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John Lander

Pearls and Irritations

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The US has never been a reliable ally of Australia

30.04.2025 3

Pearls and Irritations

John Lander

US exceptionalism

The US bloviates incessantly about its exceptional status. The US is exceptional: In its claims to democracy, while it conducts a farcical...

21.12.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

John Lander

Australia: The epicentre of US power projection in the Indo Pacific

Australia has willingly become the “epicentre of the projection of US power in the Indo-Pacific”. It does not make Australia safer. It makes...

27.11.2024 5

Pearls and Irritations

John Lander

Keating was wrong. Australia is already the 51st state of the US

Paul Keating is wrong when he says that Anthony Albanese risked making Australia the 51st State of the United States of America. Not so! Australia...

30.08.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

John Lander