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Ukraine’s public and private sectors targeted by Russian wiper malware

Communications & Technology

Australia has described Russia’s cyberattacks on the Ukrainian government as ‘destructive, disruptive and destabilising’, condemning the wayward state alongside the US and European Union. On

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More than a pipe dream – What could have been done to stop Putin’s bloody attack on Ukraine?

By Melissa Coade

Defence

Ukraine is under martial law and crawling with Russian enemy invaders, with hundreds of civilians dead and thousands more escaping into bordering countries. What, if

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Is Europe any good at soft power?

By Caroline de Gruyter

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Just after the First World War, the U.S. started a massive, new operation: academic fellowships for foreign students to come and study in the U.S.

How could a Belgian farmer accidentally move the border with France? It’s surprisingly easy, as history shows

By Alison Carrol

Editors' Picks

A farmer recently raised the potential for an international incident when he inadvertently redrew the border between Belgium and France. He was reportedly annoyed at

PC chairman Peter Harris warns against protectionist panic over Trump's tariffs

By Peter Harris

Features

This article is based on a speech Peter Harris gave to the European Australian Business Council on April 24, shortly before publication of the Productivity Commission’s

Europe has a chance to save itself and France will play a key role

By The University of Melbourne

Features

Democracy has won. This Sunday May 7, 2017, France has elected its new President – pro-EU political outsider Emmanuel Macron defeated anti-EU xenophobic extremist Marine

Europe today echoes the 1930s — but don’t panic (yet)

By The University of Melbourne

Features

The European Union stands on the threshold. Next week, the people of the Netherlands will be the first in Europe this year to vote on

Watch: Taavi Kotka on transforming digital government in Europe

By The Mandarin

News

One of Europe’s leading practitioners on digital government has schooled the Department of Communications and Arts on world-leading platforms for data management and citizen engagement.

What Nordic states can teach us about investing mining wealth

By Dr Andrew Scott

Features

The Nordic nations have much less adversarial political cultures than Australia, and this brings major long-term policy benefits. This lesser adversarialism exists in part because,

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