Ramesh Thakur

_The DPRK is developing a nuclearised ICBM capability as fast as it possibly can because it fears a US attack and forcible regime change.

Has the quality of Australia's decision making on issues of life and death for the country and its people – not to mention Planet Earth – truly become reform proof?

_In this three-part article, Ramesh Thakur argues that the scale of the terrorist threat to Western societies must be kept in perspective, that

_Without abandoning ANZUS but downsizing it considerably, Australia must chart an independent foreign policy according to a Canberra-based calculation of national values and interests.

_The deal (with Iran) is worth defending for three reasons: it is a good accommodation of each side's bottom lines; sanctions may not have been as

In India as in Australia, the challenge is how best to balance democracy, citizenship, constitutional governance and minority rights to forge a national identity.

The notion that we are doomed promotes culture of hopelessness and despair best epitomised by Greta Thunberg’s anguished cry: ‘How dare you‘?

Key Takeaways Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth (2026) is the third book in the

Canary in a Climate World: Climate Realism vs. the Net Zero Myth (2026) is the third book in the Canary in a Covid World/Climate World series.

Unfortunately, incentives without accountability are a poor basis for health governance. It matters because funds to finance the pharmaceutical corporations, research institutions, and bureaucrats who stand to benefit from the pandemic agenda will have to be diverted from programs that work. International funding for the big endemic diseases and basic priorities such as nutrition is already falling, while the pandemic agenda expands. The Leeds authors call for simple transparency and honesty in assessing global health priorities, and in paying for them. Not a big ask. The Australian government has a choice to be constructive on behalf of its taxpayers and require better, or through blind acquiescence remain part of the problem.