Will This Kill Americans?
Politics used to be hard. You had to balance the needs and desires of a wide range of stakeholders with competing interests. You needed to […]
national security
Dear America, please don’t make Donald Trump your president
So Donald Trump wants to be president. Well I would implore all Americans to think long and hard before casting a vote in his favour. […]
Is ISIS a threat to national security?
Tony Abbott has repeatedly decried the “apocalyptic death cult” ISIS as a threat to our national security but is that true? Do they present a […]
Good news kids, the inheritance is safe, and so are we
I wonder if the Coalition realise just how incongruous their rhetoric is with Tony selling the ‘death cult’ and ‘home-grown terrorist’ angle and trying to […]
Deconstructing a dog whistle
Tony Abbott’s government has taken some body-blows in recent weeks, and Abbott’s own leadership standing is suffering. Some say that this is due to a […]
A Perfect Storm
The implications of peak oil and global warming for world security “The modern global economy has been built on cheap oil and its abundant availability.” – http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/02/11/opinion/Peak-oil-will-have-an-adverse-effect-on-all-econom-30148420.html […]
A proxy for the future
Governmental and community denial of the fundamental truths of climate change can’t last forever. Climate change impacts are going to operate over the long term. […]