At the beginning of 2024, US politics seems more fraught than ever. Presidential elections and Donald Trump’s resurgence loom large. Read More
Category : Beyond the Valley
What is the end game of the current round of Israeli-Palestinian warmongering? Is there a way out of the current Read More
American presidents elected in a year ending with a zero have a tendency to die in office. Will Joe Biden (Read More
Acclaimed Aussie actor Bryan Brown has made an impassioned speech to the National Press Club to protect the Australian film Read More
Should we be teaching Indigenous knowledge to all our children? Most of our children aren’t going to find themselves Read More
Half a century ago there were warnings about the “population bomb”. The world had too many people and there was Read More
Australia is the messenger of death. It plays a unique war-fighting role in US defence arrangements. The base at Pine Read More
China’s self-selected life-president Xi says Taiwan will be part of China by 2049, just 27 years from now but, as only 10% Read More
AUKUS is a fig leaf for US plans to base its forces in Australia AUKUS, the security partnership formed by Read More
Angela Lansbury Actress Dame Angela Lansbury recently died aged 96. Most remember her from her TV series “Murder She Wrote”. However Read More
The world can find money for war but not for peace. The world is now spending each year approximately US$2.1 Read More
Bruce Haigh A manifesto for a new incoming foreign minister – Some old Diplomats retire and never think about international relations, Read More