Great Kleptocrat and his cronies must be removed
It’s not enough to win the war, the West also has to offer Russia the hope of a better future.
Paul Monk
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We stand with Japan at historic crossroads
It is the Emperor’s birthday, but the celebration underlies the seismic movements causing earth tremors across the Indo-Pacific.
On losing face, psychopath Putin ‘may push the button’
For anyone who continues to give the Russian tyrant the slightest benefit of doubt, this explosive account of his decades-long reign of terror is required reading.
Are protests in China the beginning of the end for Xi Jinping?
The hard-heads say don’t hold your breath. But if we put it in the perspective, not only of recent Chinese history but of global history, the demonstrations look encouraging.
Echoes of ASIO’s Cold War failings in Putin, Xi threats
Their spies, agents of influence and fellow travellers are numerous and our intelligence capacities are stretched to the limit.
I had a dream: how Xi purged China of himself
As the result of a ‘nightmare’ epiphany, there is truth-telling in the People’s Republic of Amnesia.
Reshape tax system to pay for health and defence
A recent stay in a public hospital drove home the need for reforms to pave the way for the budget to handle increased spending on both.
Grappling with China’s big little rocket man
We need to think about Xi Jinping, who rules China in the manner that Kim Jong-un rules North Korea.
How do we come to accord on faith and secularism?
We are becoming a post-Christian society. We need to find it in ourselves to reshape public policy in rational and constructive ways, not intolerant ones as we have seen in the US.
Albanese balances fear with need for ‘China war’ debate
The probability of a Sino-American war has been edging up and the gravity of such a war could be great. It’s under these circumstances that leaders begin to toss and turn at night.
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