US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says claims made by Russian president Vladimir Putin to justify taking over Crimea are reminiscent of claims made by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s.

Although existing theories have made considerable achievements in highlighting the crucial connection between ethics and leadership, this paper proposes three key limitations of the field: an overwhelming focus on the individual at the expense of the relational; a cursory understanding of how context informs the exercise and enactment of leadership; and the depoliticisation of leadership.

Populism, an academically contested political theory, has been subject to few thorough studies in the New Zealand context. With a history of strong, successful leaders, and fervent political rebels, New Zealand provides a useful political context in which the theoretical platform for what constitutes populism can be explored. While the current pre-eminent model of New...

One of the most significant developments in global economic leadership in recent years has been the development of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. After a positive start, particularly with the 2009 London G20 Leaders’ Summit, the G20 has more recently been criticized as losing focus and making little headway in dealing with major global economic issues...

This report puts Australian climate policy in the context of ongoing international action to address climate change. Key findings: Megatrends towards greater international action on climate change continue but at an insufficient pace. For example, weighted average effective carbon prices on energy in OECD countries are currently PPP* $34 per tonne and global clean energy...