World Politics
China Disappears Australian Journalist
Many years ago, I worked with a Chinese-born colleague. Eventually, he moved on to a high-paying job with an Australian company based in mainland China. Notably, before he moved back, he took out Australian citizenship. “Hedging your bets?” I joked. As it turns out, it probably wouldn’t do him
Climate Change Report a Reminder of UN’s Clout
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a fluent speaker of German and Arabic.
China Accused of Deliberately Bankrupting Australian Company
In his book Silent Invasion, Clive Hamilton paints an alarming picture of a Communist China determined to dominate the world – including Australia – by any and all means it can. Hamilton outlines China’s multi-pronged strategy: everything from plain old spying, to using international students and “Confucius Institutes” to influence universities,
Hungarian Prime Minister Hits Back at Biden Calling Him a ‘Thug’
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NZ’s Olympic-Sized Relationship with Japan May Be about to Change
Geoffrey Miller Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s international analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a fluent speaker of German and Arabic.
Myanmar Hit Squad Arrested in New York
8th August 2021 Two Myanmar nationals were arrested in New York and charged with the attempted murder of Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s ambassador to the UN, who has refused to support the Junta. If the military were involved, then its clumsy execution was typical of the Tatmadaw’s organisation.
Democracy’s Road to Tyranny
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn mises.org Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909-1999) was an Austrian nobleman and socio-political theorist who described himself as an enemy of all forms of totalitarianism and as an “extreme conservative arch-liberal” or “liberal of the extreme right.” Described as “A Walking Book of Knowledge,” Kuehnelt-Leddihn had an encyclopedic
The Purple Circle
Tiger Tiger, a tenacious, surprisingly well-educated animal, living and working in the real world. Having to come up with staff wages every week sharpens the senses. The elites in the ancient Roman empire valued the colour purple, on account of the rarity (and price) of the vivid purple dye. Sumptuary
Vaccine Passport Is the End of Liberty
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Death from Starvation and COVID or Death from Revolution?
Death from starvation and Covid or death from revolution? That is the stark choice facing many Burmese citizens. The sense of despair is getting so strong, especially in the non-metropolitan regions, amongst the young that they are declaring that it is better to die in action against the Junta than
A Liberal Pop Star Just Condemned Socialist Tyranny in Cuba
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. When celebrities weigh in on politics, the result is usually vapid virtue-signaling and surface-level liberal talking points. But pop star Camila Cabello just offered an exception to this rule with her
The Road to Totalitarianism
CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org People can tell themselves that they didn’t see where things have been heading for the last 17 months, but they did. They saw all the signs along the way. The signs were all written in big, bold letters, some of them in scary-looking Germanic script.