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USAID finds no signs of massive Hamas aid theft
Jonathan Landay, Published on 26/07/2025
» An internal US government analysis found no evidence of systematic theft by the Palestinian militant group Hamas of US-funded humanitarian supplies, challenging the main rationale that Israel and the US give for backing a new armed private aid operation.
An anniversary worth celebrating
Oped, Jonathan Kings, Published on 24/06/2025
» This year marks a significant milestone for New Zealand's relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) -- 50 years of formal dialogue relations. This anniversary is an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to this important partnership and a strong future together.
Making public investment work
Oped, Mariana Mazzucato and Jonathan Glennie, Published on 21/11/2024
» Following the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Colombia (COP 16) and in the midst of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Azerbaijan, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Climate change and biodiversity loss are not just looming threats; they are already here, exacerbating social inequalities, economic instability, and environmental degradation before our eyes.
Reimagining global integration
News, Olivia White & Jonathan Woetzel, Published on 20/03/2023
» Global trade still conjures images of giant container ships. But our world has changed. The transport of physical goods across borders is no longer the only, or even the primary, driving force behind global integration.
Will we talk to the Taliban? Why not?
Oped, Christopher Stokes & Jonathan Whittall, Published on 21/08/2021
» As United States forces withdraw from Afghanistan, putting an end to the longest war in US history, a new era has begun again for a country that has seen invading forces come and go over the centuries.
Response to coup requires look at China, military
Oped, Jonathan T Chow & Leif-Eric Easley, Published on 04/02/2021
» In the early hours of Feb 1, the day Myanmar's newly elected parliamentarians were to take their seats, the armed forces arrested senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), including State Counsellor and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar President Win Myint. The military declared a state of emergency, announcing it will govern the country for one year, after which it promises fresh elections. Understanding this political crisis requires unpacking the role of the military in Myanmar's beleaguered democratisation, the calculus of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, and a geopolitical context dominated by China.
Welcome to the 'Asian century'
News, Jonathan Woetzel & Jeongmin Seong, Published on 09/10/2019
» In the nineteenth century, the world was Europeanised. In the twentieth century, it was Americanised. Now, it is being Asianised -- and much faster than you may think.
Trump associates' legal woes have a political cost
News, Jonathan Bernstein, Published on 23/08/2018
» It's the kind of momentous bad news that rarely happens to any presidency: On Tuesday, Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was found guilty on eight counts of tax fraud and other crimes, while the president's former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, admitted he made illegal campaign contributions at the instruction of then-candidate Trump.
Sanctions threaten Afghan trade
News, Jonathan Landay & Rupam Jain, Published on 22/05/2018
» US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear accord and re-impose sanctions on Tehran threatens to derail a project to help build Afghanistan's economy, endangering a key goal of the US strategy to end America's longest war.