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.
Paul Monk
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Asia speech by Rudd the scholar was out of place
Surely when the Albanese government appointed Rudd to Washington it was aware of his track record at the Asia Society.
A humanist for our times
Melbourne University’s Frank Knopfelmacher was a sensible, independent voice in a sea of incoherence.
We should test hateful opinions in open debate, not shut them down
If we allow tribal and polemical opinion to govern public interaction, we undermine our shared liberties.
ALP’s revolutionary hand now exposed over Israel
Foreign Minister Penny Wong isn’t dancing, but she does need to be reassessed. She’s not convincing anyone of her skill or judgment.
Xi’s aggressive intent for China and the world — in his words
Xi Jinping’s imagined ‘tianxia’ – China presiding over ‘all under Heaven’ – would constitute an enormous regression. None of us should want any part of it – least of all those of us who live in liberal democracies.
An unacceptable reality behind the facade of Xi’s China
When people who are household names in this country lionise the party’s governance of China, they and their audiences need sharply to be reminded of the brutal reality.
How a handshake in China shook the world
Richard Nixon’s opening to Mao’s China led to American business elites coming to see China not simply as a tantalising market, but as a potential manufacturing paradise.
World not ready for conflagration about to hit Middle East
Biden warned Tehran not to cross a red line and it has promptly done so. Obama likewise warned Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad not to cross a red line and was ignored. The regime in Tehran knows that.
From Gaza to Haiti, let’s not forget the true culprits
Whereas the impending famine in Gaza is blamed on Israel, it is arguable that only foreign intervention in Haiti will be able to restore responsible governance.
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