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Over the past decade, India has come to see the Horn of Africa as a primary theatre of influence.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz would have potentially devastating flow-on effects for oil supplies and prices in Australia.
Collards may have arrived in southern Morocco via early Muslim traders, and Morocco may have been a stop in the journey the vegetables took to America.
An increase in global tensions is placing at risk the free flow of goods traded around the world.
Archaeological discoveries show the different options that have solved human problems over time.
The shock waves from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rippling through world energy, food and trade supply lines are profound, but not big enough to split the global economy
We now have a glimpse into where early Indigenous Australians likely travelled all those tens of thousands of years ago.
The Suez Canal is the ideal target for causing maximum disruption to global trade.
As early as 1500 the Bokoni people created stone-walled settlements that demonstrate their mastery of farming. But today these sites are under threat.
It has often been assumed that Australia was essentially isolated until 1788. But research into the seagoing trade on the south coast of Papua New Guinea suggests otherwise.
By sailing a destroyer close to an artificial island in the South China Sea, the US is challenging China’s claim to the waterway. At stake are trade routes worth billions of dollars.










