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This year’s two-day G-20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany, is shaping up to be quite different to the usual international gabfest. Thanks to President Donald Trump’s isolationist tendencies, the US is now well out of step with Europe and other global powers.
Richard Maher wonders whether 2017 will be remembered as the year that 19 world leaders decided to work around America to reach agreement on pressing world issues.
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Oxfam’s Big Heads depict G20 leaders take part in protests ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg.
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Richard Maher, European University Institute
G20 meetings are usually bland, tightly-scripted affairs. Donald Trump has changed all of that with his retrenchment on climate change, free trade and internationalism.
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Politics + Society
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Tamara Tubakovic, University of Melbourne; Philomena Murray, University of Melbourne
Less than two years after Europe's migrant crisis began, EU officials have said that the situation is under control. It's not
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Aftab Alam, Aligarh Muslim University
Hindu "cow vigilantism" against Indian Muslims, is now threatening the social fabric of this multicultural, secular nation.
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Business + Economy
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Joshua Healy, University of Melbourne; Andreas Pekarek, University of Melbourne; Daniel Nicholson, University of Melbourne
Today's manifestations of the gig economy are tilted in favour of too few beneficiaries, and are not built to last.
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Environment + Energy
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David Olivier, University of the Witwatersrand
There is an increasing demand for water in cities like Cape Town. The current drought exacerbates this. But there are ways to use and save water sustainably.
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