Concentrated Markets and Iceless Fokkers
He looked like a young, freshly sprouting Henry Kissinger, before complicity in war crimes coarsened him, and plagiarism became commonplace in allegedly relevant academic texts.The […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Catching Pegasus: Mercenary Spyware and the Liability of the NSO Group
The NSO Group, Israel’s darling of malware infection and surveillance for the global security market, was the brainchild of three engineers drawn from that busiest […]
The Strawman Of Antisemitism: Banning Protests Against Israel Down Under
Of late, a spate of incidents has taken place in Australia giving sheer delight to the simian-resembling Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton. On a visit to […]
Feeding Chaos: Israel Cripples Syria’s Defence
The justifications are always the same. We are moving into territory for security reasons. We are creating a temporary buffer zone from which tactical advantage […]
Last Acts: Time for Biden to Pardon Assange
Since making what was likely a life-saving plea deal to spare himself from the medieval barbarities of the US prison system, Julian Assange, and his […]
Foiling Rupert Murdoch: Project Harmony Misfires
The case that began on September 17 concerning the control of the Murdoch family trust has been decided. It saw a dicey attempt by the one […]
Finding the Unmentionable: Amnesty International, Israel and Genocide
It was bound to happen. With continuing operations in Gaza, and increasingly violent activities being conducted against Palestinians in the occupied territories, human rights organisations […]
Ding Dong, Australia’s Misinformation-Disinformation Bill is Dead
Regulating speech at law is much like regulating breath. At what point is an intake of air deemed inappropriate to the body and worthy of […]
Chilling Warnings for Syria: When Foreign Interventions Go Bad
The reports through Western presses read rather familiarly. Joyful residents taking selfies on abandoned, sullen tanks. Armed men ebullient and shooting into the sky with […]
The Sectarian Risk: Turkey’s Syrian Mission
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan must be delighted about what is unfolding in Syria, though it is a feeling bound to be tempered by swiftly changing […]
FIFA’s Cooked Findings: Saudi Arabia’s World Cup Bid
FIFA has done it again. With its usual sparkle of inventive interpretation, amoral reasoning, and snappy bravura, the world football federation has deemed the Kingdom […]
The Syrian Civil War: New Phases, Old Lies
A new bloody phase has opened up in Syria, as if it was ever possible to contemplate another one in that tormented land. Silly terms […]
Gallic Stubbornness: France, Netanyahu and the ICC Arrest Warrants
The comity of nations, at least when it comes to international humanitarian law, took a rather curious turn with the announcement by France that it […]
The ABC’s Colonel Blimp
The position of a state broadcaster, one funded directly by taxpayers from a particular country, places it in a delicate position. The risk of alignment […]
Ironic Dependency: Russian Uranium and the US Energy Market
Be careful who you condemn and ostracise. They just might be supplying you with a special need. While the United States security establishment deems Russia […]