Nostalgia at the AUKMIN Talks: Britain’s Forces Eye Australia
Give the man credit where it’s due. Few could possibly be congratulated for selling the sovereignty of a country in full view of its citizenry, […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Surrender, Accommodation and RATs
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test has been the mainstay of COVID-19 testing. But reliance upon such a regime, which requires the administration of middlingly […]
Arise, Pandemic Profiteers
History’s annals are filled with war profiteers and hustlers for the opportunistic return. They come in the form of hoarders, arms manufacturers and wily business […]
One Drinks Party Too Many: Boris Johnson and Breaching Lockdowns
It might not be quite within the bounds of good taste to compare military calculations of a bridge too far – the title used in […]
Dangerous Precedents and Hypothetical Threats: The Deportation of Novak Djokovic
Australia’s treatment of Novak Djokovic, the tennis world number one, has been revelatory. Unintentionally, this has exposed the seedier, arbitrary and inconsistent nature of Australia’s border […]
Enduring Stain: The Guantánamo Military Prison Turns Twenty
Anniversaries for detention centres, concentration camps and torture facilities are not the relishable calendar events in the canon of human worth. But not remembering them, […]
Julian Assange: A Thousand Days in Belmarsh
Julian Assange has now been in the maximum-security facilities of Belmarsh prison for over 1,000 days. On the occasion of his 1,000th day of imprisonment, […]
Anachronistic Frivolity: Australia’s Recent Tank Purchase
The operating doctrine of many a defence ministry is premised on fatuity. There is the industry prerogative and need for employment. There are the hectoring […]
Djokovic versus the Australian Commonwealth
January 10, 2022 will be remembered as one of the odder days in the annals of sport. For one, it had little to do with […]
The Mauling of Novak Djokovic
Rarely can the treatment of a grand sporting figure by officialdom have caused such consternation. Novak Djokovic, the tennis World Number One, has always had […]
Sir Tony Blair: Bloody Knight of the Realm
Awards and honours bestowed by States or private committees, republican or monarchical, are bound to be corrupted by considerations of hypocrisy, racketeering and general, chummy […]
In Search of Shallow Doctrines: Joe Biden and Trumpism Shorn
The US presidential doctrine is an odd creature. Usually summoned up by security wonks and satellite personnel who revolve around the President, these eventually assume […]
Voices of Concern: Aussies for Assange’s Return
With Julian Assange now fighting the next stage of efforts to extradite him to the United States to face 18 charges, 17 of which are […]
Double Standards: The UK-Australian Free Trade agreement
Any agreement between governments led by the UK’s Boris Johnson and Australia’s Scott Morrison must be treated with a healthy dose of suspicion. A few […]
Forbidden Parties: Boris Johnson’s Law on Illegal Covid Gatherings
It was meant to be time to reflect. The eager arms of a new pandemic were enfolding a society with asphyxiating, lethal effect. Public health […]