Demonization and humiliation do not pave the way to the negotiating table. (more…)
Several nuclear facilities in Ukraine have been attacked by the Russian military over the past fortnight: a nuclear research facility at Kharkiv; two radioactive waste storage sites; the Chernobyl nuclear site (which no longer has operating reactors); and the operating Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (more…)
Until lions have their own historians, their history will be that of the hunters (more…)
Humanity faces a self-interest choice – destruction of our economies, societies and environment with unfettered global warming, or a massive transformation that eliminates man-made carbon outputs. (more…)
The unique situation in which NATO was formed, and the failure to build similar alliances in Asia, suggest that the expansion of the Quad and AUKUS into a formal military alliance is both unlikely to happen and ill-advised. (more…)
But with every day I am seeing signs of Ukraine not just doing better than expected, but actually positioning itself for the post-war future.
Australian media continues to see itself as overwhelmingly tied to the events, policies and fortunes of those in the United States and the United Kingdom. (more…)
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent Russian threats and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.”
The closure of Eraring power station and AGL’s takeover bid are likely to reduce electricity prices for consumers as low-cost renewable energy and additional storage replace the retiring coal generators.
Research shows parents believe private schools will provide a better education for their children, and better set them up for success in life. But the evidence on whether this perception is correct is not conclusive. (more…)
There is an abundance of outrage in the United States about Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election. (more…)
Below is the text of an open letter to President Putin protesting the invasion of Ukraine from students, alumni and staff of Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia’s elite institution specialising in international relations. (more…)
Climatic trends, extreme conditions and sea level rise are already hitting many of Australia’s ecosystems, industries and cities hard. (more…)
The Ukraine-Russia conflict is now in its most dangerous phase since it began in 2014 after the Western-backed overthrow of the Ukrainian government. (more…)
Over the last year the world has watched in horror as the Myanmar army, after its attempted coup on February 1st 2021, has carried out brutal massacres, torture, rape and arbitrary arrest of the democratically elected government and civilian population (more…)
Australian universities are curtailing collaboration with scientists from or “linked to” China, on pain of having their grant funding rescinded under the Morrison government’s Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020. (more…)
Hate crimes against Asian Americans mushroomed over the past two years. According to the Guardian, they jumped 567 percent in San Francisco since 2021, and you don’t have to look far to find out why. The main reason is, quite simply, incessant China-bashing in the mainstream media. The anti-China hysteria has spread like measles. (more…)
The prize of strategic coherence is to have Australia’s overarching policies, programs and key agencies pulling broadly in the same direction in pursuing its international policy. (more…)
The Coalition must be relieved that the swings were not as high as some of the recent punishing rebukes administered to long-term governments.
From Tuesday 15 February Michael West Media and Pearls & Irritations will be going separate ways. (more…)
As thousands die and millions suffer, an Australian nurse is desperate to shine a light on a humanitarian crisis in Africa.
Rules-based order? What the F**k is Blinken talking about? The US makes its own rules. (more…)
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Business leaders — and the politicians that enable them — must be put on notice that they must serve society, not the other way around.
A small group of elites determines what ordinary people do not see or hear. (more…)
