G20 Gyrations: Donald, Ivanka and Hollow Diplomacy
Traditional diplomacy is being given a makeover – at least where it is not being abolished altogether and being replaced by a replica of The […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Raging Against the Algorithm: Google and Persuasive Technology
“The founder of Netscape said software is going to eat the world.” (Tristan Harris, Centre for Humane Technology, June 25, 2019). Monsters and titans share […]
Tweets of Praise: Donald Trump, Australia and Refugees
Praise from US President Donald Trump has a tendency of tarnishing gold and ungilding matters, and there was something of the muck in his tweet […]
Childish Diplomacy: Donald Trump’s New Play Against Iran
Diplomacy has been seen historically as a practitioner’s art, nurtured in schools of learning, tested and tried in the boardrooms of mild-mannered summitry. Klemens von […]
The Pinkerton Effect: The US Marines in Darwin
Subordinates rarely have a good time of dictating matters to their superiors. In the webbed power relations that pass as realpolitik, Australia is the well-behaved […]
Violent Voyeurism: Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights
Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a setting, often private. Its premise […]
Nigel Farage’s Grand Tour of Sabotage: The PayPal of the People Rides High
He is all about being the romantic saboteur. He is destructive, hates the business of a steady vocation, and the idea of being desk bound. […]
The Fragility of Democracy: Hong Kong, China and the Extradition Bill
It has been a history of turns and the occasional betrayal, but Hong Kong’s experiment with democracy, incubated within the Special Administrative Region, was always […]
Matters of Water: Dubious Approvals and the Adani Carmichael Mine
“When a company wields such power that it can cause a Minister to rush an approval process, cut corners and make significant errors, it is […]
Julian Assange and the Scales of Justice: Exceptions, Extraditions and Politics
The Home Secretary of the United Kingdom did his thing, which was little in the way of disagreement. The superpower has issued a request; the […]
Cleansing the Platforms: YouTube, Censorship and Grievance
Stripping the altars, burning the heretics and cleansing the stables are the usual fare of a morally crazed order. The engaged agents think they have […]
The Danish Elections: Social Democracy with an Inhumane Face
The great centrist European tradition of social democracy has been receiving a rattle for the last few decades. The European Parliament elections were a reminder […]
Snubs, Bumps and Donald Trump in Britain
He may not be popular in Britain, but he still has shavings of appeal. For a country that has time for Nigel Farage, pro-Brexit enthusiast […]
Warring Against Sources: The Australian National Security State, Journalism and the Public Interest
“What’s gone on this morning sends clear and dangerous signals to journalists and newsrooms across Australia. This will chill public interest reporting.” (News Corp Australia […]
Cults of Impeachment: The Mueller Report, Trump and Wedging the Democrats
It is a giddy intoxicant, and making all who partake fall over in puddling nonsense. The Mueller Report is not turning out to be the […]