Susan Engel
@susan-engel.bsky.social
Associate Professor in international relations and political economy, into development and social justice. Volunteer at Jubilee Australia and
Indigo Australia.
Indigo Australia.
Given a plastic bottle lasts at least 450, years, this analysis from ny fab colleague Babet de Groot is depressing but important. www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
Geneva’s Fractured Final Hours - Australian Institute of International Affairs
The promise of a global plastics treaty has once again stalled, with negotiations ending without agreement or textual progress. While entrenched redlines steered the process toward lowest-common-denom...
www.internationalaffairs.org.au
August 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Given a plastic bottle lasts at least 450, years, this analysis from ny fab colleague Babet de Groot is depressing but important. www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
Reposted by Susan Engel
"What's remarkable about AUKUS is it was signed up without even a formal cabinet brief.
"It was signed up without any kind of serious scrutiny, either from within Defence or within the Parliament."
-Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
"It was signed up without any kind of serious scrutiny, either from within Defence or within the Parliament."
-Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
July 29, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"What's remarkable about AUKUS is it was signed up without even a formal cabinet brief.
"It was signed up without any kind of serious scrutiny, either from within Defence or within the Parliament."
-Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
"It was signed up without any kind of serious scrutiny, either from within Defence or within the Parliament."
-Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol
At the Wollongong library for a talk by Alexander Brown on the cool history of the peace movement in #Wollongong. #NoNukes #NoWar
July 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
At the Wollongong library for a talk by Alexander Brown on the cool history of the peace movement in #Wollongong. #NoNukes #NoWar
This piece from my friend Ali is spot on. You've really also got to wonder what the ALP were thinking with the politics here, the approach was always just going to create them headache. michaelwest.com.au/a-trinity-of...
Antisemitism: trinity of envoys clouds contest for social cohesion - Michael West
Controversy over envoy Jillian Segal's plan to combat antisemitism - should the special envoys into one Social Cohesion role?
michaelwest.com.au
July 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This piece from my friend Ali is spot on. You've really also got to wonder what the ALP were thinking with the politics here, the approach was always just going to create them headache. michaelwest.com.au/a-trinity-of...
Reposted by Susan Engel
Penny Wong, 2003: "I say suspicion is not enough. To justify going to war we need more than suspicion. What sort of world would we live in if suspicion alone was justification for participation in unilateral military action outside the auspices of the UN? "
June 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Penny Wong, 2003: "I say suspicion is not enough. To justify going to war we need more than suspicion. What sort of world would we live in if suspicion alone was justification for participation in unilateral military action outside the auspices of the UN? "
Wow @australianlabor.bsky.social a breach of international law and this is your response. Next time you say 'rules based international order', I think the only response is (to borrow from Python): 'You... tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms!' #auapol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
News live: ‘no way’ Australia would send troops into Iran, former ambassador to US says; Tasmanians reject stadium deal
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www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Wow @australianlabor.bsky.social a breach of international law and this is your response. Next time you say 'rules based international order', I think the only response is (to borrow from Python): 'You... tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms!' #auapol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Just watched the doco No Other Land, put on by the Refugee Action Collective Illawarra. Even though I know the Israeli government is committing human rights abuses everyday, it was harrowing - but still please watch it. supportmasaferyatta.com
Support Masafer Yatta - Watch No Other Land
supportmasaferyatta.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Just watched the doco No Other Land, put on by the Refugee Action Collective Illawarra. Even though I know the Israeli government is committing human rights abuses everyday, it was harrowing - but still please watch it. supportmasaferyatta.com
US withdrawal from #FfD4 meeting was because they reject an active UN role in development but also refuse to expand resources in the #WorldBank and #IMF. Further evidence that staying in the Bank/Fund was about closing developmental space for the #GlobalSouth 1/2 usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-t...
Remarks at the closing meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development
Chair, our commitment to international cooperation and long-term economic development remains steadfast; however, the United States regrets that the text before us today does not offer a path to conse...
usun.usmission.gov
June 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
US withdrawal from #FfD4 meeting was because they reject an active UN role in development but also refuse to expand resources in the #WorldBank and #IMF. Further evidence that staying in the Bank/Fund was about closing developmental space for the #GlobalSouth 1/2 usun.usmission.gov/remarks-at-t...
Reading Samir Amin (1979): remains relevant to the #FfD4 conference today. Third World demands for a New International Economic Order have clear logic: an 'increase in raw material prices, reinforced by a reduction of debt and more favourable terms for the transfer of technologies.' #NIEO
June 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reposted by Susan Engel
The $500 B lost to global tax abuse every year means that much is lost in healthcare, education & other essential services.
Governments at #FFD4 have a chance to reform the financial architecture & ensure a more equal world through debt, tax, climate, & gender justice.
Governments at #FFD4 have a chance to reform the financial architecture & ensure a more equal world through debt, tax, climate, & gender justice.
June 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The $500 B lost to global tax abuse every year means that much is lost in healthcare, education & other essential services.
Governments at #FFD4 have a chance to reform the financial architecture & ensure a more equal world through debt, tax, climate, & gender justice.
Governments at #FFD4 have a chance to reform the financial architecture & ensure a more equal world through debt, tax, climate, & gender justice.
Sam Nicholls' paper on the strategic imaginaries of the New International Economic Order - also part of our forthcoming Special Issue in the #NIEO - is currently top of the DiP most read for the year list. Yeah Sam!
June 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Sam Nicholls' paper on the strategic imaginaries of the New International Economic Order - also part of our forthcoming Special Issue in the #NIEO - is currently top of the DiP most read for the year list. Yeah Sam!
Please consider signing this petition calling for an enquiry into #AUKUS #auspol nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
✍️PETITION: Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS
Launch a Parliamentary Inquiry into AUKUS NOW!
Australia Institute research shows a majority of Australians support a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS
✍️ Add your name now >
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
June 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Please consider signing this petition calling for an enquiry into #AUKUS #auspol nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...
There's talk that #Albo's sweetener for the Trump (mal)Administration will be a US east coast submarine base in #Wollongong. Be honest with us @australianlabor.bsky.social and be prepared for a fight, #noplaceforanuclearbase www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Aukus will cost Australia $368bn. What if there was a better, cheaper defence strategy?
As questions swirl around the nuclear submarine deal, some strategists are pushing for an alternative, ‘echidna’ policy that focuses less on offensive capability
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
There's talk that #Albo's sweetener for the Trump (mal)Administration will be a US east coast submarine base in #Wollongong. Be honest with us @australianlabor.bsky.social and be prepared for a fight, #noplaceforanuclearbase www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
2025 needs to be a big year for debt justice. Signing this Caritas petition is a small way to add your voice to the campaign. turndebtintohope.caritas.org
Turn Debt into Hope
Let us commit ourselves to remedying the remote causes of injustice, settling unjust and unpayable debts.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
2025 needs to be a big year for debt justice. Signing this Caritas petition is a small way to add your voice to the campaign. turndebtintohope.caritas.org