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The library of Babel
Roger Kreuz | December 1, 2024The internet is often described as one of humanity’s great achievements. But like any other resource, it’s important to give serious thought to how it is maintained and managed – lest we end up confronting the dystopian vision imagined by Jorge Luis Borges over 80 years ago.
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Stirring the mud
Georgina Lancaster | December 1, 2024Conflicting interests and geopolitical competition are complicating proposals for deep sea mining in the Pacific.
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Space precinct
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan | December 1, 2024Nation states must revitalise existing measures and consider them in international space policy debates to solve the ongoing difficulties in framing new rules for space governance.
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Hey, Vlad! China is not your friend
Fergus Neilson | November 30, 2024China has positioned itself as an ally of Russia in Putin’s brutal war of conquest in Ukraine, but over time demographic, economic and strategic realities suggest it will be China that dominates Russia.
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Exercise your life expectancy
Open Forum | November 30, 2024If everyone was as active as the top 25 per cent of the population, people over the age of 40 could add five years to their life, according to a new study led by Griffith University researchers.
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Tackling racism in Australia
Amanuel Elias | November 30, 2024The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a comprehensive “National Anti-racism Framework” to tackle, if not eliminate, racism in all sectors of society and government.
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Small is beautiful for China
Victor Chen | November 29, 2024Australia’s efforts to curry favour in the Pacific by investing in smaller projects and firms are already facing competition from China.
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A kick up the pants
Jolyon Ford | November 29, 2024If populist attacks on traditional multilaterial institutions catalyse much-needed engagement, reform and revitalisation, they might unintentionally offset some of the damage their own rhetoric does to the legitimacy of those bodies.
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AI and humans – who will domesticate who?
Rob Brooks | November 29, 2024The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence technology is dominating the headlines, but might a future suffused with AI change human evolution too?
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Pacific climate security
Isabelle Bond | November 28, 2024Promoting the importance of climate security for the South Pacific offers an opportunity to promote Australia’s broader regional strategy.
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Emergency tools for the disabled
Open Forum | November 28, 2024Research has found many people living with a disability feel unsupported and unprepared to face a crisis – but vital new tools have been created to help.
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Chain, chain, chains
Chris Ogden | November 28, 2024Trump’s return has normalised and supercharged authoritarianism around the world, making it the rule rather than the exception.
