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Kate Hua-Ke Chi looks at why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties

Kate Hua-Ke Chi looks at why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties

Allan Barber assesses how the first 30 years of the European Union has worked out, a formation that has had an impact New Zealand's trade with Europe

Allan Barber assesses how the first 30 years of the European Union has worked out, a formation that has had an impact New Zealand's trade with Europe

Guy Trafford has been down on the farm looking at some of the new technologies available - and is impressed

Guy Trafford has been down on the farm looking at some of the new technologies available - and is impressed

Economist Brian Easton says an opposition caucus is a seething mass of factions, schemings, plottings and plans for coups

Economist Brian Easton says an opposition caucus is a seething mass of factions, schemings, plottings and plans for coups

Economist Brian Easton questions whether we are keeping up with the changing global trade patterns

Economist Brian Easton questions whether we are keeping up with the changing global trade patterns

Too few to win, too many to die: it is looking more and more as if the National Party’s conservative falcons can no longer hear the falconer, Chris Trotter says

Too few to win, too many to die: it is looking more and more as if the National Party’s conservative falcons can no longer hear the falconer, Chris Trotter says

Chris Trotter says in a week when smoke billowed over Kyiv and Wellington, what did National’s Christopher Luxon offer? Tax cuts

Chris Trotter says in a week when smoke billowed over Kyiv and Wellington, what did National’s Christopher Luxon offer? Tax cuts

Chris Trotter says Putin’s invasion has conjured up the nightmare he spent 20 years attempting to forestall and given all the nations of Western and Eastern Europe a terrifying reminder of the wisdom of banding together against the Russian Bear

Chris Trotter says Putin’s invasion has conjured up the nightmare he spent 20 years attempting to forestall and given all the nations of Western and Eastern Europe a terrifying reminder of the wisdom of banding together against the Russian Bear

Melvyn Krauss explains the strategic thinking behind the US' recent foreign policy "concessions" to Germany and Russia

Melvyn Krauss explains the strategic thinking behind the US' recent foreign policy "concessions" to Germany and Russia

What is the right approach to reach environmental goals? Using incentives and subsidies, or using rules and disincentives? And where does food security fit in?

What is the right approach to reach environmental goals? Using incentives and subsidies, or using rules and disincentives? And where does food security fit in?

Melvyn Krauss explains why Italy's new prime minister will play a larger role in European affairs than in domestic politics

Melvyn Krauss explains why Italy's new prime minister will play a larger role in European affairs than in domestic politics

Melvyn Krauss predicts that a steadily rising euro and the imperative of preserving the eurozone will force EU policymakers' hands

Melvyn Krauss predicts that a steadily rising euro and the imperative of preserving the eurozone will force EU policymakers' hands

Does opening a ‘back door’ to encrypted communications create a whole new raft of problems? How can firms promise privacy if there is official access? And an unauthorised breach at some point then becomes possible

Does opening a ‘back door’ to encrypted communications create a whole new raft of problems? How can firms promise privacy if there is official access? And an unauthorised breach at some point then becomes possible

Despite a bump in the road at the last dairy auction, future demand prospects remain good and unchanged. More focus goes on mitigating farm environmental pressures

Despite a bump in the road at the last dairy auction, future demand prospects remain good and unchanged. More focus goes on mitigating farm environmental pressures

Neither Europe nor the USA are going to do us any trading favours says Keith Woodford. For both of them, it is all about self-interest

Neither Europe nor the USA are going to do us any trading favours says Keith Woodford. For both of them, it is all about self-interest