The first convicts sent down under arrived in 1788, and within twenty years, capitalizing on the land’s natural resources, they were exporting coal to India. A carbon economy is part of the Australian culture, and recent attempts by the government to regulate emissions have polarized both society and political leaders. Both advocates and opponents of a carbon tax credit have organized rallies over the past two years. More recently, however, tens...
...on? China’s maritime expansion can be viewed from both a military and an economic dimension. Militarily speaking, the United States is currently boosting its relationship with the Philippines, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. This ranges from deepening military cooperation with Australia (through the deployment of US troops in Australia) to hosting joint naval drills with Vietnam to maintaining an enormous presence of nearly 50,000 tro...
...neration of environmentalists, abandon the color green? The association of green with environmental politics first became commonplace in the 1970’s with the formation of “green parties,” most prominently in Western Europe and Australia. Though their success has been mixed, these parties can claim the achievement of having built up the necessary political power to force their respective governments to act on a number of environmental issues (last...
...general well being. As far as democracies go, the United States consistently ranks among the lowest in voter turnout. Other Western democracies make far better showings, in terms of democratic participation — in particular, Australia and Chile. So what about these democracies continues to encourage voters to participate in the system? What about these voting booths is so attractive on their election days? The most obvious factor at play is tha...
...macy over polar oil for the United States and Canada, other global players do not have the ability to tap into their domestic resources. Either because of political issues, such as the power of the green lobbies in Europe and Australia; because of pure hegemonic grand strategies, as in Moscow and Beijing; or because of a simple lack of both conventional and unconventional oil resources, particularly in New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan, these c...
...gyptian election, either Abol Fotoh or Hamdeen Sabahi would have been one of the final contenders, as they were the most commonly favored candidates across a large span of voters according to polls from the Egypt Independent. Australia, for example, has preferential voting, a ranking system in which candidates favorable to a large base are successful. As voters pick their second and third choice candidates, a common consensus can be reached, and...
...d. That’s how it should work. That’s staying true to our principles.” The more I read about the Breivik trial, the more it bemuses me and the more I ask myself one question: What’s wrong with America? Unlike the E.U., Canada, Australia, Mexico, Rwanda, Nicaragua, and a long list of other countries, the United States continues to enforce the death penalty. On April 19, 1994, Napoleon Beazley broke into the home of John Luttig in order to steal his...
...the United States for much of its funding. The only hope for the Marshall Islands is to garner support from other countries to put pressure on the United States to take steps to address its nuclear legacy. Thus far, Algeria, Australia, Cuba, Malaysia, Maldives, and New Zealand have all expressed support for the Marshall Islands’ cause based on the Special Rapporteur’s Report. While the United States possesses considerable power in the United Nat...
...and unconvincing, it is a fact that Americans work longer days and more of them than Europeans — which likely affects the economy. That being said, the American obsession with work is, probably, part of the reason why Norway, Australia, and the Netherlands are ahead of the United States in the United Nations’ Human Development Index, which measures health, life expectancy, income, gender equality, etc. We Americans may be hyper-productive, but we...
...sn’t where the money was. Heck, even Asia wasn’t where it was. But it most certainly is now, and Southeast Asian countries like Singapore are heavily benefitting from the decisions of the ultra-rich to join them. Whether from Australia, China, or the United States (think Eduardo Saverin), their former home countries are wondering (as other Southeast countries doubtless are) why and how to stem the exodus. How Singapore – and other Southeast Asian...
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