Globalisation
Opinion
Opinion
Trade deficits don’t have to be wicked, unless you believe Donald Trump
Australia has a long history of running current account deficits – but that doesn’t automatically mean we’re doing badly.
- by Millie Muroi
Latest
Opinion
World politics
When Trump says the world’s ‘a little crazy right now’, you know it’s bad
We should rethink the designation of 2024 as the year of democracy and think of it as the year when everything, everywhere, all at once seemed to go off the rails.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
Global economy
How Donald Trump will change how the world works
The lens through which Trump sees the world is narrow and focused tightly on whether a relationship directly benefits America. That sets up difficult choices for everyone.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
IMF
The Trump shadow hovers as the global economy breaks apart
In the US and Russia this week, two meetings are being held at a critical moment for the global economy. In the background is Donald Trump.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Vladimir Putin’s spies are plotting global chaos
The chief of MI6, Britain’s foreign-intelligence agency, says Russian intelligence services “have gone a bit feral”.
- by The Economist
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
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
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