Plus crisis looms in Ethiopia and our November edition of The Pick: things to read, watch and listen to.

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Banking on green, Macron under pressure and the 'great resignation'?

Australia's pivot to India; Facebook rebrands to META and why is submarine building in a shambles?

Plus, the aims of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the plan to get one million Australians into tech jobs and Peter FitzSimons on Australia's greatest unknown explorer.

PNG faces a Delta crisis and Gareth Evans on 30 years of peace in Cambodia

Plus, political and religious developments in the Middle East, the politics of net zero in the regions and Gillian Tett on using anthropology more flexibly.

Moves towards sustainable housing and the hollowing out of the Australian public service

Plus, supply chain woes as we head towards Christmas, the Afghan evacuees starting their new lives in Australia and recommendations for reading, watching and listening this month.

Southeast Asia's pandemic waste crisis and George Blake: The happy traitor

Plus, a farewell to Gladys Berejiklian, Lin Hatfield Dodds on systems leadership and steering Australia's oldest charity The Benevolent Society, where you can go to build your digital skills and the history of radio as a tool of female empowerment in Australia.

The diplomatic challenges of AUKUS and Ian Goldin on building a better post-pandemic world

Plus, are children orphaned by Covid-19 being left behind? And Australia's changing role in the Pacific.

Fresh ideas to fix the housing crisis and a deep dive into changes in China

Plus, Lebanon's crumbling healthcare system and improving adult literacy in Australia

Political ramifications of AUKUS, tackling transitions in the Hunter, and Germany farewells Angela Merkel

Plus, upheaval in Japanese politics and the enduring appeal of Roger Federer.

20 years on, how MV Tampa and the 9/11 attacks have shaped Australia and the United States

With a focus on international politics and business, Geraldine Doogue talks to expert commentators about the things that matter to Australians.

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