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Allan Behm

Allan Behm

The Guardian

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Trump is impotently railing against the US’s allies. Albanese is right to avoid the president’s global catastrophe

We have all come to expect demeaning and graceless behaviour from Donald Trump. Once again, our expectations have not been disappointed. In another...

30.03.2026 10

The Guardian

Allan Behm

Australia’s shameless support for the US attack on Iran makes us gullible, duplicitous, or both

The ease and speed with which Australia, along with Britain and Canada, fell in behind Donald Trump’s attack on Iran was startling. For a country...

03.03.2026 10

The Guardian

Allan Behm

Trump is destroying the rules of international behaviour. Australia can – and must – act now

08.01.2026 20

The Guardian

Allan Behm

Australia’s failure of diplomacy in PNG shows we can’t – and won’t – understand our Pacific neighbours

17.09.2025 10

The Guardian

Allan Behm

As the US chooses destruction over diplomacy in Iran, Australia has to decide between principle and prostration

23.06.2025 20

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Allan Behm

Conceived in secrecy and born in haste, Aukus is on its last legs. When will Labor call the undertaker?

12.06.2025 20

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Allan Behm

Australia must resist US bullying to increase its military spending

03.06.2025 10

The Guardian

Allan Behm

The Coalition’s defence plans are a kneejerk, impossible dream when what we need is achievable policy

23.04.2025 10

The Guardian

Allan Behm

The Russians aren’t coming: Peter Dutton’s poor judgment distracts from Australia’s rare geopolitical opportunity

16.04.2025 10

The Guardian

Allan Behm