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FROM WARFARE TO WEALTH — The myth of American idealism

Noam Chomsky and Nathan J Robinson challenge the mythology of American exceptionalism and its ...  
From Crimea to AUKUS: How distant wars reshape Australia

From colonial forts to nuclear submarines, Australia's response to distant conflicts reveals a re ...  
FROM WARFARE TO WEALTH — Australia's struggle for strategic independence

Australia's security lies not in deeper military dependence, but in investing in genuine sove ...  
AUKUS Public Inquiry lays bare a pact built on false promises

The AUKUS Public Inquiry is exposing the strategic, economic and sovereignty costs of Australia ...  
Vivian Bullwinkel, the Bangka Island massacre and the guilt of the survivor: FLASHBACK 2017

In this important report, Tess Lawrence – one of two people to whom nurse and survivor Vivian ...  
AUKUS: Australia's $368 billion boondoggle

Scott Morrison’s economy-crippling AUKUS boondoggle cost $368 billion for eight nuclear subma ...  
JEFF MCMULLEN: FIFA World Cup and fun and games in the time of war

Moral amnesia: How can we be distracted by fun and games in the midst of protracted conflicts?  
The drone war turning Ukraine into a machine battlefield

Ukraine's drone army is reshaping modern warfare, turning the battlefield into a relentless cont ...  
Australian flotilla survivors describe ordeal after Gaza mission

A humanitarian mission may have ended at the border, but for some Australian participants, the ...  
Arming for extinction: The climate cost of militarism

As global military spending surges to record levels, the climate cost of war and rearmament ...  
Gaza flotilla exposes world’s selective attention to suffering

The Gaza flotilla drew global attention, but its activists delivered a stark message: the suffe ...  
Chamberlain won the Battle of Britain — and saved Australia too?

What premium is Australia paying today, and for a capability that arrives – if it arrives – in ...  
X Rubicon: The hidden casualties of secret wars

Former U.S. Army Ranger Sean Griobhtha’s ‘X Rubicon’ is a powerful and deeply unsettling ...  
Epic Fury, strategic failure: America’s Iran debacle

America’s assault on Iran has exposed the limits of U.S. military power, drained its defences ...  
Trump’s global energy chaos: Alternative energy comes to the rescue

As global instability and fuel insecurity deepen under Trump’s escalating conflict, Australia ...  
We trade with Asia yet our strategic priorities do not reflect it

Australia’s economic reality is anchored in Asia, but its strategic imagination is not keeping ...  
The Iran nuclear lie and the warning signs Australia must not ignore

A striking Banksy, a recycled war lie and a drift toward exceptionalism reveal how easily truth is ...  
Black gold, dirty power: How oil still rules the world

Oil has shaped wars, toppled governments and warped global power for over a century — and its ...  

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