-
Subscribe to our weekly and daily Pearls and Irritations newsletter!
-
Most viewed recently
-
Recent posts
- PETER SAINSBURY. Sunday environmental round up, 21 July 2019 21 July 2019
- SATURDAY’s GOOD READING AND LISTENING FOR THE WEEKEND 20 July 2019
- RICHARD BEASLEY The Murray Darling Basin Plan – Four Corners v Media Watch 19 July 2019
- DOUGLAS NEWTON. ‘Fine phrases … dark thoughts’. Reflections on the Centenary of ‘Peace Day’, 19 July 1 919. 19 July 2019
- RICHARD BROINOWSKI. Can Australia Defend Itself? 19 July 2019
Categories
- Arts and Reviews (50)
- Defence/Security (932)
- Drug Reform (30)
- Economy (1,287)
- Education (265)
- Environment and climate (543)
- Health (630)
- Housing (95)
- Human Rights (456)
- Indigenous affairs (86)
- Industrial relations (37)
- Infrastructure (208)
- International Affairs (2,099)
- Asia (408)
- Links (10)
- Media (616)
- NBN (84)
- Politics (3,376)
- Refugees, Immigration (671)
- Religion and Faith (664)
- SERIES: Freedom, opportunity and security (60)
- SERIES: Making housing affordable (15)
- Sport (56)
- Technology, start-ups and new media (6)
- Tributes (56)
- Uncategorized (226)
Archives
Recent comments
- Charles Lowe on BRUCE THOM. Climate Change and Relativity—Some Parallels.
- Charles Lowe on ANDREW FARRAN. Defence ‘culture’ holding back balanced defence force
- Stephanie Dowrick on RICHARD BROINOWSKI. Can Australia Defend Itself?
- Kien Choong on PETER SAINSBURY. Sunday environmental round up, 21 July 2019
- Michael Flynn on HUGH WHITE. Australia needs to give up its South Pacific dream (AFR 13-14.7.2019)
Tag Archives: President Duterte
JAMES O’NEILL. More alarm bells ring for Australia in the South China Sea.
President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of state had his confirmation hearings in Washington last week. A number of his reported statements should have raised alarm among Australian politicians and foreign affairs bureaucrats. With the exception of former Prime Minister Paul … Continue reading
Blowback for American sins in the Philippines – The Boston Globe.
In this article in the Boston Globe on October 15, 2016, Stephen Kinzer points out that President Duterte’s grievance ‘is rooted in history’. President Duterte asserted that the US had unjustly seized the Philippines in 1899 and waged a horrific … Continue reading
Posted in Defence/Security, International Affairs
Tagged America and the Philippines, Boston Globe, President Duterte, Stephen Kinzer
Comments Off on Blowback for American sins in the Philippines – The Boston Globe.
MACK WILLIAMS. President Duterte and high stakes poker.
Following President Duterte’s recent trips to China and Japan he has continued to play his hand in what has become a high stakes poker game with the US and China attracting a growing number of interested onlookers. Despite the twists … Continue reading