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The scale of China’s economic growth over the past 50 years has long attracted global attention, headlines and analysis. Now the Asian giant is trying to mimic that growth in the areas of technology and innovation. Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley examine the steps it’s taken and the geopolitics it must navigate if it hopes to succeed.
And in Kenya, does the truce between its two main political protagonists signal a broader bottom-up reconciliation process? According to David E. Kiwuwa, it’s overly optimistic to expect ethnic politics to dissipate in Kenya in the short and medium term. What Kenya needs is a shift in attitude towards collective prosperity, non-violent settlement of disputes and inter-communal trust.
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China has its eye on technological dominance.
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Asit K. Biswas, National University of Singapore; Kris Hartley, University of Melbourne
Now is the time for China to put its technological and diplomatic skills on display in its quest for superpower status.
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Environment + Energy
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
Littering in protest is indicative of a discordant society, and a culture of littering can tell us a lot about a society's ethos.
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Morgan Disspain, Southern Cross University
As the health of the Murray Darling Basin is in decline, fish ear bones recovered from ancient Aboriginal camp sites can provide vital data about river health in the past.
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Sue Jackson, Griffith University
Indigenous water rights have been overlooked for a very long time. A bipartisan agreement on the Murray Darling Basin Plan may change that.
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Politics + Society
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David E Kiwuwa, University of Nottingham
Questions are being raised about the Kenyatta and Odinga relationship.
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Sean Rehaag, York University, Canada; Sharry Aiken, Queen's University, Ontario
Rather than closing a loophole in a Canada-U.S. agreement that allows Canadian officials to turn back asylum-seekers from the U.S. at the border, the deal should be abolished outright.
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Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Trump's announcement confirms he is no longer listening to moderate voices in his administration when it comes to dealings with Tehran
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Bruce Baer Arnold, University of Canberra
It is vital for governments and citizens to discuss how much privacy should be sacrificed when issues of national security arise.
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