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Tag Archives: NATO
CAVAN HOGUE. White man’a media- A REPOST from May 29 2017
That the Australian media gives us saturation coverage of Europe but much less on Asia is obvious but the question is why? Have they done market research which shows this is what the public wants or does it stem from … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Media
Tagged Australian media, Cavan-Hogue, Jakarta terrorism, Manchester bombing, NATO
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ALISON BROINOWSKI. The Merkel moment: wherever that works.
If NATO cannot rely on a Trump administration, should Australian leaders not see this as an opportunity to face the facts?
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs
Tagged Alison Broinowski, Australia, Bishop, Merkel, NATO, Trump, Turnbull, US
6 Comments
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
3 Comments
CAVAN HOGUE. Ukraine – a pox on both your houses?
A solution to the fighting in Ukraine will require agreement and cooperation by three parties without undue interference from outsiders. The three parties are the Russian Government, the Ukrainian Government and the Eastern Ukrainian rebels. The outsiders are NATO and … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs
Tagged Cavan-Hogue, Crimea, fundamentalist Christians, Monroe Doctrine, NATO, Senator McCain, Ukraine
2 Comments
CAVAN HOGUE. Should we Jump with Trump on Russia?
Australia has followed the hardline advocates in the US in attributing evil actions now and in the future to Russia and Putin in particular. How accurate is this view? One of the few sensible things Trump is doing is advocating … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs
Tagged Cavan-Hogue, Hillary Clinton and Russia, Logevall, NATO, Putin, SALT Treaty, Truman doctrine, Trump and Russia
1 Comment
Karl Rove’s Prophecy.
The neocons stayed put in the State Department and other positions closely linked to the Obama White House, where they became allies with the liberal hawks in continuing ‘spreading democracy’ by overthrowing regimes. America’s mainstream news and opinion purveyors, without … Continue reading
SUE WAREHAM. Why is Australia not fully behind efforts to prohibit nuclear weapons?
It’s about time for some good news. Heaven knows, we need it after 2016’s litany of human failures to find peace between ourselves and with our struggling planet. But as a Christmas gift of historic proportions, the UN – which … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Canberra Times, Julie Bishop, NATO, Sue Wareham, UN on nuclear weapons
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RAMESH THAKUR. Has NATO become a threat to world peace?
NATO is endangering Earth This article was first published in the Japan Times on 8 September 2014. Have NATO leaders created a crisis to justify NATO’s continuation after its original purpose expired? Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul says: “Without … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs
Tagged Japan Times, NATO, Putin, Ramesh Thakur, Serbia, Ukraine
3 Comments
MICHAEL McKINLEY. The unmooring of our national defence from our national interest. Part 4 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged alliances, Australia-NATO, Michael McKinley, NATO
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CAVAN HOGUE. Brexit and Russia.
There has been some speculation about how Brexit will affect Russia. Probably not a lot politically but we can only speculate about the economic effects. No doubt the European Community will spend the next few years contemplating its navel and … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Brexit and Russia, Cavan-Hogue, NATO
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Cavan Hogue. Turkey shoots down Russian aircraft.
Russia supports the (Shia) Assad regime backed by Iran and others while Turkey supports the Sunni backed bySaudi Arabia, the USA and others. The Turks claim the Shia are terrorists while Russia supports them as allies of the Shia, (i.e. … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged Cavan-Hogue, ISIS, NATO, President Assad, Russia and Turkey, Ukraine
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Richard Butler. Ukraine: Watch This Space
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his decision to send a contingent of 75 trainers to Ukraine as a demonstration of support for Kiev in its fight against Russian supported rebels in South Eastern Ukraine. The deployment will provide … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs
Tagged Dmitri Trenin, Minsk negotiations, NATO, Richard Butler, Ukraine
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Richard Butler. Russia.
Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop have been playing loosely in our relations with Russia even thought those relations are quite modest, at least as far as the Russians are concerned. Threatening to ‘shirt-front’ President Putin is not a dignified way … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs, Politics
Tagged NATO, President Putin, public sentiment in Russia, Richard Butler, Russian economy, the media and Russian society, US the exceptional country
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John Menadue. NATO, Ukraine and Russia.
In the Washington Post on 10th September, Katrina vanden Heuvel said ‘There would not have been such a concerted Russian nationalist response to the crisis had the West not sowed the seeds of suspicion and mistrust over the past 18 … Continue reading
Posted in International Affairs
Tagged Katrina vanden Heuvel, NATO, Russia, Ukraine, Washington Post
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Richard Butler. Ukraine, not Sarajevo
In recent months, there’s been no shortage of suggestions, indeed warnings, that Russia’s absorption of Crimea and now it’s pressure on eastern Ukraine, is the equivalent of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, in Sarajevo almost exactly 100 years … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs
Tagged Berlin wall, NATO, reunification of Germany, Richard Butler, Ukraine
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