Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific
The feeling from Rory Medcalf of the Australian National University was one of breathless wonder. “The US government,” he wrote in The Strategist, “has just […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and Australia’s Complicity
Australia’s Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, said little in the statement from her department, which was a good thing, as it might have been dangerously useful. […]
Twitter Nukes Trump
This was Twitter Safety’s January 8 post, full of noble concern: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around […]
Trump, Insurrections and the 25th Amendment
How strange it must have seemed for US lawmakers to be suddenly facing what was described as a “mob”, not so much storming as striding […]
Proxy Jailor: Denying Assange Bail
History, while not always a telling guide, can be useful. But in moments of flushed confidence, it is not consulted and Cleo is forgotten. A […]
In Diversity We Trust: Joe Biden’s Cabinet Choices
Perfumed and tailored for a certain brand of folksy, identity politics, Pete Buttigieg hoped to blast his way to the White House having run a […]
“It’s not as bad as Iwo Jima, I suppose”: The Julian Assange Extradition Verdict
The barrister-brewed humour of Edward Fitzgerald QC, one of the solid and stout figures defending a certain Julian Assange of WikiLeaks at the Old Bailey […]
Environmental Capitalism and Climate Change Wars: Australia in 2000
The Australian was convinced. “Australia could have avoided two decades of climate change wars had the Howard government pushed ahead with its majority view of […]
Tinkering with National Anthems: Australia’s Patriotic Song for Children
It was a New Year gimmick that would have warmed advertising executives across the country. For the first time since it was proclaimed as Australia’s […]
Same Procedure as Every Year: The Story of ‘Dinner for One’
Memories are thick of this: the respectful, even reverential German introduction of a comedy sketch; the scratchy string orchestral music that adds a layering of […]
The Julian Assange Pardon Drive
The odds are stacked against Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher who faces the grimmest of prospects come January 4. On that day, the unsympathetic judicial […]
The NDAA, Trump and Vetoing the Military Industrial Complex
For decades, the National Defense Authorization Act has been the lifeblood of the US imperium, guaranteeing a flow of money across the military. A better […]
Never Belonging: George Blake’s Spy Exploits
Filling the espionage ranks with legions of the non-belonging comes with its share of risk. The process is counter-intuitive, putting stock in skill and aptitude […]
Endings for Beginnings: Reaching a Brexit Deal
It was a hurried dash and came just before the end of the transition period. The UK and the European Union have reached an agreement […]
Trump’s Pardons for the Festive Season
A flurry of them has been expected, and just prior to Christmas, US President Donald Trump waved his wand of pardon with vigour. On December […]