15 February 2023

CCTV cameras: of arrogance and ignorance

What motivated the Australian government when it announced that it would get rid of CCTV cameras on public buildings because they were Chinese devices? They are to be discarded not because they malfunction but because they function all too well.

10 January 2023

Rules-based international order: What rules? Whose rules?

When interviewed on Great Game on Russias state-run Channel One (8 Dec. 2022), Russias Foreign Minister, Secretary Lavrov, was given ample opportunity to set out Russias views on its role in the Ukraine and on the differences his country has with its many adversaries.