Explosion Rocks Water Treatment Plant in Baltimore
Last Updated on March 16, 2023 A massive explosion and fire occurred at the Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant…
Vietnam hedges its bets on the BRI
Authors: Viet Dung Trinh, University of Queensland and Huy Hai Do, Hanoi University The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched…
How China can multilateralise the BRI
Author: Huiyao Wang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics At the end of 2022, 150 countries and 32 international organisations…
Seeing through the clean hydrogen hype
Author: Andrew Blakers, ANU In 2021, Australian company Star Scientific signed an agreement with the Philippine government to develop green…
Jump-starting Indonesia’s transition to an innovative economy
Authors: Bryan Mercurio and Ronald Tundang, CUHK Indonesia has vast potential. Despite numerous setbacks since its independence in 1945 —…
Finding hope in Tuvalu’s Digital Nation
Author: Colette Mortreux, University of Melbourne In response to the climate crisis, Tuvalu’s Minister of Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs,…
The NDB and BRICS in global governance reform
Author: Silvia Menegazzi, LUISS On 7 December 2022, Egypt ratified its participation in the New Development Bank (NDB) — a…
Pakistan’s floods highlight the climate-health nexus
Author: Jeremy Youde, University of Minnesota Duluth The devastating 2022 floods in Pakistan highlight the interplay between natural disasters, climate…
Buttigieg Complains That There Are Too Many White Construction Workers
Last Updated on February 15, 2023 U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is facing criticism over his lack of comment and…
Consumer spending critical to China’s economic recovery
Author: Yan Liang, Willamette University It was a bleak year for the Chinese economy in 2022. Strict zero-COVID measures and…