So Al Qaeda Is Defeated, Eh?
So Al Qaeda is "almost defeated", is it? Major gains against Al Qaeda. Essentially defeated.…More
Browsing: International Affairs
The Cost of Armed Resistence
Nothing defines popular perceptions of Palestinian resistance more than the image of armed militants. But…More
Bush the Postmodernist?
In 1996, the New York University physicist Alan Sokal published a hoax paper in a…More
No Victor, No Vanquished?
The deal ended the worst fighting the country has seen since the 1975-1990 Civil War,…More
A Rogue Economist
Loretta Napoleoni is an expert in money laundering, organised crime and the global black economy.…More
Love Thy Neighbour
For the last month, the world has been disturbed by reports that Burmese leader General…More
Nostradamus in Nylons
"You know. I just, I don’t understand it," Hillary Clinton said last Friday, of calls…More
The Unintended Consequences
I met Andrew Bacevich last week at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. Now Professor of International…More
Weapons of Mass Instruction
Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations are over. Hardline British Zionist commentator Melanie Phillips hopes that Israel…More
Ain't Gonna Be No Rematch
A front page story in Monday’s New York Times wondered whether Hillary Clinton’s flagging run…More