Worst case scenario

China’s imperialist designs on the region demand immediate strengthening of the nation’s defences, particularly as the United States withdraws from the alliances which have kept the peace for 70 years.

Confronting anti-semitic terrorism in Australia

The spate of attacks on Jewish people and properties in Australian cities, and the threat of an even more serious terrorist atrocity in the future, demands a firm and coordinated response from the Australian people, as well as its government, police and security services.

Celebrating Australia Day

Public support for Australia continues to grow, despite a media campaign to portray it as an imperialist anachronism, as modern Australia is a product of its recent as well as ancient history.

Gradually, then suddenly

Ernest Hemingway observed in The Sun Also Rises that bankruptcy occurs gradually and then suddenly, and this should also be treated as a rule of geopolitical affairs.

John Curtin’s legacy

Australian Prime Minister John Curtin loved both his country and its people and protected them both during World War 2.

Mento patriotism

The ‘soft’ cultural patriotism celebrated by modern Australians can only survive if encased by the ‘hard’ patriotism required to protect this country and its way of life.

The end of pax Americana?

A policy of American isolationism under a second Trump administration – or even a future democratic one – would imperil not just the future of Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel but potentially peace across the whole world.

The moral shock of war

Going to war is an uneasy and difficult compromise for democratic nations, forcing us to balance our love of peace and our conscience against the risk of being coerced and subjugated by authoritarian aggressors.

Meeting the challenge of communist China

The problem of dealing with a belligerent communist China is the geopolitical challenge of the age. Its favourable resolution will open the door to global amity. The alternative is enduring global instability, confrontation, and the risk of a major war in the Pacific, fought with nuclear weapons standing ready on a hair trigger.