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Counting down the articles our readers loved most
Policy Forum team.
Already powered through your summer reading list? Or perhaps you got distracted by Netflix or the test cricket and your stack still looms large? Never fear, you can still start the working year feeling virtuous by diving back into some of
Policy Forum’s most popular pieces from the last 12 months.
From China’s engagement with the Pacific to feminist research during COVID-19 to improving Australian migration policy, we look back at the articles you liked most throughout the ‘year like no other’.
2020 saw tensions rise between China and a number of countries, including the United States and Australia. One of the causes of concern for Washington and Canberra has been Beijing’s increased military engagement with Pacific Island countries.
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One of the most valuable events of 2020 in Indian Classical Music is this interview series with Pt. Mahale, conducted by Pt. Nayan Ghosh for Baithak Hyderabad, discussing the work of Pt. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande. Mahale is a senior musician and scholar in the direct lineage of Pt. Bhatkhande and is a storehouse of information about Khayal and its history especially as it evolved in Mumbai. The discussion is invaluable for its historical and interpretive value. That an online event was among the more noteworthy ones was a sign of the new normal in 2020. Baithak Hyderabad is a Facebook page that possibly garnered more following this year than it did in the four years of its existence. Other Facebook pages too gathered enthusiastic following: like Artists United that offers “a virtual roof for artists, listeners, viewers and audiences” and was created in response to the pandemic-induced lockdowns during the blighted y