When French bank BNP Paribas quietly dropped its ban on financing ‘controversial weapons’ in September, it looked like a technical tweak. But far from semantics, it was a shift in how finance can serve strategy. …
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Coercive statecraft is increasingly waged through control of supply chains, payment systems and trade flows, reflecting sharper geostrategic competition. Australia risks falling behind. We still tend to view power in terms of ships, submarines and …
In an age of great-power competition, the next major conflict may be waged not in the skies over the Indo-Pacific or in the South China Sea, but through sanctions regimes, targeted financial disruptions and coercive …
Australia needs to invest more heavily in defence and national security, yet the government is struggling to match rhetoric with reality in the May federal budget. The budget showed that Australia is pushing back the …
The World Bank will soon pick a new president. With the world facing a confluence of climate, debt, energy and security crises, the leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for the institution. A more …