The World Economic Forum claims to represent global cooperation, but its structure, silences and hierarchies tell a different ...

Islamic ethics and liberal democracy share deep common ground in justice, dignity and equality. But selective commitment to ...

As artificial intelligence reshapes work, culture and decision-making, two pontificates converge on a deeper concern – not technological progress itself, but the risk of reducing human life to ...

As New Zealand heads toward a November election, early polls suggest a finely balanced contest. Coalition arithmetic, economic anxiety and voter outflow are shaping a year that promises prolonged ...

For Palestinian Australians who have lost entire families in Gaza, the decision to welcome Israel’s president to Australia is ...

Millions in gambling industry donations flow legally to both major parties, even as reform stalls and public concern grows.

Christian Slattery is a Senior Campaigner at the Australian Democracy Network, focusing on how political donations and lobbying shape government decision-making and stall widely supported reforms. He ...

Antonio Spadaro, SJ, is undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See. He is a member of the board of directors of Georgetown University and an Ordinary academic of the ...

Prominent political figures continue to dismiss or distort the evidence on climate change. Their claims collapse under even ...

Middle powers may lack the economic and military weight to coerce others, but they can still shape outcomes through coalition ...

Australia’s AUKUS submarine program is tied to struggling US and UK shipbuilding systems, escalating costs and political whim, raising questions about whether the right defence choices were ever ...

Education savings schemes appear sensible and responsible. But their quiet rise reflects a deeper failure – a loss of ...