As more countries back away from globalisation, can Australia survive in an inward-looking world?

The evidence is everywhere, the trend clear. From riots among farmers from Europe to India, to a shift towards the political extremes across the developed world and ongoing conflict in the Middle East and Africa, political unrest appears to be on the rise. In the US, once the bastion of free market enterprise, a man facing multiple criminal charges with a patchy track record in office is shaping up as the favourite to win this year’s presidential election and turn America’s gaze firmly inward again. After a 40-year hiatus, global superpowers once again are openly muscling up against each other….