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Israel’s Futile War in Lebanon Deepens

Call it a repeating script, a rusty template, or simply a creaky model to emulate time and again. The structural and homicidal destruction of Gaza...

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The Hand-Me-Down Alliance: Australia, AUKUS and Op-Shop Submarines

One can never accuse the Australian political palette of being too demanding, let alone attentive. When it comes to matters of defence, that palette...

03.06.2026 4

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Not Much to See: The Release of the UFO Files

These are always occasions of anticipation and even celebration for the tinfoil hatters and those keen to spot the internal plot, the thriving fifth...

03.06.2026 10

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Beyond the Yellow Line: Israel Seizes More of Gaza

While eyes remain peeled on Israel’s increasingly violent and expanding campaign in Lebanon, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...

02.06.2026 20

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Blood Libels and Sexual Violence: Israel, Palestinian Prisoners and The New York Times

When the establishment journalism of Nicholas Kristof of that most establishment of papers, The New York Times, draws the ire of a foreign regime, and...

31.05.2026 7

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Regime Change Through Indictment: Raúl Castro and the BTTR Flights

Revealing a steely yet erratic contempt of the law, the US Department of Justice is showing, again, how it became the spear carrier for kooky ideas...

28.05.2026 20

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Acceptable Till it Wasn’t: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Global Sumud Flotilla

It has been a sorry though predictable exercise. When he lived up (or down) to expectations of atrocious conduct befitting the proud bigot that he is,...

25.05.2026 10

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The Extortionate Expense of Golden Dome

A needless, extravagant ballroom. Questionable gifts, not least the 747-200B aircraft from the Qatari government. An inane decision to add a blue...

24.05.2026 10

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Mirrors of Greed: Elon Musk, OpenAI and the Tech Brat Battle

They are a disagreeable bunch, with disagreeable ideas to match. The querulous brats behind the drive for technological servility and plugged in...

21.05.2026 30

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The Great Fleecing Tournament: Pricing, Problems and the 2026 FIFA World Cup

When dealing with the disorganised criminal outfit that is FIFA (the mafia comparison only goes so far), the titan governing body of world football,...

18.05.2026 10

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Exiting the Oil Cartel: The United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC

Cartel members are not always a congenial bunch. Relations can get frosty and brittle over time. With the United Arab Emirates, membership of the...

18.05.2026 20

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The Great Fleecing Tournament: Pricing, Problems And The 2026 FIFA World Cup – OpEd

When dealing with the disorganised criminal outfit that is FIFA (the mafia comparison only goes so far), the titan governing

17.05.2026 10

Eurasia Review

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Caveat Canvas: ShinyHunters Hacks the Education Sector

They make you do it – they, in this case, being the folly-fouled leaders of educational institutions – because it’s all in the name of...

13.05.2026 10

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Ted Turner: The Devil Behind Cable News

Being very much the all-American figure that he was, the passing of Ted Turner was bound to enliven the cliché machine with the usual, clotty...

12.05.2026 30

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Brussels, Russia and the Venice Biennale: Art as Politics and Hypocrisy

The jury at the Venice Biennale Art Exhibition have outdone themselves. Few juries at any art or literary festival can be trusted at the best of...

05.05.2026 10

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Show Me the Money: A Loutish Administration Confronts a Craven Congress

Louts pressing false claims, faux principled types seeking to score successes against clearly useless targets. Jules Hurst, in trying to discharge the...

03.05.2026 10

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Show Me The Money: A Loutish Administration Confronts A Craven Congress – OpEd

Louts pressing false claims, faux principled types seeking to score successes against clearly useless targets. Jules Hurst, in trying to

01.05.2026 10

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The Minilateralist Incentive: A Climate Change Conference in Colombia

Not much good comes from war. Qualifying exceptions, however, can be found. The United Nations, tarnished, libelled and mocked for being...

27.04.2026 10

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Defiling Statues of Jesus: Israel’s Counterfeit Outrage at Cultural Vandalism

They have kept their strategy of cultural and institutional vandalism generously broad in recent campaigns against their adversaries. It therefore...

27.04.2026 30

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Lunar Exploitation and Colonial Escapism: The Artemis II Mission

The Earth is in a fine mess, but human beings sealed in laboratories full of energy and vigour, attached to screens, and running tests about...

22.04.2026 20

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Space Loos, Lunar Exploitation And Colonial Escapism: The Artemis II Mission – OpEd

The Earth is in a fine mess, but human beings sealed in laboratories full of energy and vigour, attached to

22.04.2026 10

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Troubled Relations: Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump

Depending on which historical sources you care to consult, the Pope has been a figure of obloquy, ridicule and abomination. This mediator between the...

22.04.2026 30

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Troubled Relations: Pope Leo XIV And President Donald Trump – OpEd

Depending on which historical sources you care to consult, the Pope has been a figure of obloquy, ridicule and abomination.

21.04.2026 10

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Confused Closures and Opaque Openings: Continuing Dramas in the Hormuz Strait

Reading messages from President Donald J. Trump is an exercise in taunting masochism. It is one inflicted on commentators and the press corps the...

