Articles

Opinion – Supply Chains and War: The Importance of Baku’s Port

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Aug 4 2022 • Articles

As the war in Ukraine continues, Azerbaijan’s Port of Baku stands out as a critical transportation node that unites Central Asia with the Caucasus, Turkey and Europe.

Reflecting on Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’

Martin Duffy • Jul 29 2022 • Articles

It is a credit to Branagh’s mastery of memory, empathy and incantation that his film portrays so accurately that conflict begins and ends around the home.

Opinion – Getting Diversity ‘Right’ In Australia’s Nascent Space Industry Matters

Elise Stephenson • Jul 28 2022 • Articles

Building diverse and talented future workforces, diversity, access and inclusion are not just nice to have – they are critical to the Australian space agenda.

Americans Largely Reject Closing Bases in Germany, South Korea and Japan

Timothy S. Rich and Mallory Hardesty • Jul 26 2022 • Articles

In an era of rising global tensions, many Americans see overseas military bases as a means to respond to changing security conditions and deter aggression.

Opinion – Reflections on the American Revolution at Almost 250

Mark N. Katz • Jul 24 2022 • Articles

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, society is deeply polarized about what sort of nation America is and what sort of nation it should be.

Away from Political Parties into Lifestyle Politics: Young People in Advanced Democracies

Intifar Chowdhury • Jul 23 2022 • Articles

Political parties need to revaluate their mission in an age of new media as newer generations replace older members of the electorate.

Crisis and the Everyday: Global Connections, Resistance and Solidarity

Mythri Prasad-Aleyamma and Debbie Samaniego • Jul 21 2022 • Articles

The contributions in this collection of articles reflect the tension between the truncated globality of the pandemic and the contradictions and conflicts that are immanent within capitalism.

The Pandemic, Migrant Essential Workers and the Global Colonial Division of Labour

Debbie Samaniego • Jul 21 2022 • Articles

Addressing these issues requires the abolition of borders, border regimes, and the colonial labour systems they sustain.

Covid in an Uneven World: Are We All in This Together

Without accounting for structural inequities, public service announcements attempted to ‘flatten lives’ much more than ‘flatten-the-curve.’

Labouring Geography: Towards World-Making Praxis in a Global Pandemic

Hannah Schling and Ben Rogaly • Jul 21 2022 • Articles

The pandemic, in its uneven impacts, revealed yet more sharply how reproduction of some modes of life occurs at the expense of others.

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