Fact Checking The Fact Checkers: Is Our War In Syria Illegal?
Recently, independent Member of Parliament Andrew Wilkie declared that Australia bombing Syria would be illegal…More
Tagged: foreign policy
Tanya Plibersek’s Foreign Policy Evolution: Idealistic ALP Firebrand To Cynical Apparatchik
Having examined the Coalition’s warmongering propaganda in my last article, I thought this time I’d…More
'The Adolescent Country': A Peculiar Meld Of The Obvious And The Obviously Untrue
As someone who is always in the market for irony, I’ll admit to having felt…More
Our Regional Responsibility
Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s recent evauation of West Papua’s problem with Indonesia (or as Canberra…More
Carr Calls For Syria Assassination
Public figures must think twice before commenting about someone’s death. Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has…More
Australia's Fiji Backdown
So it has finally come. After five-and-a-half-years of trying to destroy the Bainimarama government in…More
Can We Serve Two Masters?
Today US president Barack Obama announced the strengthening of military ties between America and Australia.…More
The Week The News Went Global
It’s not very often that foreign policy breaks through the carapace of insularity in Australian…More
How We Changed Our Tune On Tibet
Tibet, for too long confined by China commentators to the "too hard basket", is back…More
We Are The Pacific's Best Frenemy
The story last week that more than half of Australia’s $400 million in aid to…More