Phan Xuan Dung
Phan Xuan Dung is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, The Australian National University.
Guest author Michael Sfard
Michael Sfard is an Israeli human rights lawyer and the author of The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine and the Legal Battle for Human Rights (Metropolitan Books). He also wrote the Yesh Din report The Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and the Crime of Apartheid
Sharon Connolly
Sharon Connolly is a writer and filmmaker. She was chief executive and managing director of Film Australia Ltd from 1997 to 2004.
Matt Fitzpatrick
Matt Fitzpatrick is an ARC Future Fellow and Matthew Flinders Professor in International History at Flinders University, Adelaide. His research is in the field of the comparative history of empires, European colonialism and German history. His most recent book is “The Kaiser and the Colonies: Monarchy in the Age of Empire.” He is currently working on the project ‘Strategic Friendship: Anglo-German Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region’.
Owen Jones
This is my independent channel, unaffiliated to any media organisation, in which I try to challenge and expose injustices, give a platform to the unheard, and offer alternatives to a broken system. Not as dry as it sounds (hopefully!)
Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the editor of the Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books including: These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons (2019), My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story (2010) and The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle (2006). Dr. Baroud is a non-resident senior research fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Istanbul Zaim University (IZU). His website is www.ramzybaroud.net.
Paul James
Paul James is Professor of Globalisation and Cultural Diversity at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University and Research Director of Global Reconciliation.
Craig Nielsen
I am a 61 year old maths and Physics teacher at Aberfoyle Park High School in Adelaide, south Australia. I have previously written, “Israel-Palestine:A christian Response to the conflict”.
Guest author Wei Yu
Wei Yu works at CODEPINK as the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign coordinator. She was born in Tianjin, China and has lived in the US since her high school years. Prior to joining CODEPINK, Wei was a student researcher on neocolonialism and has worked with several nonprofit organisations serving women, racial minorities, and other progressive causes.
Jane Timbrell
Jane Timbrell is a retired trade union official, she is the Deputy Convenor and Campaign Manager of the Vintage Reds of the Canberra Region (an organisation of retired progressive trade unionists). In 2023, Jane was appointed to the ACT Government’s Retirement Villages Working Group and in 2024 she was reappointed to the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing.
Judy Attwood
Judy Attwood is a retired Secondary School Science Head of Department and curriculum writer with a long standing passion for Social Justice.
Peter O'Keeffe
Peter OKeeffe is a lawyer who has practiced as a barrister and as a solicitor, and who was a legal and procedural advisor to politicians and committees in the Parliament during the Hawke, Keating and Howard era.
Geroge Yeo
George Yeo Yong-Boon, a distinguished former Foreign Minister of Singapore, offers a compelling narrative on the resilience and enduring legacy of Chinese civilisation. His reflections span China’s adept handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to its ancient water management systems, revealing a civilisation rooted in wisdom and adaptability.
Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University
Sadaf Shabbir
Sadaf Shabbir (she/her) is a researcher and an academic writer. She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations with distinction from University of Karachi, Pakistan. Sadaf has been affiliated with the Youth Center for Research (YCR) since 2021, in the capacity of a Young Researcher, and later in 2022 as the Resident Research Fellow. Sadaf has worked as one of the top 500 United People Global Sustainability Leaders, designing an inclusive education project for climate-vulnerable areas, reducing gender violence. Sadaf, through her research, navigates the intersection of Gender and International Relations, with a particular focus on Public Policy, Human Rights and International Law. Sadaf aims to gender sensitise public policy by advancing gender analysis in global affairs. Sadaf is from Pakistan.
Guest athor Marcy Winograd
Marcy Winogradis a blogger, activist, and public school teacher in Los Angeles.
Lynda-June Coe
Lynda-June Coe PhD Candidate,Macquarie University
Wiradjuri and Badu Island Woman, HDR student and Indigenous Rights Activist.
Samantha Hepburn
Samantha Hepburn teaches in mining and energy law, environmental law, natural resources law, water law, native title and land law. Her research interests include: climate governance, energy transitions, and natural resource jurisprudence.
Nuri Kino
Nuri Kino is an independent investigative multi-award-winning reporter and minority rights expert.
Samir Bhattacharya
Samir Bhattacharya is Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, India.
Ben Norton
Ben Nortonis an investigative journalist and analyst. He is the founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report, and is based in Latin America.(Publicacionesen espaol aqu.)
Virginia Wills
Virginia Wills was a Labor candidate for the City of Melbourne council election in 2024. With a background in workplace relations, safety and employment rights, more recently, she has worked as an academic helping the next generation of law and business students at RMIT.
Warief Djajanto Basorie
Warief Djajanto Basorie is a past reporter of Indonesia’s KNI News Service and Jakarta correspondent of the Manila-based DEPTHnews Asia. He later became a journalism instructor at the Dr.Soetomo Press Institute (LPDS) in Jakarta where he convened thematic reportorial workshops. The themes included AIDS, the environment and the climate crisis. He worked from home during the covid pandemic and is now retired. Warief contributes articles to domestic and overseas outlets on the environment, climate, Indonesian politics, and international relations.
Dewey Sim
Senior Reporter, China Dewey Sim is a reporter for the China desk covering Beijing’s foreign policy. He was previously writing about Singapore and Southeast Asia for the Post’s Asia desk. A Singapore native, Dewey joined the Post in 2019 and is a graduate of the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information.
Alfred Romann
Alfred Romannis managing director of Bahati, an editorial services agency based in Hong Kong_._
Guest author Alfred Romann
Alfred Romannis managing director of Bahati, an editorial services agency based in Hong Kong_._
Geoffrey Roberts
Geoffrey Roberts is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork, National University of Ireland, and a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He published “Stalins General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov” (2012), which was awarded the Society for Military Historys Distinguished Book Award, and “Churchill and Stalin: Comrades-in-Arms during the Second World War” (2019). His latest book is Stalins Library: A Dictator and His Books (2022).
Alex Vickery-Howe
Alex Vickery-Howe is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, social commentator, rambling podcaster and emerging novelist. His work spans political satire, environmental polemic, dark comedy and fantasy fiction. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Flinders University.
Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years forThe New York Times,where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He previously worked overseas forThe Dallas Morning News,The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He is the host of showThe Chris Hedges Report.
Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland is now retired and formerly a union educator and organiser at TUTA and the AMWU.
Sue Barrett
Sue Barrett is a business leader and community activist based in Goldstein, committed to fostering dialogue and fairness in Australian democracy.
Fadlullah Wilmot
Fadlullah Wilmot formerly served at universities in Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia but after the tsunami in Aceh became involved in the humanitarian and development sector. He has worked in Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Guest author Esther Linder
Esther Linder is an Australian photojournalist covering social affairs, gender issues, food security and more. Her work has appeared in The Saturday Paper, The Monthly and The Age. She tweets and grams @estherlinder_.
Victor Gilinsky
Victor Gilinsky is a physicist and was a commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations.
Richard Brennan
Rick Brennan is an emergency medicine and public health physician specialising in humanitarian assistance, epidemic and pandemic preparedness, and emergency management. He was Regional Emergency Director for the World Health Organisation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from March 2019 to January 2025.
Rick Brennan
Rick Brennan is an emergency medicine and public health physician specialising in humanitarian assistance, epidemic and pandemic preparedness, and emergency management. He was Regional Emergency Director for the World Health Organisation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region from March 2019 to January 2025.