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Cameron Leckie

Cameron Leckie

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At the altar of the rules-based order

It is time to abandon Australia’s fanatical commitment to the ‘rules-based order’ and embrace emerging realities for a prosperous and secure...

28.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

AUKUS: defending the indefensible

The proponents of AUKUS appear to be rattled. Their defence of the worst deal of the century is threadbare. It is now three years since the...

17.09.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

Will Australia be off to war in the Middle East again?

There is a disturbing void in Australian political debate about the prospects of another regional war in the Middle East. The mainstream media...

03.09.2024 8

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

Loss of empire, loss of lucidity

As the United States’ imperial system and Western hegemony circles the drain, lucid thought is becoming a rare commodity. But there is hope. ...

22.07.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

Collision course: the National Defence Strategy and the China – Russia Joint Statement

Australia is on a collision course with the major source of our prosperity. The collision is not yet a fait accompli. To avoid the collision will...

30.05.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

Australia’s National Defence Strategy: Where ideology trumps strategy

The ‘National Defence Strategy’ is not a strategy. It is an ideology. An ideology that firmly ties Australia’s future to that of the United...

30.04.2024 20

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

Australia’s leadership is destroying the very fabric of this country

Some days I wake up and don’t recognise the country we have become. It is not the country I grew up in. It is not a country I can be proud of. It is...

16.04.2024 20

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

The Empire is in free fall

By 2021 it was apparent that we were witnessing the accelerating but creeping collapse of the American Empire. That collapse has passed an...

31.01.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

Australia: A ‘rogue state’?

To initiate a war of aggression has been described as the supreme international crime. If a regional war breaks out in the Middle East, triggered by...

17.01.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

Ukraine: what did the government know and when?

As Australia’s expands its support to the NATO proxy war against Russia it is critical that the Parliament plays a role in determining when we...

19.12.2023 7

Pearls and Irritations

Cameron Leckie

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