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The day after Twitter had the temerity to fact check Donald Trump, who has been found to lie and mislead over 18,000 times in the more than 1200 days he has held office...
Australia’s Sunday morning current affairs programs have been making news lately. A few weeks ago it was Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, Marise Payne, proposing an independent, international inquiry into the origins of...
On April 17, President Donald Trump issued a series of calls on Twitter to "LIBERATE" Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia.
Within three days the number of protests in the country had doubled and nearly...
The rules of global trade went out the window between February and April as nations fought like cats to secure supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). It was each for themselves and the...
Australia was never for turning our position, including on the South China Sea, Huawei, foreign interference and calling for an international investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Why then does the Chinese Communist...
At age 77, in his twilight years, the third time was the charm for Joe Biden. He prevailed over a field of 24 Democrats from across the political spectrum and has emerged as...
Rising trade frictions with China underscore the potential tension between Australia's economic and foreign policy interests. Beijing wants to dramatise these tensions to intimidate Australia and undermine our alliance relationships, while Canberra wants...
Australia is the new frontline for China’s use of disinformation and economic coercion amidst COVID-19. Following Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s call for an independent review into the origins and spread of the pandemic...
In both the United States and Australia, the first major outbreaks of coronavirus infections were in aged care facilities. Despite the early warnings, today in both countries the residents and staff in these...
That US-China relations have plummeted over the course of the pandemic is no secret. An internal Chinese government think tank report, which leaked this week, even warned China’s top leaders that there was...
The New York Times passed an impressive milestone this month, with more than 6 million paid subscribers globally. Our latest research suggests it’s no coincidence it achieved this feat during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Americans have a problem with trust in institutions and experts. During the current pandemic, this lack of trust could be costing them lives. A recent survey of more than 2000 Americans and Australians...
China’s threatened anti-dumping duties on Australian barley exports may well be without merit and even a form of economic coercion in retaliation for the call for an investigation into the COVID-19 pandemic, among...
If Australian-Chinese relations weren’t already rocky enough, Beijing just gave Canberra 10 days to explain why China shouldn’t impose tariffs of up to 80 per cent on Australian barley exports.
China claims that...
COVID-19 is a challenge that needs to be addressed at the global level, despite the very real differences in the strategic aims and domestic politics of the major players in the international system.
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Coronavirus has spread rapidly in prisons across the world, where people are locked up, not locked down. Ubiquitous overcrowding means people are unable to self-isolate, provided with little in the way of protective...
The United States helped topple an allied state's government. While that sounds like an anachronism better suited to the Cold War era, it is in fact a summary of events that transpired in...
Most of the politics of the pandemic have pitted health outcomes against the economy. In health terms, Australia is doing well in avoiding the full brunt of the global pandemic. However, we have...
China deserves serious and sustained scrutiny for its missteps and lack of transparency. But the latest political pile on is unproductive.
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically highlighted the divisions, inequities and inequalities in even the wealthiest societies. The likelihood of contracting coronavirus and the severity of the illness it causes are both governed by...
