
Why Australia Is Burning
Jan 9, 2020 argues that the immediate cause of severe bushfires is not climate change, but rather poor land management.
Ramesh Thakur, a former United Nations assistant secretary-general, is Emeritus Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. He is the author of The United Nations, Peace and Security: From Collective Security to the Responsibility to Protect.
Jan 9, 2020 argues that the immediate cause of severe bushfires is not climate change, but rather poor land management.
Sep 27, 2019 argues that rampant virtue signaling has made the left increasingly vulnerable to moral hypocrisy.
Aug 7, 2019 worries that the removal of the disputed territory's special status will spark a new wave of violence.
Mar 17, 2019 suggests that the killer of 50 Muslim worshipers had two reasons for choosing Christchurch.
Feb 20, 2019 says the Modi government's latest caste-based policies highlight deeply entrenched national shortcomings.
Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and engineering an economic recovery are only two of the challenges facing new US President Joe Biden. Amid deep social divisions and the continued threat of right-wing extremist violence, Biden must also try to re-establish democratic political norms and restore trust in American leadership at home and abroad.