Why Turkey shot down a Russian plane: The proxy war in Syria

27 Nov 2015 | Russia and Turkey have been fighting a proxy war in Syria for several months. After the downing of ...  

Does Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane portend deeper disaster to come?

25 Nov 2015 | Though Tuesday's incidents do not likely signal the start of War World III, experts say the deeper ...  

Global warming may make Brazilian dam disaster much, much worse

24 Nov 2015 | Reduced river flows in Brazil, as global warming intensifies the drought there, mean more damage ...  

'An act of war' — and other unfortunate phrases

23 Nov 2015 | The terrible events unfolding during and after the Paris terrorist attacks – as well as the ...  

France’s declaration of war unlikely to succeed — for the president or for peace

21 Nov 2015 | French President François Hollande warmongering response to the Paris attacks has gone down like ...  

How Islamic law can take on ISIS

21 Nov 2015 | We need to demystify ISIS as a criminal organisation and counter its interpretation of Sharia says ...  

From Pol Pot to ISIS: The blood never dried

20 Nov 2015 | Following the ISIS outrages in Beirut and Paris, John Pilger updates this prescient essay on the ...  

If you were Assad

20 Nov 2015 | Curiously, the alternative plan to giving Assad safe refuge in Putin's Russia – killing him with ...  

Is there a legal basis for bombing Syria? Crowdfund an FOI and find out!

19 Nov 2015 | Does Turnbull's push for a "political" settlement signal that issues facing Syria are not so noble ...  

Corbyn warns against cycle of war causing 'more conflicts, more mayhem and more loss'

17 Nov 2015 | Experts warn against "wars of vengeance", while British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calls instead ...  

Paris and the world

16 Nov 2015 | The attacks on Paris yet again highlight that there is a bias in not only mainstream media repo ...  

Terrorism can be beaten — but not by fighting

16 Nov 2015 | When it comes to “fighting terrorism”, the West almost always get things exactly wrong, writes ...  

Paris terrorist attacks: France must fight against fear and exclusion

15 Nov 2015 | French President François Hollande must not succumb to fear and take drastic, simplistic actions ...  

Has the UN failed in Libya?

15 Nov 2015 | Dr Ibrahim Natil examines the political fallout of the UN envoy in Libya and finds political and ...  

Spectre: Edward Snowden plays James Bond

14 Nov 2015 | THE LATEST entry in the Daniel Craig reboot of the James Bond film franchise, Spectre, turns Bond ...  

Murdoch's News of the World subverted murder inquiry on behalf of murder suspects

13 Nov 2015 | More Murdoch murder and mayhem as former news editor of the defunct News of the World, Greg ...  

Indonesia and the absent witness of 1965

10 Nov 2015 | Why is it seen as appropriate for Australia to support and celebrate the perpetrators of one of ...  

Malcolm Turnbull: Verbal acrobatics required for Paris climate talks

8 Nov 2015 | Malcolm Turnbull will need to utilise his obvious talent for rhetoric to convince a global audi ...