Operation Midnight Hammer – Impressive but Fragile
Last year’s attacks on Iran showed American capabilities are impressive – but also fragile.
World Politics
The Growing Threat From the Far Right?
Our own intelligence service is telling us that violent extremism doesn’t belong exclusively to the right, or the left. Perhaps we should start listening. Because a threat that we’ve persuaded ourselves doesn’t exist is much harder to stop.
Ireland’s €53M Jet Has No Fog-Landing System
In August 2024, then-Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin directed that Ireland would cease purchases of Israeli military equipment and review existing contracts, citing the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
PILLAR’s FIT Bill Enters the Biscuit Tin
After less than a year of operation, PILLAR NZ has now contributed directly to New Zealand’s legislative process through the development of a member’s bill: the Foreign Influence Transparency (FIT) Bill.
It’s Not Just Nz’s Job Market
The ‘butter chicken tsunami’ is swamping job markets around the world.
Left Wing Violence Gets Another Free Pass
A society that cannot bring itself to condemn political violence and intimidation with equal force, regardless of the ideology of the perpetrators, is not serious about democracy.
How African Kings and Merchants Controlled the Slave Trade
And profited handsomely from it.
