Australia has under-performed peer economies in attracting US investment since the passage of Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. President Biden’s proposed tax changes will improve Australia’s attractiveness on a relative basis, but will likely weigh on US corporate investment globally.

Close neighbours Australia and Indonesia are slowly drifting apart. Part of the problem comes down to a generational divergence of popular culture interests.

Compared to traditional financial reporting, the way each country measures corporate social responsibility and sustainability is evolving in different formats and rates. Standardisation is necessary for achieving the targets by the Sustainable Development Goals.

The United States and Mexico are tussling over their dwindling shared water supplies after years of unprecedented heat and insufficient rainfall. A 1944 treaty between the US and Mexico governs water relations between the two neighbors.

Brazil is one of the worst-hit countries by the pandemic, with the second-highest death rate, trailing behind the US. The death toll has reached 500,000, bringing the COVID-19 tragedy to the fore of the international political debate. 

Japan lacks comprehensive legal protections against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as same-sex relationship recognition laws. There have been some promising recent legal developments, but strategies for reform might be usefully reconsidered.

This week marks exactly four years since Australia began ambitious negotiations for a free trade agreement with the Pacific Alliance. This year also marks ten years since the Pacific Alliance bloc was first formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.

Israel has the world’s eighth largest nuclear arsenal. US and Australian support has allowed Israel to avoid being held accountable for its nuclear weapons program.

A Moscow court decision  recently  labelled Alexei Navalnyi’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) an "extremist" group.  It is a new low in the Kremlin’s campaign to identify and sanction any person or group capable of challenging its rule.

The creation of the LMC is merely a reflection of the intense power rivalry. The LMC helps China to protect its interests, strengthen its influence, and reduce the influence of other powers and their initiatives.