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Once the jewel of Asia, Hong Kong seemed to have it all. From international finance to fine fashion, the city was the hub of the region and the gateway to China. Tourists flocked there in their millions to enjoy the shopping and dining, the ferries [...]

It is consoling to learn that the Chinese ambassador to Australia is concerned about how we spend our taxes. What, I wondered, could he impart to us about the expenditure of taxes by the Chinese authorities? Perhaps we could be building dozens of coal-fired power [...]

A press release from Indigenous Friends of Israel (IFI) co-founders Norman and Barbara Miller on this year's Adelaide Writers' Festival's biased stance on Israel and Palestine. Adelaide Writers' Festival organisers seem to think free speech reads hate speech or racist speech, which is not so. [...]

On both sides of the conflict, ordinary people from Ukraine and Russia are suffering, with Ukrainian and Russian men and boys conscripted against their will to kill for their government. Many Russians have also become refugees, in precarious situations as they do their best to [...]

Putin seems to have bitten off more than he can chew by invading Ukraine. Caught in prolonged conflict, Russia may well jettison its leader. I don't believe in predictions. However, I do find it valuable to contemplate plausible future scenarios. So in that vein, here [...]

These days, conspiracy theories abound, and it is hard to know what is real and what is not. Fake news combines with the deceitful narratives of big government, Big Tech and corrupt godless media to create a cesspool of lies and false narratives. Isaiah, the [...]

If Ukraine is unwilling to engage in talks with Russia that can de-escalate the war, allies cannot support this path of destruction. I was born in Soviet-occupied Budapest. But I grew up in the West, where older Hungarian migrants told me about the atrocities carried [...]

In Another Bloody Century, eminent strategist Colin S. Gray challenged the notion that state-on-state war was over. Nowadays this seems obvious, with Russia invading Ukraine and Azerbaijan bombing Armenia; the People’s Republic of China (PRC) targeting Taiwan and India; and the interstate conflicts simmering beneath [...]