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The limits of multilateralism

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageEPA/Alexander Astafyev

One of the distinctive features of the contemporary international order is the role played by multilateral organisations. Ever since the US became the dominant force in international affairs in the aftermath of the second world war, institutionalised patterns of co-operation have been an increasingly important part of the way...

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Cut down on salt, drink less and move more: Australia's blueprint to control chronic disease

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageAustralia addresses some risk factors better than others.Joshua Resnick/Shutterstock

Chronic diseases are responsible for nine out of ten deaths in Australia, and for much of the health expenditure about which governments are so concerned.

The risk factors underlying these chronic diseases in Australia need to be urgently addressed. Factors such as...

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Out of step: marching for climate justice versus taking action

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageClimate campaigners take to Sydney's streets in 2009.AAP Image/Dean Lewins

This weekend, tens of thousands (perhaps hundreds of thousands) of people in cities around the world will take to the streets to protest against governments' inaction on climate change.

Past experience suggests media coverage will be largely sympathetic, if cursory, and...

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