The stakes could not be higher as Canada sets its 2035 emissions target
Mar 22, 2024 11:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Government of Canada is in the midst of a public engagement on the 2035 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. The timeline is short, and the stakes could not be higher. According to Section 7 of the Canadian...
What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement
Mar 21, 2024 17:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed new security legislation on March 19, 2024, handing authorities in the semi-autonomous city-state further power to clamp down on dissent. The law, under Article 23, has been decades in the...
SpaceX Builds Spy Satellites for US; Russia Warns of Military Response
Mar 20, 2024 14:03 pm UTC| Technology Politics
Russia has issued a stark warning to the United States, stating that the use of SpaceXs satellites for espionage could render them targets for military action. This follows revelations that SpaceX is constructing a spy...
Deepfakes are still new, but 2024 could be the year they have an impact on elections
Mar 20, 2024 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Politics
Disinformation caught many people off guard during the 2016 Brexit referendum and US presidential election. Since then, a mini-industry has developed to analyse and counter it. Yet despite that, we have entered 2024 a...
Mar 20, 2024 12:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What is post-liberalism? That is no simple question, though the simplest responses are given by those who identify with it as a movement. Adrian Pabst, author of the most influential book on the subject, proposes it as...
Vladimir Putin’s gold strategy explains why sanctions against Russia have failed
Mar 19, 2024 11:33 am UTC| Politics Economy
There are more than 16,000 sanctions imposed against Russia. Yet the Russian economy and war machine grew by 3.6 per cent in 2023 and is projected to grow another 2.6 in 2024. Nearly six per cent of Russias gross...
Political donations rules are finally in the spotlight – here’s what the government should do
Mar 19, 2024 11:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Australias political donations rules are woefully inadequate, but donations reform is finally on the agenda. The federal government has signalled its interest in reform and will soon begin briefing MPs on its plan. Greater...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India