Global diplomacy breaks the hard nexus between war and famine
Author: Editorial Board, ANU This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Bengal Famine in India and the less well-known…
Despite the odds, multilateral cooperation has helped secure global food security
Author: Peter Timmer, Harvard University It has been a tough year for hundreds of millions of households across the world…
Everything Everywhere All At Once dominates Spirit Awards week before Oscars
(From left) Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Kwan, Stephanie Hsu, Jonathan Wang, Daniel Scheinert and Ke Huy Quan celebrate…
Will Philippines’ expanded military pact drag Manila into possible US-China conflict over Taiwan?
This quandary is evident in two proposed additional EDCA sites: Subic and Cagayan. Once one of the largest US bases,…
As it happened: China’s ‘two sessions’ 2023 – the takeaways from Premier Li Keqiang’s last work report to the NPC
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Taiwan heading into its super-aged era
Author: James C. T. Hsueh, National Taiwan University Like most Western industrialised countries, Taiwan experienced a sustained decline in fertility…
China’s space success is ready to launch — with or without foreign partners
Author: Brian Waidelich, CNA On 25 January 2023, Space News reported that the European Space Agency (ESA) no longer intends…
Insufficient preschool education in China needs reform
Author: Bingqin Li, UNSW Preschool education in China needs to improve in quality and shift away from quantitative growth. While…
Protecting domestic workers in Indonesia
Author: Dian Maya Safitri, Economy of Francesco In December 2022, in West Java, Indonesia, news that a domestic worker had…
Mekong river sand mining is a crumbling castle
Author: Lilla Szabó, TIU Sand is the most mined resource worldwide, yet not many are aware of the global environmental…