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Competing foreign interests trump Syrian aspirations for political change

  • Written by: Hanlie Booysen, PhD Candidate and Tutor in Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Competing foreign interests trump Syrian aspirations for political changeInternational powers with conflicting interests have helped the Bashar al-Asad government to consolidate its power. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA

The United States’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal exacerbated the violence in Syria. But to understand how Syria became the theatre for proxy wars, we have to return to the Arab...

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could constitutional monarchies be important aids to democracy?

  • Written by: Dennis Altman, Professorial Fellow in Human Security, La Trobe University
could constitutional monarchies be important aids to democracy?Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull met Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle in London in April.AAP/Ella Pellegrini

Recently, author and speechwriter Don Watson has questioned the impetus for Australia to become a republic. In the April edition of The Monthly, he wrote:

In a world filling with tyrants, Queen Elizabeth and her descendants represent a...

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a short history of the contraceptive pill

  • Written by: Bryony McNeill, Lecturer in Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Deakin University

ON THE PILL: In this seven-part series we explore the history, myths, side-effects and alternatives of the pill, and why it’s the most popular form of contraception in Australia.

Since the oral contraceptive pill appeared on the market almost 60 years ago, it has been the preferred form of birth control for millions of women around the world....

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  4. Mixed messages in post-budget Newspoll and Fairfax-Ipsos
  5. Let's get moving with the affordable medium-speed alternatives to the old dream of high-speed rail
  6. We asked people if they would trust driverless cars
  7. use technology to make the tests more authentic and relevant
  8. Changes to superannuation insurance won't jack up rates – but if anything they don't go far enough
  9. The secret agents protecting our crops and gardens
  10. Archibald winner Yvette Coppersmith channels her inner Jacinda Ardern in an intelligent, classical work
  11. A giant 'singing' cloud in space will help us to understand how star systems form
  12. Why the internet alone can't be blamed for radicalisation
  13. Criminals can't easily edit their DNA out of forensic databases
  14. what is burnout and what can we do about it?
  15. Michelle Grattan on the 2018 budget, tax cuts and the citizenship crisis
  16. Malaysians celebrate the return of Mahathir and hope for a brighter future
  17. For Timor-Leste, another election and hopes for an end to crippling deadlock
  18. Shorten gives Turnbull a character-forming task on tax
  19. how inflation in China and the US could affect Australia
  20. Who are the wealthy retirees targeted in Labor's plans?
  21. Here's why flu vaccinations should be mandatory for Aussie health workers in high-risk areas
  22. Here's how a complex low-pressure system sent temperatures plummeting
  23. the complex, contradictory pleasures of pulp fiction
  24. How Captain Cook became a contested national symbol
  25. Ancient ancestors of modern baleen whales were toothy not-so-gentle giants
  26. Sydney's Chinatown is much more of a modern bridge to Asia than a historic enclave
  27. what Australian schools can do to promote acceptance of gender diversity
  28. Bill Shorten outbids Turnbull's tax cut for lower and middle income earners
  29. we still don't have proof that cutting company taxes will boost jobs and wages
  30. Australia's property boom and bust cycle stretches back to colonial days
  31. Centre Alliance's Rebekha Sharkie most vulnerable at byelections forced by dual citizenship saga
  32. Does it pay to graduate from an ‘elite’ university? Not as much as you'd think
  33. Religious backlash loosens clerics' grip on legacy of 1979 Iranian Revolution
  34. the case of 'Universal Medicine'
  35. Good signage in national parks can save lives. Here's how to do it right
  36. How silent signals from your phone could be recording and tracking you
  37. your guide to the musical styles of Eurovision
  38. how the Australian intelligence community works
  39. Trust is the second casualty in the war on terror
  40. How we're using fish ear bones as 'time capsules' of past river health
  41. Most of the benefits from the budget tax cuts will help the rich get richer
  42. Deal on Murray Darling Basin Plan could make history for Indigenous water rights
  43. are the sniff test, the five-second rule and rare burgers safe?
  44. 'Sanitised' nightlife precincts become places where some are not welcome
  45. Why the need for speed? Transport spending priorities leave city residents worse off
  46. the politics of PlayerUnknown's Battleground
  47. 'Super Saturday' voters get first say on tax
  48. Mathias Cormann and Jim Chalmers on Budget 2018
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