joint commitment to start working towards a comprehensive...
From Five Eyes to Six? Japan's push to join the West’s intelligence alliance
Apr 23, 2021 11:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
As tensions with China continue to grow, Japan is making moves to join the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance. This week, Japans ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, told The Sydney Morning Herald he was...
The situation at the US-Mexico border is a crisis – but is it new?
Apr 04, 2021 23:35 pm UTC| Politics
The media create the impression that there is an unprecedented crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, with droves of children arriving alone, as well as families flooding to the border. There is a crisis. But as a law...
The US just set ambitious offshore wind power targets – what will it take to meet them?
Apr 04, 2021 10:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
The United States offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off Rhode Island and Virginia. The few attempts to build large-scale wind farms like Europes have run into long delays, but that may...
Japan to temporarily raise tariffs on US beef imports
Mar 18, 2021 23:55 pm UTC| Economy
Japan is raising tariffs on US beef imports from 25.8 percent to 38.5 percent for 30 days as volumes have exceeded levels under the Japan-US trade agreement for the fiscal year ending on March 31. The last time the...
Mar 18, 2021 14:35 pm UTC| Economy
In a post-Brexit world the UK is trying to navigate both a changing international security situation and the loss of unfettered access to its largest market. The new Integrated Review aims to provide answers to this...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects