International Affairs
Shorter America this week: Not America, what we need now is love and care and honesty
It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. ‘Shorter America' is a series where Dr Emma Shortis loops you in on what’s going on in America and shares news and analysis that you can trust.
“Maximum lethality”: the US military under the Trump administration
Australia’s allegiance to the US is being tested as the Trump administration faces accusations of illegal military action and escalating national security recklessness.
An AUSMIN pantomime in Washington
It does suggest that there’s something odd happening when the BBC’s fabled Goon Show provides the script for the AUSMIN talks just concluded in Washington.
Shorter America This Week: American National Security = White Supremacy, Trump’s Pennsylvania “pivot”, Venezuela
It isn’t always easy to keep up with what’s happening in the US. 'Shorter America' is Dr Emma Shortis' weekly column looping you in on what’s going on in America with news and analysis that you can trust.
Australia and New Zealand 'offloading' care crisis to Pacific neighbours: report
New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the brink of collapse.
"Terrible, irresponsible pronouncement”: alarm over Trump’s push to resume nuclear testing
As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, concerns are mounting over a new nuclear arms race with the US and Russia seemingly putting testing back on the table.
Neoliberalism has won: Australia is privatising its foreign policy
Who would have thought it possible? The Government is reportedly going cap-in-hand to the corporate sector to fund its most recent foray into “soft diplomacy” – the PNG Chiefs NRL team.
President Xi rang President Trump – and President Trump missed the point
Western commentary on the Xi-Trump telephone conversation on 23 November has been muted. Understandably so – the primary source is Donald Trump’s take on the call, which he appears to think was about fentanyl, soybeans and “our great farmers”.
