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Tag Archives: Middle East
ANDREW FARRAN. More troops to Afghanistan: at best a patch job; at worst perpetuating futility
Whereas economic globalisation might seem for a time to be on the wane, in the military sphere globalisation is on the rise. Regional alliances are being transformed into global alliances. ANZUS has been merged de facto into NATO, and where … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security
Tagged Afghanistan, ANZUS, Defence, Foreign Affairs and Trade, Middle East, NATO, politics, security, Turnbull
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ANDREW FARRAN. The Tactical Strike Force fighter to stalk terrorists – really!
Why does the Prime Minister extoll our expensive F-35s as instruments for killing terrorists in irrelevant conflicts when their purpose is to protect the nation against threats of strategic dimensions were they to arise, not now but in the decades … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Andrew Farran, Defence Act, F-35s, Iraq and Syria, Middle East, Turnbull and terrorists
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RICHARD WOOLCOTT. The US has ‘wasted $6 trillion’ in the Middle East without achieving any success.
In a statement on 27 February President Trump said that the United States had spent $ 6 trillion in the Middle East and had ” got nowhere “. It had produced a “mess” and a ” hornet’s nest “. In … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs
Tagged ISIS, Middle East, President Assad, President Trump, Richard Woolcott
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MICHAEL McKINLEY. Trump, Australia, Iran, and a Question For Australia
For all of the radical change promised by Donald Trump when he was campaigning, at least one area of continuity is abundantly clear: the preoccupation with, and a distorted understanding of Islam in general and Iran in particular. His appointment … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Australia-US, Christianity, Iran, Islam, Middle East, President Trump, President Trump's advisers, Royal Australian Navy, South China Sea, war
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TONY KEVIN. Clinton-Putin-Trump: foreign policy dimensions of the final debate.
There is no doubt that Hillary Clinton trumped her contender on domestic economic and social policy issues, migration, and proper respect for women. She has neutralised the personal emails and Clinton Foundation questions. Barring the unforeseeable, she will cruise … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton, Iran, Middle East, Putin, Russia, third US presidential debate, Tony Kevin, Trump
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MICHAEL McKINLEY. The unmooring of our national defence from our national interest. Part 2 of 4.
Australia is currently courting offence rather than, as governments so often assert, defence – a transformation which might only charitably be attributed to absent mindedness if the alternative, stealth, is excluded. It is, moreover, a change wrought, in the first … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Australia US alliance, Michael McKinley, Middle East, Pine Gap, US military, US politics, US Special Forces, US Special Operations
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