Globalisation
Opinion
Cyber protection
Massive outage shows the vulnerability of the global tech ecosystem
The CrowdStrike episode is chilling because it highlights how a single, flawed update from a trusted source can cause large parts of the global system to fail.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Latest
Opinion
National security
Treasury steps up to limit ‘strategic’ security overreach
The risk of foreign disruption has to be balanced in such a way that economic activity is not unnecessarily curtailed.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Opinion
Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that
It’s important to look at exactly how globalisation has tipped the scale when it comes to equality.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The global economy already had a big problem. It just got much worse
The attacks in the Red Sea have threatened to throttle a vital part of the global economy that is already under pressure.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Opinion
Is the world on the brink of a second cold war?
A senior International Monetary Fund executive has warned that the rivalry between the US and China could lead to Cold War II and reverse decades of global integration and growth.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Inside China
Why China is dodging the US dollar and wants other countries to follow
Cash is out of favour on China’s shopping strips where convenient home-grown payment systems are helping sanction-proof the economy.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
Trade wars
Is this the end of globalisation, or is world trade just changing shape?
It is too early to tell whether the ugly flare-up in the Middle East will add to the prospect of a “de-globalisation” of trade and geopolitics.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Trade
It’s not the end of globalisation (yet), but world trade is splintering
In future, the strongest growth in global trade may be between blocs of aligned economies rather than free-flowing trade around the world. That’s a threatening prospect for China, and Australia.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
No quick fix as China’s economy sinks into deflation
Despite $20 billion in trade strikes over the past four years, the superpower remains Australia’s largest export market and a key engine of economic growth.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Opinion
China
China’s exports are crashing. Is this the end of the world’s factory?
A weak domestic economy and structural shifts in global trade since the pandemic have triggered a massive slump in China’s trade performance.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
For subscribers
How to save globalisation from itself? Chalmers has some ideas
Australia has benefited enormously from globalisation. But Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the old models don’t apply as well as they did.
- by Peter Hartcher
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