In remarks delivered to Chinese participants in the Cambridge Executive Leadership Program, Chas Freeman argues that 500 years of Euro-Atlantic dominance has come to an end.
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Category: USA
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A new multi-nodal world is taking shape
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The Iran deal failed because it was built to break
The Islamabad Memorandum did not collapse simply because shipping attacks resumed. It failed because Washington and Tehran signed one text while understanding the bargain differently.
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Rubio’s attack on the ICC is a test for Australia
The Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court is a direct attack on accountability. Australia must not abandon its Rome Statute obligations. (more…)
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US foreign policy cannot look away from Sudan
Sudan’s genocide is receiving too little attention. The US must pressure the UAE to end its support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and help deliver urgent humanitarian aid. (more…)
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The President who converts loyalty into money and power
Trump’s cryptocurrency ventures show how political loyalty can be converted into money, access and market value while US institutions struggle to restrain conflicts of interest. (more…)
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The Iran lesson: why the US will lose a war with China
The US war on Iran exposed weaknesses in American power. Asia-Pacific allies should rethink defence settings built around US dominance and confrontation with China. (more…)
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Complacency enables regime change
To counter the rise of tyranny, the West must overcome its belief that democracy cannot lead to wrongdoing and instability. (more…)
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Iran conflict frozen between ceasefire and a long war
The US has the military strength; Iran the political resolve. This points to more precarious truces and tit-for-tat strikes in coming months. (more…)
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Trump’s threats are no substitute for diplomacy
Trump has always had poor impulse control but we are moving into a new phase with F-bombs, real bombs and threats to entire civilisations becoming daily occurrences. (more…)
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When reality catches up with satire – Message from the Editor
The Boys spent years exaggerating the Trump era. By its final season, political reality had become so grotesque that satire was struggling to stay ahead. (more…)
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Who would want an ally like Israel?
Looking back from 2026 to 1967 reveals the extent to which Israel will go to serve its own interests, even when this means harming its ally. (more…)
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US strike on Iranian school came after ‘bypassed warnings’ about outdated target info
US commanders reportedly ignored warnings that target intelligence was years out of date before a strike killed more than 150 schoolchildren in Iran.
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What “regime change” in the US means for Australia’s engagement in Asia
US foreign policy under Trump calls for bipartisan reaffirmation of Australian values and national interests. (more…)
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The US has forgotten what diplomacy is
The United States has abandoned the rules and habits of diplomacy in favour of threats, sanctions and violence. If the west wants peace, it must relearn how to talk to its enemies.
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The World Cup asks what we mean by “we” – Message from the (acting) Editor
The World Cup is compromised, commercialised and often grotesque – but it can still show us something true about belonging, about multicultural Australia and the complexity of loving something, while refusing to look away from its failures. (more…)
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How Trump turned crypto into a US$1 billion payday
Donald Trump once called cryptocurrency a scam. Now it has made him more than US$1 billion – and created a new channel for conflicts of interest, special favours and institutionalised corruption. (more…)
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The United States cannot celebrate its birth by ignoring its foundations
As the United States marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, its founding ideals remain undermined by the two histories it has never fully confronted: genocide and slavery. (more…)
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America’s political action committees are breaking spending records
Surging corporate spending in 2026 elections is a threat to democracy warns a US consumer advocacy organisation. (more…)
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The entire US non-profit sector is under attack
The US non-profit sector is reeling from the double whammy of increased calls on its services and severe cuts in its federal funding.
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Spoiler alert in the Iran-US peace process
The US-Iran memorandum of understanding has opened a path towards a permanent peace agreement, but spoilers inside and outside the process – including Israel, Donald Trump and Iranian hardliners – could still derail it. (more…)
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The implications of the forever war in West Asia
The long-term implications of the Iran war will be a shift in geopolitics, with the decline of Western dominance in West Asia and new regional coalitions. (more…)
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Dressing up defeat as victory
The US ‘deal’ with Iran is a humiliation. This outcome reveals not just Trump’s incompetence but flaws in the system that allowed him to rise to power. (more…)
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Why so many Republicans are bailing out of Congress
A new report reveals the speed of autocratisation in the United States and how Trump is acting increasing without Congressional approval. (more…)
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The mixed legacy of Alan Greenspan
During his long tenure as Federal Reserve chair, Greenspan did not learn one important lesson: markets require strict regulation. (more…)
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Fraser, Whitlam, Albanese and national sovereignty
Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam both warned against surrendering Australian sovereignty to US military and intelligence interests, but AUKUS and the Albanese government’s foreign policy have deepened that dependence. (more…)
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Trump is replacing capitalism with cronyism
Donald Trump’s use of state power to extract concessions from AI and technology firms is not industrial policy, but a corrupt form of crony capitalism that threatens US democracy, prosperity and the rule of law.
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Mamdani-backed candidates reshape New York primaries, with Israel as the fault line
Several New York Democratic primary victories by candidates critical of Israel point to a growing challenge to AIPAC-aligned politics, as Gaza, Palestinian rights and outside money become defining fault lines inside the party. (more…)
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Trump’s FBI is turning voter registration into a target
The FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative appears to be part of a broader Trump administration strategy to intimidate voter registration groups, election officials and citizens exercising democratic rights.
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Australia may feel the shift in US-Israel politics
Israel’s influence over US foreign policy is weakening as the political costs of unconditional support rise, and that shift may also reshape the pro-Israel lobby’s power in Australia. (more…)
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The UK’s financial dependence on US speculators
Relying on US investment in the UK bond market is a major constraint for any British prime minister. (more…)