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Hold onto your hats: As Trump 2.0 nears, we should be afraid. Very afraid.

Bitcoin tops US$80,000, the US dollar surges, and Wall Street indices reach record highs after Trump’s re-election. This economic spectacle raises concerns about the global impact of Trump’s unpredictable policies, especially for Australia.

Business and economy

Southeast Asia’s energy security challenge

How can its energy systems transition to become climate-smart, to withstand extreme weather, while also protecting social and economic priorities?

Sustainability

Hamas’ 7 October attack, one year on: How it’s changed the Middle East

What are the implications for the Palestinian issue, and for the balance of power in the region between the pro-Western bloc and the “axis of resistance”?

Politics and society

The paradigm shift needed to address growing global fragility

Complex and interconnected threats to global peace and security demands innovative and interconnected thinking by experts working across academic disciplines and industry sectors.

Politics and society

Delayed reckonings: Elections, international security and support for the radical right

Following the week’s elections in Britain and France, the centre has held for now, but it’s clear incumbents face severe challenges.

Politics and society

A world away from war, a Ukrainian researcher continues to work for positive change

A grant from the Ukraine-Australia Research Fund is allowing Dr Olesia Moroz to collaborate with Monash University experts in a bid to unlock the mysteries of dysfunctional labour contractions.

Medicine and health

Budget 2024: Easing cost-of-living, taming inflation

Cost-of-living increases, inflation, and energy prices affect everyone. And that matters even more when we’re amid a significant generational shift in voting patterns.

Politics and society

Israel-Iran conflict: Its origins explained, and what could happen next

This is not the final exchange between the two nations, and escalation could step up yet another notch in the near future.

Politics and society

How Indonesian media has covered the war in Ukraine

Data showed the view of the Indonesian government wasn’t prominent in news coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Politics and society

Money for nothing, and clicks for free

Liars and fake news merchants are profiting from misinformation and disinformation in Indonesia. Can it be fixed?

Politics and society

Global recession a risk as Gaza war rages on

So far, Israel’s war in Gaza hasn’t greatly disrupted global supply chains. But the situation could quickly shift along many fault lines.

Business

Episode 92: Are We Getting More Rude?

Are we becoming more rude, or does it just feel that way? Experts discuess the fundamental aspects of civility and its impact on society.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Calling the witness for the propaganda

Russia’s first movie blockbuster of its “special military operation”, “The Witness”, is an ugly, cynical mess that forms just one small link in a chain of constant disinformation that Russia peddles about “Azov Nazis”, and its invasion of Ukraine more broadly.

Politics and society

Absent Putin and the Ukraine war cast a long shadow over G20

The leaders of Russia and China are skipping the G20 summit, but their absences – and rifts over the Ukraine war – will have a big influence on the proceedings.

Politics and society

LGBTQ+ people are persecuted globally, but refugee status is still elusive

Gay and gender-diverse people have historically faced enormous obstacles finding refuge abroad.

Politics and society

Explainer: Why does Saudi Arabia want a ‘nuclear Aramco’?

There’s more to the kingdom’s nuclear ambitions than becoming a civilian nuclear energy powerhouse and exporter.

Politics and society

Federal budget 2023-24: Lean, mean, with much less green, but back in black

The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?

Politics and society

Kicking the gas can down the road

Capping the wholesale gas price is a poor attempt to decouple the domestic market from the volatile international market. The only sure way forward is a domestic reservation policy for the east coast.

Technology and engineering

‘Revenge spenders’ may be fuelling inflation

It’s a myth that only household price increases cause inflation. Consumer behaviour may also be a factor.

Business

This is what’s stopping women in peacebuilding

Barriers to the engagement of women in peace operations can sustain harmful workplace cultures, scuttle gender equality, and even peace outcomes.

Politics and society

The rise and rise of online learning

Thousands of teachers and students are choosing to teach and learn in virtual settings rather than face-to-face.

Education

Episode 77: Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?

Season 7 of Monash University’s podcast returns from hiatus with an investigation into food security. How will we feed more people than ever on an ever-warming planet?

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 72: Is Australia Behind in the Critical Minerals Race?

On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we examine whether mining and sustainability can go hand-in-hand as we transition to a decarbonised future,

What Happens Next?

Going north: Exporting renewable energy

Australia’s enormous renewable energy resources could be the perfect match to meet the relative dearth of renewable energy and zero-carbon power fuels in the boreal winter.

Engineering

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Hold onto your hats: As Trump 2.0 nears, we should be afraid. Very afraid.

Southeast Asia’s energy security challenge

Hamas’ 7 October attack, one year on: How it’s changed the Middle East

The paradigm shift needed to address growing global fragility

Delayed reckonings: Elections, international security and support for the radical right

A world away from war, a Ukrainian researcher continues to work for positive change

Budget 2024: Easing cost-of-living, taming inflation

Israel-Iran conflict: Its origins explained, and what could happen next

How Indonesian media has covered the war in Ukraine

Money for nothing, and clicks for free

Global recession a risk as Gaza war rages on

Episode 92: Are We Getting More Rude?

Calling the witness for the propaganda

Absent Putin and the Ukraine war cast a long shadow over G20

LGBTQ+ people are persecuted globally, but refugee status is still elusive

Explainer: Why does Saudi Arabia want a ‘nuclear Aramco’?

Federal budget 2023-24: Lean, mean, with much less green, but back in black

Kicking the gas can down the road

‘Revenge spenders’ may be fuelling inflation

This is what’s stopping women in peacebuilding

The rise and rise of online learning

Episode 77: Is Food Insecurity Getting Worse?

Episode 72: Is Australia Behind in the Critical Minerals Race?

Going north: Exporting renewable energy