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Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock

The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the...

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Opportunistic Asylum: How Australia Exploited The Iranian Women’s Football Team – OpEd

Opportunistic Asylum: How Australia Exploited The Iranian Women’s Football Team – OpEd

When it comes to asylum seekers, the Australian political machine has prided itself on using cruelty and a purposely obtuse

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Blocking Fertilizers: The Hormuz Strait And Agricultural Shock – OpEd

Blocking Fertilizers: The Hormuz Strait And Agricultural Shock – OpEd

The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely

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The Growing Problems of Operation Epic Fury

The big drain on military resources has begun. A war apparently already won (and not), against an adversary supposedly without means to fight back,...

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Existential Attrition: Iran’s Closure of the Strait of Hormuz

“The geopolitical genie is out of the bottle: by capitalizing on geography to disrupt global trade, countries can strengthen their strategic...

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Existential Attrition: Iran’s Closure Of The Strait Of Hormuz – OpEd

Existential Attrition: Iran’s Closure Of The Strait Of Hormuz – OpEd

“The geopolitical genie is out of the bottle: by capitalizing on geography to disrupt global trade, countries can strengthen their

12.03.2026 3

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Starmer’s Self-Defence Fudge: The UK’s Growing Involvement in the Iran War

Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful. It remains to be seen whether the UK’s increasing...

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Middle Power Nonsense: Australia, Canada And Capitulating To The Iran War – OpEd

In his January speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave the impression of

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Doctrine and Proliferation: France, Forward Deterrence and Going Backwards

To expand a stockpile of both the useless and the mindlessly murderous in a military sense would seem to be a wasteful exercise best contemplated in...

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Starmer’s Self-Defence Fudge: The UK’s Growing Involvement In The Iran War – OpEd

Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful. It remains to be seen whether

10.03.2026 3

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Doctrine And Proliferation: France, Forward Deterrence And Going Backwards – OpEd

To expand a stockpile of both the useless and the mindlessly murderous in a military sense would seem to be

09.03.2026 6

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It’s About Children And Education: Melania Trump At The UN Security Council – OpEd

Former British Conservative politician and current pundit Rory Stewart thought it might have been a case of artificial intelligence.

06.03.2026 2

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Loony Bin Rationales: The Continuing War On Iran – OpEd

Villainous lunacy is abundant these days as the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States continues. The rationale

06.03.2026 4

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How it became Legal to Attack Iran

The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President Donald J. Trump. While we...

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Going Native In The Trump Jungle: How It Became Legal To Attack Iran – OpEd

The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President

03.03.2026 4

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Mendacious Rationales: The Lies Behind Operation Lion’s Roar

Many in the United States would scarcely identify the difference between Iran and Iraq, both countries based on ancient civilisations so...

02.03.2026 10

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Roguish Justifications: The Apologists For The Attack On Iran – OpEd

February 28, 2026. Another attack, another breach of the United Nations Charter. A gross violation of international law. As usual,

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New Endings: How Starmer Lost Gorton And Denton – OpEd

Britain’s Labour Prime Minister is an accidental genius. Having won a comprehensive election victory in 2024 for not being a

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It’s Cuba’s Turn: Attacking US-Flagged Boats In The Caribbean – OpEd

This time, the appropriately designated shoe had found itself on the other foot. While the Trump administration has been gorily

27.02.2026 3

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Condescending and Harmful: Australia’s Social Media Ban

With much in the way of pomp and false premises, the social media ban in Australia for those under 16-years-old was celebrated as a healthy incentive...

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Condescending And Harmful: Australia’s Social Media Ban – OpEd

With much in the way of pomp and false premises, the social media ban in Australia for those under 16-years-old

25.02.2026 10

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Not Forgetting the Victims: Club Epstein and Crimes Against Humanity

With a sex trafficking, flesh peddling empire of favours, logistics and the good time to be had by the powerful, the gigantic scale of Jeffrey...

24.02.2026 10

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Punishing Language: Queensland’s Antisemitism Bill

In a feat of enterprising delusion and sinister suppression, Australia’s second largest state has decided to deal with what it regards as an...

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Not Forgetting The Victims: Club Epstein And Crimes Against Humanity – OpEd

With a sex trafficking, flesh peddling empire of favours, logistics and the good time to be had by the powerful,

19.02.2026 10

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Fearing Immigration: The Australian Coalition and the Return of Bad Habits

Killing political leaders – metaphorically and actually – often ushers in a silly season where the Mad Hatter presides over an imbecilic party....

