Lethal Fluctuations: The Death Penalty in Asia
The Malaysian government last year expressed a surprise change of heart on a policy long held dear; it would reconsider the death penalty. The case […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Syariah Matters: The Kingdom of Brunei’s Stoning Affair
From time to time, celebrities recoil and, in anger, seek to march for a change to the status quo. Much of is never intended to […]
Night Parrot Confections: The Dangers of Discovering the Elusive
Discoveries of natural flora, fauna and phenomena are not necessarily straightforward things. The discoverer may wish to conceal the source. The discoverer may also have […]
Terms of Asylum and Distraction: Moreno’s Assange Problem
Political asylum is an accepted if often ignored right. It is also at the mercy of those interests that grant it. Ecuador’s repeated insistence on […]
The End of the Politician (in a Fashion): The Slovak and Ukrainian Elections
The structures of politics have become so rigid, so distant, and ultimately so irrelevant to those who vote for them that a trend through countries […]
Unnecessary Expansions: The Australian War Memorial
War is not merely a matter of sowing death, much of it needless; it entails preserving a rationale to perpetuate it. The mistake often made […]
Angles of Tolerance: Yusuf Islam in Christchurch
Let’s not be too churlish about this; but then again, let us not be ignorant. The singer once known as Cat Stevens (in pre-conversion state), […]
The Logic of Annexation: Israel and the Golan Heights
Any measure of annexation is based on the extension of a military’s boots. Diplomats tend to be silenced before the noise of tanks, weaponry and […]
Michael Jackson, Convenient Freak
The comedian Dave Chappelle put it like this: why were accusations of inappropriate conduct directed at Michael Jackson always so superbly timed? “Listen Michael,” goes […]
A Privileged Education: The US College Admissions Scandal
The oldest idea of history; the perennial problem of station: education. Get the child as far as possible so that he or she can be […]
Disinviting Jordan Peterson: The Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge and Approved Ideas
He has sent so many cliques and groups into titters of anger, and the indignant have attempted to turn on him. The university environment should […]
Globalising the Christchurch Shootings: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Gallipoli and Invasion
Never let a bloody and opportune crisis pass. In New Zealand, there is talk about gun reform after attacks on two Christchurch mosques left fifty […]
Reading Manifestos: Restricting Brenton Tarrant’s The Great Replacement
A censorious and censoring attitude has engulfed responses to the mental airings of the Christchurch shooter. Material in connection with Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman […]
Saving the Planet One Child at a Time: Children, School Strikes and Global Climate Action
Children’s crusades do not necessarily end well. During the years of armed missions to the Holy Land, when Jerusalem meant something to the sacredly inclined […]
The Dangers of Values: Brenton Tarrant, Fraser Anning and the Christchurch Shootings
The argument that the Christchurch shooter, suspect Brenton Tarrant, or the views of Australia’s Senator Fraser Anning, seemingly holding a lone torch, are somehow not […]