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Iran war may accelerate a new Middle East security order

Iran war may accelerate a new Middle East security order

The war on Iran may have far-reaching consequences for Gulf security, regional alliances and the future of the US presence in the Middle East. Eugene...

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Go for the jugular: A global energy shock is coming

Go for the jugular: A global energy shock is coming

The Strait of Hormuz is the jugular vein of the world’s economic system. Iran has it in a chokehold and can put the knife across the Strait any time...

13.03.2026 10

The New Daily

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Going for the jugular – the energy shock is coming

Going for the jugular – the energy shock is coming

The Strait of Hormuz carries the lifeblood of the global economy – and war with Iran risks turning a geopolitical conflict into a worldwide economic...

10.03.2026 10

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Under blockade – Cuba warns of the global precedent of economic coercion

08.03.2026 20

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You don’t have to like Iran’s government to oppose this war

04.03.2026 10

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If Iran resists, the global economy will pay

Western governments, including Australia and New Zealand, have backed US and Israeli strikes on Iran. But the decision risks economic catastrophe,...

02.03.2026 10

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Pax Americana and the starvation siege of Cuba

For more than three decades the world has voted overwhelmingly to end the US embargo on Cuba. Washington ignores the law, the UN, and the humanitarian...

26.02.2026 10

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Will Japan’s remilitarisation drag us into a war?

Japan’s rapid rearmament marks a decisive break with its post-war pacifist stance. As regional tensions sharpen, Australia and New Zealand must...

17.02.2026 10

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Why sanctions have entrenched conflict with North Korea, not resolved it

08.02.2026 10

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Carney’s moment: a Western leader finally says the quiet part out loud

23.01.2026 10

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Why the “good vs evil” story keeps failing us

20.01.2026 10

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Iran in the vortex: what's really happening

15.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - Palestinian Mandela beaten unconscious. Our leaders yawned and looked away

12.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - 7 October 2023: What really happened? Part 1

10.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - Hamas is better than us

08.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - NATO in Asia-Pacific: Dragging us into a fight we can’t win

06.01.2026 10

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Why Pearls and Irritations matters – Eugene Doyle

10.12.2025 9

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Writing as resistance in a year that refused to slow down

08.12.2025 10

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Chip wars: how the Dutch government nearly crashed the global car industry

26.11.2025 10

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In Ukraine’s Pokrovsk, narratives have collided with brutal realities

13.11.2025 10

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Venezuela and Trump’s war to save the old order

05.11.2025 10

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Will the US do to Venezuela’s Maduro what they did to Gaddafi?

02.11.2025 7

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Sir Keir's Maccabi outrage should get him the red card

23.10.2025 10

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Palestinian Mandela beaten unconscious. Our leaders yawned and looked away

20.10.2025 10

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Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country

14.10.2025 10

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7 October 2023: Return of the Hannibal Directive and the genocide starts now - Part 2

07.10.2025 10

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7 October 2023: What really happened? Part 1

05.10.2025 10

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Hamas is better than us

24.09.2025 10

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Trump: Russia, India are ‘lost to deepest, darkest China’. Guess who did this, Donald?

10.09.2025 10

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NATO in Asia-Pacific: Dragging us into a fight we can’t win

07.09.2025 10

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Saving Marwan Barghouti is our duty

18.08.2025 10

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Recognise Palestine? Then free Marwan Barghouti!

06.08.2025 10

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We have turned the Nagasaki 80th into a celebration of Israeli genocide

27.07.2025 10

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Yousef Aljamal: The war on memory and writing through a genocide

21.07.2025 10

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Vive la resistance! The heroes who oppose genocide

20.07.2025 10

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The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025 – Nuclear refugees in the Pacific: the evacuation of Rongelap - Part 2

08.07.2025 10

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The Rainbow Warrior 1985-2025: French state terrorism and the end of innocence Part 1

06.07.2025 10

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Why Asia-Pacific should be rooting for Iran

28.06.2025 10

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Centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran

20.06.2025 10

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The West’s war on Iran

17.06.2025 10

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Chinese jet shoots down France’s best fighter. NZ and Australia should pay attention

02.06.2025 20

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The fall of Saigon: From triumph to Trump (Part 3)

30.04.2025 10

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The Fall of Saigon 1975: Quiet mutiny – the US Army falls apart - Part 2

29.04.2025 10

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The Fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was forgotten - (Part 1-3)

28.04.2025 10

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Declare your city genocide-free: Lessons from New Zealand’s nuclear-free movement

29.03.2025 20

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EU welcomes its first dictatorship

17.03.2025 10

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Keir Starmer’s psychiatrist report leaked

11.03.2025 20

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Ukraine deal: Beware of Americans bearing gifts

04.03.2025 10

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Human sacrifice: remembering Aaron Bushnell

02.03.2025 10

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Yellow Peril! Red Peril! ‘We cannot hide anymore’. Chinese warships in the Tasman Sea

28.02.2025 10

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