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Misplaced Mourning: Farewelling the CIA World Factbook

For those with a sense of humour, consulting alleged facts compiled by an agency specialising in subterfuge, subversion, deception and plain mendacity...

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Misplaced Mourning: Farewelling The CIA World Factbook – OpEd

For those with a sense of humour, consulting alleged facts compiled by an agency specialising in subterfuge, subversion, deception and

16.02.2026 2

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Blind and Deaf to AUKUS: Australian Planners and Elusive Submarines

There were never the sharpest negotiators in the room, resembling a facsimile of Bertie Wooster in desperate need of the good advice of his manservant...

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Objective Fallacy: Eulogies On The Passing Of The Law Based International Order – OpEd

The eulogies are starting to wear thin. The lamented passing of the rules and law-based order only makes sense to

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Blind And Deaf To AUKUS: Australian Planners And Elusive Submarines – OpEd

There were never the sharpest negotiators in the room, resembling a facsimile of Bertie Wooster in desperate need of the

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Bad Beginnings: The End of New START

How awful could it get?  The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired on February 5, terminating an era of arms control and imposed...

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Bad Beginnings: The End Of New START – OpEd

How awful could it get?  The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired on February 5, terminating an era

11.02.2026 4

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Lord Mandelson: Trapped in the Epstein Web

Jeffrey Epstein certainly got around.  He moved virally, galloping through the cells of the establishment.  What was more, he was permitted...

09.02.2026 10

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Soothsaying And The Sampling Referendum: The Heralded Rise Of One Nation – OpEd

Nominal realities bedevil politics.  They usually find form in polling statistics, airings in the land of pundits and those self-appointed

09.02.2026 3

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Lord Mandelson: Trapped In The Epstein Web – OpEd

Jeffrey Epstein certainly got around.  He moved virally, galloping through the cells of the establishment.  What was more, he was

06.02.2026 4

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Hedonism’s Dance: How the Governing Classes Fell for Jeffrey Epstein

How did he generate so much paperwork, traffic and comment?  New York financier, mountebank, all purposes conman and dedicated rake that he was,...

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Hedonism’s Dance: How The Governing Classes Fell For Jeffrey Epstein – OpEd

How did he generate so much paperwork, traffic and comment?  New York financier, mountebank, all purposes conman and dedicated rake

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Dooming the Chagos Deal: The Diego Garcia Dilemma

When remote islands start to interest chatterboxes in think tanks and bureaucrats in foreign ministries, we can only assume that some matters will be...

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Dooming The Chagos Deal: The Diego Garcia Dilemma – OpEd

When remote islands start to interest chatterboxes in think tanks and bureaucrats in foreign ministries, we can only assume that

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The Preaching Pentecostal: Scott Morrison In Israel – OpEd

Australia’s former Prime Minister and faithful Pentecostal Scott Morrison never passes up the chance to express an opinion if it

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The Gangster’s Brief: The Barr Doctrine, Noriega and Maduro

US President Donald Trump might leave an impression of violent novelty, at least for the leader of a nominal liberal democracy, soiling international...

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The Global Billionaire Steal: Wealth, Authoritarianism and Media

It’s official. This tormented, heated, traumatised planet is now home to over 3,000 billionaires.  (That number was reached last year.)  In...

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The Global Billionaire Steal: Wealth, Authoritarianism And Media – OpEd

It’s official. This tormented, heated, traumatised planet is now home to over 3,000 billionaires.  (That number was reached last year.) 

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Housing Lessons From Spain – OpEd

By Mark Nayler Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez began 2026 by announcing new measures to combat the country’s housing crisis. Speaking

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Artificial Intelligence, Crime And Prisons: Mahmood Revisits The Panopticon – OpEd

When does the rot start in a politician?  For some, it commences the moment election to office is confirmed.  Others

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Payola Laws: The Gilding Of Golden Tonsils – OpEd

Last month’s eulogising of the late Australian “shock jock” John Laws has been revealing on the state of health of

23.01.2026 7

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Carney At Davos: Removing That Sign In The Window – OpEd

“It seems that every day we’re reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry – that the

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Inequality, Surveillance and the Cashless Society

Like all new frontiers touted as necessary and worthwhile, the cashless society is advertised as a supremely convenient way to facilitate financial...

20.01.2026 10

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Sleepwalking On The Money: Inequality, Surveillance And The Cashless Society – OpEd

Like all new frontiers touted as necessary and worthwhile, the cashless society is advertised as a supremely convenient way to

20.01.2026 10

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A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition Of Gaza – OpEd

What matters peace if it permits killing, maiming and destroying the infrastructure of a society supposedly once at war?  This

15.01.2026 10

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