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The Trump administration wants to dismantle the International Criminal Court. Can it?

The US State Department calls the ICC an ‘intolerable threat to US sovereignty’. And it can significantly disrupt the court’s work.

15.07.2026 10

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Shannon Brincat

Neither preemptive nor legal, US‑Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law

With the latest strikes on Iran, The international legal order is now in free-fall.

01.03.2026 20

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Shannon Brincat

Trump has threatened European countries with higher tariffs if he doesn’t get Greenland. Will it work?

The US remains unliked to take the semi-autonomous Danish territory by force. But there’s still plenty of room for a radical shift in the...

19.01.2026 50

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Shannon Brincat

Trump wants Greenland. Europe's tepid response is putting NATO and global security at risk

07.01.2026 20

The Examiner

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Trump wants Greenland. Europe's tepid response is putting NATO and global security at risk

07.01.2026 20

Canberra Times

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Trump wants Greenland. Europe’s tepid response is putting NATO and global security at risk

So far the response across the continent to both the Greenland threats and the US’ actions in Venezuela, have been feeble and confused.

07.01.2026 50

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It’s been 50 years since the Balibo 5 were killed in Timor-Leste . No one’s been held accountable

The five journalists, including two Australians, died while doing their jobs. Despite half a century of evidence and lobbying, justice remains...

16.10.2025 20

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Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

The parallels between McCarthyism and Trumpism are stark and unsettling; in both eras, dissent has been conflated with disloyalty.

19.09.2025 10

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Tyranny is an ever-present threat to civilisations. Here’s how Classical Greece and China dealt with it

For the classical Greeks, citizenship was a binding relationship of reciprocal duties and obligations owed to all other citizens. The law, they...

15.07.2025 20

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Shannon Brincat