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Politics & Society
Analysis
Historical accuracy matters more than ever in our polarised world
From Comfort Women memorials to researchers facing court battles, telling difficult histories is becoming a complex balancing act

Politics & Society
Opinion
US uncertainty has left key countries rethinking their Trump ties
China’s summit was more than just diplomatic theatre, but rather a carefully curated message about Beijing’s influence amid intensifying geopolitical uncertainty

Politics & Society
Opinion
Homophobia in AFL is not an isolated incident. It’s time we stopped treating it that way
Focusing on single acts of bigotry releases institutions, like the AFL, of any responsibility and ensures ongoing homophobia and racism in football

Arts & Culture
Analysis
What makes a short story great?
The best stories crackle with a kind of electricity, but why they grab us can be hard to articulate. A new podcast is trying to find the answer

Politics & Society
Opinion
‘Just two men meeting for reasons that have little to do with ending a war’
Although Trump says Putin will face “very severe consequences” if no Ukraine truce is agreed, it’s unlikely the meeting will result in decisive agreement

Politics & Society
Book extract
‘Finding an Indigenous voice’
The second volume of the truth-telling initiative, Dhoombak Goobgoowana, shares the steps, and missteps, on the road to finding an Indigenous Voice at the University of Melbourne

Politics & Society
Book extract
‘The field of Indigenous Studies simply gets on with the job’
Indigenous Studies means becoming part of global conversations about the place of Indigenous knowledges and traditions in the world

Politics & Society
Analysis
Tech multinationals are saying ‘goodbye globalism, hello geopolitics’
In a fractured global economy, geopolitics now shapes how multinationals operate and compete

Arts & Culture
Book extract
Taylor Swift is filling a ‘blank space’ in academic research
A new book explores how Swift studies is bringing the cultural phenomena of Taylor Swift into academia