Shock!
Friday, 18 November 2016 International relations, Other 4 comments
That other basket of people are people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change. It doesn’t really even matter where it comes from. They don’t buy […]
The confusions of anti-politics: Brexit – an update
Monday, 27 June 2016 International relations 12 comments
At the centre of it was a democratic vote that is now likely to systematically and carefully annulled. It is hard to see who has an interest in preventing it.
The confusions of anti-politics: Brexit
Tuesday, 24 May 2016 International relations 7 comments
Conservatives will be grateful to Cameron to allow them to forget the whole ghastly business.
The confusions of anti-politics: US edition
Monday, 1 February 2016 International relations 6 comments
The pitch. Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say China in a trade deal? I beat China all the time. All the time. Republican and US Presidential front-runner Donald Trump […]
The confusions of anti-politics: UK edition
Tuesday, 8 September 2015 International relations 10 comments
What was supposed to be significant in a democracy was not the hundreds or thousands in a political party but the millions in society they represented.
The New Regionalism – another update
Thursday, 30 April 2015 International relations 4 comments
This has the making of being a regional diplomatic disaster.
Home front
Thursday, 28 August 2014 International relations, The Australian state 11 comments
Why should community leaders be as responsible as anyone else for these jihadists and why would they be able to do anything about it?
Disaster politics
Thursday, 31 July 2014 International relations 15 comments
The last few weeks have reminded that in recent years something rather unpleasant has entered politics.
Sovereignty
Monday, 24 February 2014 International relations, The Australian state 26 comments
The last six years have shown that what asylum seekers have more to be concerned about is an insecure, out of control political class that targets the most vulnerable to make itself look in command.
The New Regionalism – an update
Wednesday, 4 December 2013 International relations, State of the parties, The Australian state 10 comments
The left have been portraying Indonesia as the victim and Australia as the bully but the reality is more the reverse.
