A comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in the Pacific Islands region, the seventh edition of the Pacific Aid Map encompasses the period from 2008 to 2022, including data on more than 37,000 projects carried out by 97 development partners, totalling almost $50 billion.

Feb 7, 2022 · Political parties serve as candidate-centric, non-ideological alliances. While they have names that describe them as “nationalist”, “democratic”, and “liberal”, the various Philippine political parties are far from being ideological organisations.

May 13, 2024 · In a rare display, North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un shed tears when discussing his country’s declining birth rate in December 2023. It was the first time that North Korea had publicly acknowledged population decline to be a problem. Kim chose to put the onus on mothers to prevent “the birth rate from falling” and to nurture children. This month, North Korea promoted a maternity ...

Dec 30, 2024 · As president, Carter made considerable headway in advancing this agenda. He elevated human rights as a key foreign policy concern, pressuring governments throughout the world, especially in Latin America, to release political prisoners and allow greater civic freedom.

Aug 8, 2024 · The Lowy Institute acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which the Institute stands, and pays respects to their elders, past and present.

For decades, the United States has been considered the global hegemon. However, BRICS nations now account for more than 40 per cent of the world’s population and have an aggregated global GDP of 31.5 per cent. This surpasses the G7’s (United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom) GDP of 30.7 per cent.

Sep 2, 2024 · Great power competition between the United States and China centres on technological supremacy. This extends beyond future-defining technologies such as high-end chip manufacturing, advanced AI, and quantum computing to include the supply chains underpinning these technologies, particularly critical minerals.. As the clean energy transition accelerates, critical minerals such as cobalt ...

Apr 17, 2024 · Plenty of Americans — including senior military officers, academics, and politicians — think Chinese leader Xi Jinping sees war as the best option. Those making this argument typically say Xi is tired of waiting for unification to happen peacefully, sees a military window of opportunity, or has set a deadline for finishing the job. Some think China’s recent economic problems create an ...

Nov 15, 2024 · Hundreds of thousands of attendees will see Beijing make a powerful statement about its military and industrial might this week as Zhuhai Jinwan Airport hosts the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition.

Oct 8, 2024 · The UK government announced last week that it will cede sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The agreement ends an almost 60-year dispute between the two countries, allowing Chagossians displaced in the early 1970s to return home, and ensuring the continued operation for the next 99 years of the US military base on Diego Garcia (one of the islands in the archipelago).