The Productivity Commission is calling for ideas on how to improve Australia’s productivity growth, so it is worth paring away the DOGE rhetoric and asking whether taking an axe to government can ...

Apple is struggling to secure approval to sell the iPhone 16 in Indonesia. While it may seem to be a financial issue, the real challenge is navigating local regulations and understanding the ...

Growing up in India, it was most common to hear the word “population” juxtaposed with “explosion”, like a frightful bomb that would go off in our faces. The first known use of the term “population ...

In the summer of 1968, Garrett Hardin published his seminal paper, “The Tragedy of the Commons”, offering a sobering analysis of how shared resources face depletion when individuals act solely in ...

As the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi transitions into an industrial hub, driven by the burgeoning nickel industry, the region faces a dilemma. Will local communities benefit from this ...

Embedding First Nations perspectives, experiences and interests into Australia’s foreign policy does more than project an image of a more inclusive Australia. It makes a substantial contribution to ...

It’s the near-miss that has shocked Brussels into action. Drifting helplessly in the Baltic Sea with 100,000 tonnes of oil in its holds, the Panama-flagged tanker Eventin was a floating environmental ...

From 2004 to 2023, Southeast Asian countries spent more than US$42 billion on weapons. Russia was the largest arms supplier in terms of value – cornering 25% of the Southeast Asian arms market – ...

How can anyone recruit for jobs where applicants cannot possibly have the requisite skills or relevant experience? Every foreign service around the world faces that dilemma; none has resolved the ...

Donald Trump’s loud promises to “drill, baby, drill” and a suggested exit from the Paris Climate Accords will hamstring US efforts to be seen as a genuine partner in and of the Pacific. The Pacific ...

The peacebuilding commission, or PBC, was created as part of the UN’s broader Peacebuilding Architecture in 2005. Its creation responded to a gap in the UN’s ability to respond to the “conflict trap”, ...