The song in our hearts and of our hearts - Pearls and Irritations
WEB6 hours ago · Apr 29, 2024. In the end as at the beginning all that really matters is how we treat one another. This song of knowing is in our hearts and of our hearts. It whispers of better times. A daily life that can be calmer. Kinder, not something to worry about. Where the healing of memories is subtle but sustained. So vividly, this is all within reach.
Driving the dragon: China’s adaptive policymaking
WEB6 hours ago · Apr 29, 2024. China’s economic policymaking over the past few decades is a fascinating example of adaptive planning and strategic foresight. From pivoting away from reliance on globalisation to emphasising domestic infrastructure and poverty alleviation, tilting towards the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and now focusing on “high-quality ...
Opening the door to the devil - Pearls and Irritations
WEB6 hours ago · Opening the door to the devil. As Japan, New Zealand and the Philippines all move closer to US-led military architecture in the Asia-Pacific region, experts warn of the consequences. Political tensions are increasing in the Asian-Pacific after engagements in Washington produced statements pointing to New Zealand, Japan and the Philippines ...
The learned solution: Fix problems with violence
WEB6 hours ago · Indonesia is currently at war with itself using rotations of about 4,000 of its 400,000 troops to destroy (the smoother term is ‘put down’) a prolonged low-level conflict involving indigenous West Papuans. They want independence – just as the Javanese did when fighting the returning Dutch colonialists in the late 1940s.
Showing care for the Global South - Pearls and Irritations
WEB6 hours ago · Showing care for the Global South. By Li Xing and Li Qing. Apr 29, 2024. China displays more understanding than Western powers on needs of less-developed nations. The growing importance of the Global South in the evolution of the international order has become clear over the past few decades. Josep Borrell, the …
“Considering” recognition of the State of Palestine - Pearls and ...
WEB1 day ago · On 19 April, the day after the US vetoed the Security Council resolution to admit Palestine as a member of the UN, Barbados recognised the State of Palestine. It became the 140th state (out of 193) to do so. Four days later, Jamaica did the same. Other countries that have intimated a likely recognition in the near future are Spain, Ireland ...
The great winner picking winner stopping show - Pearls and …
WEB6 hours ago · The great winner picking winner stopping show. By Jeremy Webb. Apr 29, 2024. In that newspaper of record of extraordinary bias – The Australian – there is much preaching about the sanctity of the market mechanism and the absolute folly of the government’s plan to subsidise investment in new industries. Such …
Creating a liveable, equitable world - Pearls and Irritations
WEB2 days ago · Creating a liveable, equitable world. By Eva Cox. Apr 27, 2024. A call to women to put social needs, not just economic needs, back on the political agenda. If we want to fix that most of the world is in politically divisive macho mode, feminist women need to create new and recreate old priorities to create more equitable, survivable worlds.
John Menadue, Author at Pearls and Irritations
WEBApr 12, 2024 · John Menadue, Editor-in-Chief of Pearls and Irritations, interviews Dr Mike Gilligan on the challenge of building a self-reliant Australian defence force, dealing with a rapacious America intent on its own interests, avoiding a US-proxy war with China, and the loss of Australian sovereignty under the 2014 Force Posture Agreement (FPA).
The age of eco-anxiety - Pearls and Irritations
WEB1 day ago · The researchers forecast that there would be an extra 9,000 to 40,000 extra suicides by 2050 if no action was taken. Another 2018 study found that 72% of people aged 18-34 said negative environmental news stories affected their emotional well-being by causing anxiety, racing thoughts or sleep problems. A 2020 UK …
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