Australia’s historical predilection for joining in every imperial military adventure with our ‘traditional’ allies continues unabated today. With another warship … More
Category: Diplomacy
Kardashian vs Turkey
We have to temporarily suspend our strict anti-celebrity guideline, to recognise Kim’s strategic influence on world diplomacy. Not Jong-Un of … More
Pisa Poor & Paris Pettifogging
Be patient, this may look like another pathetic postulate, and peculiar plethora of alliteration, but the latter is an important … More
Go Aussie Gunboats
As predicted, ScoMo has rushed to sign us up for a US mission in the Strait of Hormuz, by assigning … More
War on Iran?
Oh no, here we go again – I have that sinking feeling in my stomach, or is it my blood … More
Rainbow Warrior: Lunch with Spies
John Menadue (Qantas boss at the time) recently posted online a memoir vignette of my brush with infamous French secret … More
Humpty Trumpty
The mind-bending Trumpian world, which operates in a bulletproof moral and factual vacuum, has made sarcasm and irony, my tools … More
Asylum Seeker Big Business
The sorry saga of Australia’s offshore asylum seeker gulag is not just about bringing suffering and hopelessness to those in … More
Afghanistan Adieu
Australia’s military is finally pulling up stumps, so to speak, in this blighted land. Our longest war (12 years) has … More
Ruddy Farago of Foreign Affairs
Terrible Tony Abbott’s assessment of our bumptious and erstwhile Foreign Affairs Minister was mostly spot-on. KRudd liked parading his intelligence and posturing on the … More
