Tag Archive for: "politics"
The politics of the pandemic

Just as all politics is local, so Canberra is ever about politics (it’s the whole reason the place was built). Pandemic has smashed into Australia’s capital, remaking the dynamic and direction of politics. Normal politics …

Netanyahu again?

Israel’s third electoral showdown in a year was not kind to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Even though his right-wing bloc of ultra-Orthodox and nationalist parties won more seats in parliament than the centre-left bloc headed …

It’s time for bipartisan action on climate change

Australians are sweltering through a record-setting heatwave. Bushfires that are unprecedented in scale and scope have been burning around the country, some for weeks now, choking capital cities in smoke and destroying property, livelihoods and …

The Green Deal will make or break Europe

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s ambition to lead a ‘geopolitical commission’ has faced its first big test. European heads of state met last week to discuss her proposed European Green Deal, a sweeping …

Shinzo Abe: a legacy of his own

Shinzo Abe became Japan’s longest serving prime minister on 20 November. Staying atop a parliamentary democracy seems a herculean task these days, but it is especially hard in Japan, where prime ministers have tended to …