Australia
How will the US counter China?
Would a Joe Biden administration relieve pressure on China, with less antagonism? Though the rhetoric may be softened, the main thrust of US policy,...
Australian court upholds sacking of academic for criticising US and Israeli...
By Mike Head
2 December 2020
A Federal Court judge last week set a chilling and far-reaching precedent for the further overturning of basic democratic rights...
UK should tilt foreign policy to Indo-Pacific region, report says
Thinktank urges UK to build democratic counterweight to China’s growing influence
By Patrick Wintour
22 Nov 2020
The UK should make a major post-Brexit tilt towards the...
India, Afghanistan, South Asia: World of difference between Trump and Biden
The Biden Presidency Worries India
8 NOVEMBER, 2020
From the Indian perspective, the prospect of a Joe Biden presidency becomes a moment of ‘memory mixing with...
US Blacklists Chinese, Australian Citizens and Organizations Over Iran
19.10.2020
On Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington would sanction "any individual or entity that materially contributes to the supply, sale, or...
The great unravelling: ‘I never thought I’d live to see the...
It breaks my heart to watch the country I love irrevocably wounded because of the Australian government’s refusal to act on climate change
This is...
Rising COVID-19 death toll underscores decades-long crisis in Australian aged care
By Clare Bruderlin
26 August 2020
The catastrophic spread of COVID-19 throughout more than 130 aged care facilities in the Australian state of Victoria has...
US seeks formal alliance similar to Nato with India, Japan and...
Washington’s goal is to get countries in the Indo-Pacific region to work together as a bulwark against ‘a potential challenge from China’, says the...
The police murder of George Floyd sparks mass protests throughout the...
6 June 2020
This weekend, hundreds of thousands of workers and youth will protest the police murder of George Floyd, not only in the United...
Screen New Deal
Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia
By Naomi Klein
May 8 2020
For a few fleeting moments...