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DO NOT USE Embargoed for Inquirer February 15-16. 13 February 2025; Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump face each other with the country outlines of Russia and the United States in the background, covered by their respective flags. Artwork by Emilia Tortorella. Sources: AFP, iStock and Supplied. Ratio 4:3 for PRINT.

Trump’s political agenda isn’t just disruptive — it’s destructive

Watch how Donald Trump’s negotiations with Vladimir Putin play out as if your life depends on it – because it may well.

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Why Australia should take note from this chainsaw-wielding president

The eccentric President, Javier Milei, is slashing spending and bureaucracy – but can he pull Argentina safely from the economic mire?

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 07, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) looks on during a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024, and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) attends a press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (not pictured) after signing bilateral documents, in Belgrade, on May 8, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 7, 2024 said Beijing and Washington must find a way to

New White House, new world order?

Biden’s years are over. The American electorate has given Donald Trump a thumping mandate to seek renewal on different lines.

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Barbarians were detested outsiders without civilisation according to Rome. The first barbarian leader dramatised in the History Channel’s Barbarians Rising is Hannibal Barca.

World out of order, on the cusp of catastrophe

Immanuel Kant’s vision of a global community that upholds basic human rights is under threat.

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JERUSALEM - MARCH 25: An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy wearing a costume celebrates Purim in the Ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, on March 25, 2024 in Jerusalem. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the saving of the Jewish people in ancient Persia. In Jerusalem, the holiday is celebrated one day later than the rest of the country and world and is referred to as Shushan Purim. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

Israel’s place in history puts this conflict into sharp focus

Only by seeing the war in the light of Jewish evolution can it be understood.

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Sergei GUNEYEV / POOL / AFP)

Enemies of the West create a ‘new world disorder’

There’s nothing on offer from China, Russia or Iran that could at all replace the advantages conferred on us by the old world order. But what if it collapses?

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Greens senators David Shoebridge and Mehreen Faruqi.

Belligerent Greens offer no advice, only hatred for Israel

The message from our government, from our democratic parliament, should be to declare loud and clear: ‘Ambassador Maimon, we understand the challenges you face. How can this war now be won?’

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This handout photo taken on March 26, 2023, by Australian Defence Force shows an Australian Army Chinook helicopter flying over soldiers after moving an artillery gun during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in northern Queensland. Australia on September 12, 2024, moved to strip medals from war commanders whose units were involved in alleged war crimes and

Why defending Australia is not ‘immoral’

How should one respond to an argument that we should not defend our country at all, if it was invaded by China, or some other hypothetical enemy?

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A RUSSIAN-born Brisbane couple have become the first in Australia to be charged with espionage offences after authorities allegedly caught the wife - a private in the Australian Defence Force - trying to pass information back to the Kremlin., , Igor and Kira Korolev were listed to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today after they were arrested as part of a complex investigation involving the Australian Federal Police and ASIO., pics Facebook

Deadly serious game for those on the dark side of espionage

There is nothing remotely idealistic about Putin’s regime or its intelligence services. The regime is a kleptocracy and its secret services a mafia.

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Julian Assange has been freed after his guilty plea.

Why the confusion? Assange is neither victim nor hero

What’s getting lost in all the brouhaha about the return of an Australian citizen are the underlying issues to do with freedom of speech and classified information.

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