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Damien Kingsbury

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East Timor is not Palestine

Peter Job’s article in P&I, ‘Palestine – The Lessons of East Timor’, is an interesting foray into the link between international law and moral...

10.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Damien Kingsbury

Why voters are deserting traditional parties

The changes to, and challenges confronting, representative government as we know it have been canvassed by a number of journalists, most recently Niki...

18.09.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Damien Kingsbury

China holds whip hand in Myanmar’s civil war

As civil war rages, Myanmar is the most fragmented it has been since 1949. Back then, the recently established post-colonial government was beset on...

10.09.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Damien Kingsbury

Comparing Palestine’s prospects for independence and peace

In trying to Palestine’s prospects of independence and peace with Israel, one is reminded of Tolstoy’s observation that ‘All happy families are...

18.08.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Damien Kingsbury

Myanmar junta on back foot with loss of key town

Myanmar’s civil war, underway since the 2021 coup, may have reached a tipping point. The battle for the strategic northern garrison town of Lashio...

07.08.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

Damien Kingsbury

Some day the Gaza war will end

17.05.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Damien Kingsbury

The Australia-US relationship right or wrong?

The likely nomination of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for November’s US presidential election has many asking whether Australia should...

31.01.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Damien Kingsbury

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