AUSTRALIA’S FOREIGN POLICY NOT SO INDEPENDENT AFTER ALL Travelling to the US during Covid-19 is no small effort and by doing so Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Payne and Defence Minister Reynolds demonstrated just how important the Australia-US alliance is. The agenda at the Australia-US Ministerial … Continue readingAUSMIN 2020
After months of waiting, thousands of news articles, countless interviews on TV, and constant speculation, Kamala Harris, the junior senator from California, has been selected by Joe Biden as his running mate in this election cycle. Harris beat the likes of Susan Rice, Elizabeth Warren, … Continue readingIT’S KAMALA | IS THERE RELUCTANCE IN BIDEN’S CHOICE?
The monstrosity of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was evidenced by the droppings of ‘Little boy’ and ‘Fat man’ upon the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago. Since then, good traction has been made by both state and non-state actors in the global … Continue readingTHE FIGHT FOR NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION MUST CONTINUE
With countries increasingly utilizing technology well past what would have previously been imagined, it is crucial to understand how this area has expanded and the real concerns that emerge particularly around the area of privacy. Australia is investing in a facial recognition system called “The Capability” and … Continue readingTHE FACE RACE: PITFALLS OF FACIAL RECOGNITION
Australia has faced the same policy issue for the past 15 years; Balancing economic ties with China, whilst sustaining its strategic relationship with the US in order to secure its position in the Indo Pacific region. However, caught in the crossfire of great power competition, … Continue readingAUSTRALIA’S POLICY DILEMMA
250 years. The average age of an empire, from conception to crumble. Some empires live a short life and end up as a mere sentence in the pages of history, while others endure for centuries and have nowhere enough pages recounting their rise or fall. … Continue readingCOLLAPSE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE: FROM THE GREATEST SUPERPOWER TO A FAILED STATE
“We will today be terminating our relationship”, were the blunt words proclaiming that the United States of America will end their partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO). President Donald Trump, who had earlier this month threatened to pull funding, made the announcement Friday in … Continue readingTHE BREAKUP: US VS WHO
BY DEAN ANTOS – The late Roger Ailes, the former Chairman and CEO of Fox News, has long been credited as the news executive that essentially ran the Republican Party. Many recent film productions, including Showtime’s ‘The Loudest Voice’, have shone light on the rise … Continue readingWILL TRUMP outFOX AMERICA AGAIN?
War. It never changes. While this statement may be true regarding the nature of warfare, the way wars are fought are changing rapidly. The world is facing the dawn of a new age where new weapons and dimensions to war will define the globe during … Continue readingTHE FUTURE OF WARFARE
Trump’s political campaigns and Presidency have been riddled with brazen, bizarre and outrageous comments and threats. It is no surprise then that his most recent is a threat to halt voluntary payments to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The justification being its apparent China-favoured stance … Continue readingTRUMPS CUT TO WHO A SCAPEGOAT TACTIC