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WEBPublished daily by the Lowy Institute. Chinese subs and American spies both get that sinking feeling. By. 27 Sep 2024. A US government leak to a newspaper exposes a Chinese secret and reveals the new world of intelligence.
Why Russia will not return the Kuril Islands to Japan
WEBNov 17, 2020 · The decades-old dispute between Russia and Japan over the status of the Kuril Islands is far from over. Tokyo, which refers to the islands as the Northern Territories, still insists on a peace treaty with Moscow that would result in Russia’s return of at least two out of four islands to Japan, while the Kremlin keeps militarising the disputed territory.
De-dollarisation: shifting power between the US and BRICS
WEBAug 3, 2023 · The short answer is yes. The US dollar’s dominance may be coming to an end (Adam Nir/Unsplash) Published 3 Aug 2023. China. India. Russia. There has been increasing talk of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) developing a new currency that will rival the US dollar as the global reserve standard.
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WEBIndonesia:Jokowi’s reallegacy is anunpredictable successor. From a stunted democracy, to a human capital deficit, and too much reliance on China, Prabowo Subianto has been handed a curate’s egg, writes Greg Earl for his “Economic diplomacy” column from the ANU Indonesia Update.
North Korea: Law, but not as we know it - Lowy Institute
WEBNov 25, 2021 · While the appointment of a relatively unknown official Kim Hyong Sik was not announced in North Korean media, he has attended every politburo meeting since, despite not having a formal seat in the party body. This underlined the increased importance that the party’s new legal policy is given. The WPK congress held in January this year reappointed Kim Hyong Sik as director, with North Korean ...
The unfinished Chinese civil war - Lowy Institute
WEBSep 30, 2020 · The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) war with the Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) started in the 1920s, hit pause during the decade of anti-Japanese war and the Second World War, then culminated in an immediate post-war period with the remnants of the KMT fleeing to Formosa/Taiwan in …
Australian politics should be as diverse as its people
WEBMar 23, 2021 · The lack of diversity in Australian politics has been apparent for years. The 2018 Leading for Change report from the Australian Human Rights Commission showed that only 4% of federal MPs had non-European ancestry, compared to 19% of the Australian population. The underrepresentation of cultural and …
Israel’s democracy: a systemic problem | Lowy Institute
WEBFeb 17, 2020 · Israel has often been called the only democracy in the Middle East. This is not quite true. The Economist’s Global Democracy Index for 2019, which ranks 167 countries by five democratic criteria, lists Israel as a “flawed democracy”.*Israel scores well on electoral process/pluralism and political participation, but is marked down on government functioning, political culture, and, in ...
Water scarcity challenges China’s development model
WEBSep 29, 2022 · Water scarcity challenges. China’s development model. H2O, a crisis looms for the world’s most populous country. Dry paddy fields are just one result of the current drought in southwestern China, 24 August 2022, Sichuan Province (Huang Zhenghua/VCG via Getty Images) Southern China’s longest drought on record is …
Is Russia’s military better than America’s? | Lowy Institute
WEBAug 9, 2018 · The US will devote $700 billion to its budget for 2018, dwarfing Russia’s $66 billion effort, a trend that has been consistent for more than 25 years.Yet Russia’s military has been relatively successful in recent conflicts, while the US armed forces have not. American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq became multi-year quagmires, in comparison to Russia’s rapid victories against Georgia and ...
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