Ukraine’s new wartime unity

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Once divided, Ukrainians are thinking about how to rebuild their nation and are prioritizing national interests over regional ones. It’s undeniable that Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine has wrought devastating death and destruction on the Ukrainian people and their country. Millions of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes, with many of them seeking […]Continue Reading

In India, Global South finds Ukraine war a laughing matter

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made headlines over the weekend when his claim the Ukraine war was “launched against” Russia provoked laughter from the audience during a forum in India. But I was in the room and can report he also received applause and indifference. Understanding why can help explain the differences in views on […]Continue Reading

Australia’s ‘Top End’ vital to pushing back at China

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There are several challenges making Australia’s national security strategy more complicated these days – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the impacts of climate change, our green energy transition and economic uncertainty. But at the top of this list is the increasing influence of China in the region and intensifying competition between China and the United States. […]Continue Reading

Why Biden should (and shouldn’t) drop Kamala in 2024

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Despite receiving the greatest number of votes cast in a presidential election, there is discussion among some Democrats and commentators about breaking up the Biden-Harris partnership for the 2024 election. While Joe Biden has become the target of much criticism for the inflationary challenges of the current US economy, it is vice president Kamala Harris’s […]Continue Reading

Inflation’s still the big challenge in Australia

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Australia has recovered better than most from the Covid pandemic. As measured by gross domestic product (GDP), the economy is now 7% larger than it was before the pandemic. Over 2022, the economy expanded by 2.7% – more than any of the seven largest advanced economies, and more than twice the average growth rate in […]Continue Reading

Tracing the steps of Vancouver 1907 anti-Asian mob

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Editor’s note: Below is an edited account from the forthcoming book White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver by Henry Tsang (Arsenal Pulp Press). On September 7, 1907, a crowd gathered at 7 pm at the Cambie Street Grounds, now known as Larwill Park, in downtown Vancouver. Led by Major E Brown from the […]Continue Reading

Weapon replacement costs changing nature of Ukraine war

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The amount of ammunition being consumed in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict has surpassed all estimates. This is starting to put pressure on the production and supply chains involved in the manufacture of ammunition for artillery guns among other weapons systems. This is not an unprecedented problem. In warfare throughout history, armies have often underestimated the level […]Continue Reading

Five key takeaways from US House hearing on China

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In a rare show of bipartisanship, Republican and Democratic House members put on a united front as they probed how to respond to the perceived growing threat of China. The inaugural hearing of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party comes at a delicate time – […]Continue Reading

Spin doctor who made and broke with Putin is dead

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Vladimir Putin’s former adviser and spin doctor Gleb Pavlovsky, who has died aged 71, was once described as “Putin’s Karl Rove.” He was the man who got things done in the Kremlin, like Rove did for his political master, George W Bush. Pavlovsky – a dissident turned apparatchik turned dissident again – was at the […]Continue Reading