Ramesh Thakur

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

_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

North Korea's rapid advances are a game-changer, but the quality of strategic analysis and decision-making in Washington is highly suspect. This portends troubling times ahead.

The past 12 months were proof that the threat of nuclear weapons persists in the post Cold War world.

_The recently published draft text of a convention to ban the bomb provides a good basis to complete negotiations of a treaty to prohibit the

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