Is This A Just Peace?
On 19 May 2009, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially declared the end of a…More
Tagged: International Affairs
Revolutions Or Revolutionary Situations?
In Greece, on 5 May 2010, a general national strike comprising myriad demonstrations was sparked…More
So Was That Just The Ego Talking?
Amid a perfect publicity squall, Christopher Hitchens has blown through Sydney, using its Writers’ festival…More
Staying At Home As Bangkok Burns
Update: Since I wrote this article, tensions have escalated. The army cleared the protest zone…More
India's New Martyrs To The Poor
The day Satish Shetty died started like any other. Shetty, a tall, heavyset man known…More
A Strange Honeymoon
According to an interview he did with the UK’s Sun newspaper last week, an exhausted…More
Conservatives Cave On Voting Reform
David Cameron is Britain’s 53rd Prime Minister, the 19th to hail from the exclusive Eton…More
PNG Gas Could Blow Up In Our Faces
On Sunday night, SBS’s Dateline ran a feature story about PNG LNG, Papua New Guinea’s…More
Ballots And Bayonets In The Philippines
Elections threaten throughout our region but few can rival the campaign in the Philippines for…More
Kingmaker, Reformer Or Patsy?
Since this article was published yesterday, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that he…More