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One of the great illusions being fostered by the victorious Democratic Party in the United States is that with the removal from office of Donald Trump...
China is, and has been for many years, Australia’s most important trading partner. Up to the end of 2019, China took nearly 40% of all of...
One of the great pretences currently being played out to a gullible public is that it actually matters which of…
The incoming administration of United States president elect Joe Biden sends a clear signal to the world. Notwithstanding his rhetoric…
There is currently much speculation about whether or not the new Biden administration, confirmed by the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Texas move...
When one looks at a map of the Middle East, one of the features that immediately springs into view is that it shows Iran as the largest country in the...
The relationship between Australia and China has deteriorated markedly over recent months. Each side is blaming the other for the deterioration, and...
The Asian Times writer Pepe Escobar is one of the most widely read and respected commentators in the English language,…
A report issued this week after a four-year investigation into alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan has promoted a degree of...
A major treaty was signed on 16 November 2020 and it has been barely noticed by the western media. The treaty in question was between 15 predominantly...
For all of this century, China has been Australia’s most important trading partner. By 2019 it took more than one third of all Australian exports....
It doesn’t matter who wins the election due to be held in the United States on Tuesday, 3 November. The lessons of the post-World War II era...
The United States presidential election is now less than 15 days away and nothing emerging from the statements of either of the contenders inspires...
Three recent speeches and interviews given by major politicians have sharpened the political debate now raging in the Western media. Ironically, none...
There was once a notion that enjoyed wide acceptance throughout the world, especially in those countries that shared a common heritage with the United...
A recent article published in Russia Today on 13 October 2020 by Tom Fowdy raised some very important issues affecting Australia’s economic...
In recent days the presidents of arguably the three most important nations in the modern world gave addresses to the 70th annual opening of the United...
In his recent article, a Canadian analyst Patrick Armstrong took a detailed look at current United States policy toward its European allies. Although...
Few stories in recent years more clearly illustrate the sorry decline in western media standards than the coverage currently being given to the...
The nature of Australia’s trading relationship with the rest of the world has changed dramatically in the 75 years since the end of World War II. In...
The isolation of the United States from the rest of the world community becomes increasingly obvious by the day. The most recent example was the vote...
On 14 August 2020 the United Nations Security Council voted overwhelmingly to reject a United States attempt to extend the UN sanctions upon Iran that...
The United States has always regarded itself as the “exceptional “nation. That view may in many circumstances be relatively benign. It becomes...
If war breaks out between China and the United States, there is a high probability that the precipitating factor will be the South China Sea. The...
The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a recent rapid trip to London and Copenhagen followed by the making of a speech in California,...
Media commentary in recent weeks has focused on the alleged plan of United States president Donald Trump to vacate US troops from Afghanistan. Those...
On the 7th of July 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jin Ping held one of their regular telephone conversations. The fact...
One of the great geopolitical fallacies common throughout much of the western world is the belief that circumstances as they are now are as they have...
On 17 July 2014 a Malaysian airlines flight MH17 was in transit from the Netherlands to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. On board were 196 Dutch citizens, 38...
One of the many difficulties in interpreting the statements of United States President Donald Trump is to decide what category to put his many...
Some recent events have captured the attention of the mainstream media to such an extent that other events of arguably greater importance have not...
In his farewell speech in January 1961 the outgoing United States President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the growth and influence of what he...
The coronavirus pandemic that is currently causing enormous social and economic disruption is curious for a number of reasons. The first controversy...
The current COVID-19 pandemic has generated an enormous amount of media coverage, effective closing down of multiple economies, and an increasing...