All that Melts…, by Alison Caddick
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What does security—the necessity of being able to assume the contours of a relatively stable life-world—mean any more?
Netanyahu in Australia: Just what is he selling? by Jeff Halper
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For Israel, the Palestinians have long since ceased being of any interest, let alone an existential threat. So what is really on Netanyahu’s mind, and what are he and Turnbull really discussing?
The Militarisation of Defence
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The Defence White Paper assumes an aggressive posture and receives unprecedented funding
Latest comment: If we have that much to spend on defence we should have no trouble 5 billion to improve the education...
The State and Terror in the New Era
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Jenny Hocking: Imprecision over the language of ‘terrorism’ and its application, leads to concerns that counter-terrorist security measures will be broadly targetted in ways that are neither appropriate nor efficient, ways that may impinge upon legitimate political agitation and dissent
High Towers, High Stakes, High Risks
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John Hinkson: The financial fallout of the attack has laid bare the risky and crisis-ridden nature of a hi-tech society. The aftershocks will echo through every sector of the economy.
The Terrorist Syndrome
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Paul James: Mainstream Western responses to global violence involve disturbing reassertions of nationalistic parochialism.
Will Democracy Come to the USA?
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Simon Cooper: Political dissent, so-called un-Americanism and the erosion of civil liberties in the US