21.04.2026 20

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Putting the Calamity Makers in Charge: Anthropic and Claude Mythos Preview

Be wary of a company – any company – who exerts moral muscle as they create software and digital platforms that are injurious and simultaneously...

19.04.2026 10

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Confused Closures And Opaque Openings: Continuing Dramas In The Hormuz Strait – OpEd

Reading messages from President Donald J. Trump is an exercise in taunting masochism. It is one inflicted on commentators and

19.04.2026 10

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The Travails of Noma: God Chefs, Brutal Kitchens and the Cult of Fine Dining

There are an easy bunch to demonise, and to a certain extent, they should be. The God Chef, the collector of Michelin stars; the veteran of the...

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The Travails Of Noma: God Chefs, Brutal Kitchens And The Cult Of Fine Dining – OpEd

They are an easy bunch to demonise, and to a certain extent, they should be. The God Chef, the collector

14.04.2026 10

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Ceasefire Exemptions and Quarries of Death: Israel’s War on Lebanon

In the Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce defines peace as a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. The Israeli version of a ceasefire...

13.04.2026 10

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Trump, Hegseth and the Language of War Crimes

He’s out of ideas, a mind running on empty. Increasingly, he is also short of reason, zapped by geopolitical addling and meddling. Now that US...

09.04.2026 10

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Omissions on a Cruel Trade: The Neglected Role of African Slavers

Last month, the United Nations General Assembly was unimpeachably correct in condemning the hideous practice of slavery in a resolution endorsed by...

08.04.2026 10

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Exploiting Useful Enemies: Ukraine In Hungary’s Elections – OpEd

The problem with demagogues is that they invariably fall into infantile practices. The politics of the playground is the politics

08.04.2026 10

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Executing with Prejudice: Israel’s Death Penalty Law

It was celebrated with ghoulish delight. On March 30, the Israeli Knesset passed the Penal Bill (Amendment – Death Penalty for Terrorists), an...

07.04.2026 30

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Omissions On A Cruel Trade: The Neglected Role Of African Slavers – OpEd

Last month, the United Nations General Assembly was unimpeachably correct in condemning the hideous practice of slavery in a resolution

06.04.2026 10

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Closing Air Spaces and Cracking Alliances: Trump’s Growing Problem with Allies

With the Iran War groaning along, the Trump administration is getting increasingly indignant. Plumes of childish anger can be seen coming out of the...

05.04.2026 10

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Food Time Bombs And Predicted Starvation: The Prospects Of A Hormuz Transit Deal – OpEd

Global crisis and human suffering can sometimes be susceptible to the cheap loop of sloganeering and mawkish publicity, often associated

05.04.2026 20

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Executing With Prejudice: Israel’s Death Penalty Law – OpEd

It was celebrated with ghoulish delight. On March 30, the Israeli Knesset passed the Penal Bill (Amendment – Death Penalty

04.04.2026 10

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Closing Air Spaces And Cracking Alliances: Trump’s Growing Problem With Allies – OpEd

With the Iran War groaning along, the Trump administration is getting increasingly indignant. Plumes of childish anger can be seen

02.04.2026 20

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The Iran War: A Great Carbon Emitter

Truth may well be the first casualty of war, but death, injury and environmental degradation are bound to be keeping up in the hit lists. Attacks on...

31.03.2026 20

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Inspiring The Authentic Journalist: The Pentagon’s Renewed Attack On Press Credentials – OpEd

On March 20, 2026, US District Senior Judge Paul Friedman found for The New York Times in a ruling deeming

31.03.2026 10

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Auguries of Failure: Israel Invades Lebanon, Yet Again

When will Israel realise that invading Lebanon with paralytic compulsion can never be the solution to its security ills? Having destroyed Gaza with...

31.03.2026 30

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The Iran War: A Great Carbon Emitter – OpEd

Truth may well be the first casualty of war, but death, injury and environmental degradation are bound to be keeping

30.03.2026 20

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Auguries Of Failure: Israel Invades Lebanon, Yet Again – OpEd

When will Israel realise that invading Lebanon with paralytic compulsion can never be the solution to its security ills? Having

27.03.2026 10

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More Parleying Nonsense: Trump, Iran and Promised Negotiations

It’s almost not worth considering, but precisely because it comes from the White House, the mad manoeuvrings and silly airings of the US President...

25.03.2026 20

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Operation Epic Fury And US Unreadiness For War – OpEd

The bellicose may find wars attractive and cleansing, but those responsible for such dry matters as inventory, material and how

25.03.2026 20

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Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear

Joe Kent, the now former US Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, always seemed a bit off, especially to liberals. As a combat veteran of...

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More Parleying Nonsense: Trump, Iran And Promised Negotiations – OpEd

It’s almost not worth considering, but precisely because it comes from the White House, the mad manoeuvrings and silly airings

23.03.2026 10

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No Naval Escort for Trump: US Allies and the Strait of Hormuz

With each dragged out day, President Donald Trump begins resembling a mad emperor who has not only taken leave of his senses but leave of everything...

23.03.2026 30

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Tremors In MAGA: Joe Kent, The Iran War And The Antisemitism Smear – OpEd

Joe Kent, the now former US Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, always seemed a bit off, especially to liberals.

20.03.2026 20

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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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