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We need PM Ishiba’s NATO like we need a hole in the head…

21.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

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The democracy metanarrative

In its strategic competition with Russia and China, the United States has constructed a metanarrative based on democracy versus authoritarianism (i.e....

08.09.2024 10

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When Confucius meets Machiavelli

The title of “Empire” is not ascribed to the United States by observers but revealed by astute journalists as indeed what the powers that be in...

10.06.2024 20

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Chinese imperialism?

I read Professor Percy Allen’s interesting article (P&I, 28/03/24) and was astounded by the claim based on a list of “invasion” he was given...

07.04.2024 10

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The sordid geopolitical saga of TikTok

The US considers TikTok a national security threat. It wants to ban TikTok or transfer its ownership to an American company. In doing so, it is...

19.03.2024 10

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Curing Australia’s dependent personality disorder

I arrived in Australia with my family at the time when Malcolm Fraser was the Prime Minister of Australia. He was preceded by Gough Whitlam and...

26.02.2024 8

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Why the West sees China as a threat

China is threatening to the West because it provides an example of how a poor and technologically backward country can effectively defy Western...

19.02.2024 20

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“Don’t worry, we have your back” – think again…

If the countries in the East Asian region allied to the United States think that the US has their back and therefore they are safe, think again. ...

11.01.2024 20

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