Erik Paul

Erik Paul is at the University of Sydney in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies. He is a researcher specializing in Australia’s relations with the Asia-Pacific and issues of regional and world peace. His latest book is Australia in the Expanding Global Crisis: The Geopolitics of Racism, published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

Erik's recent articles

AUKUS: An Australian tragedy

AUKUS: An Australian tragedy

Euripides drama Medea about unpunished crimes infecting the Greek city-state contains some sobering lessons for Australia’s future in AUKUS.

Japan is not the most warlike nation in history

Japan is not the most warlike nation in history

Jimmy Carter called the US the most warlike nation in the history of the world, and said that peaceful' China is 'ahead of us in almost every way.

Australia's secret pacts militarise global warming

Australia's secret pacts militarise global warming

Australias secretive military pact with the US and UK (AUKUS) is an offensive Anglosphere war megamachine shield from growing human and political upheavals of global warming and expanding inequity in global governance. Climate change constitutes an existential threat to humanity and a peaceful world order.

The United State's use of Australia in the race to weaponise space

The militarisation and weaponisation of space highlight Australias integration in the US military-industrial-surveillance complex and the continuation of the US war for planetary hegemony against China and Russia.

USYD's war on peace in education

The University of Sydney looks set to close its Department of Peace and Conflict Studies. What is the broader significance of this? Does it matter?

ERIK PAUL. Resurgent racism in Australia's foreign policy.

Australia's banning Huawei points to a resurgent racism in foreign relations. Australian foreign policy should disengage from the military alliance with the US and adopt a more sustainable economy and independent foreign policy.

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