The geostrategic rivalry between the major powers is intensifying. It is extremely important for the United States to find allies who can not only support Washington in the struggle for world domination, but also who do not have deep dependence on the main factory of the world – China, because […]
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Blinken’s Hypocrisy In China
Recently, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has payed a three-day visit to China and held talks with PRC President Xi Jinping and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The visit of the head of American diplomacy was accompanied by reports that US-China relations are entering a new era, in which […]
US Is Strengthening AUKUS (II)
Part 1 Let’s consider separately the interaction of the United States with Seoul within the framework of AUKUS. If for Japan, as mentioned in the previous article, working with the United States within the framework of the Arms Alliance was of strong interest, since it would help consolidate Tokyo’s reputation […]
US Is Strengthening AUKUS (I)
In April 2024, following the review of applications for membership in the AUKUS bloc submitted by Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, representatives of the law enforcement agencies of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States issued a joint statement. There has been a discussion about the possibility of […]
Warring Against Encryption: Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
On April 16, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to X Corp and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to remove material within 24 hours depicting what her office declared to be “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact and detail”. […]
Flicker Of Hope: Biden’s Throwaway Lines On Assange
Walking stiffly, largely distracted, and struggling to focus on the bare essentials, US President Joe Biden was keeping company with his Japanese counterpart, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, when asked the question. It concerned what he was doing regarding Australia’s request that the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be returned to Australia. […]
Aukusing For War: The Real Target Is China
The occasional burst of candour from US diplomats provides a striking, air clearing difference to their Australian and British counterparts. Official statements about the AUKUS security pact between Washington, London and Canberra, rarely mention the target in so many words, except on the gossiping fringes. Commentators and think tankers are […]
The AUKUS Cash Cow: Robbing The Australian Taxpayer
The UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, paid a recent visit to Australia recently as part of the AUKMIN.
Circle Of Secrecy: The Iraq War’s Missing Cabinet Documents
They are unlikely to be revelatory, will shatter no myths, nor disprove any assumptions. Cabinet documents exist to merely show that a political clique – the heart of the Westminster model of government, so to speak – often contain the musings of invertebrates, spineless on most issues such as foreign […]
Funding The Imperium: Australia Subsidises US Nuclear Submarines
AUKUS, the trilateral pact between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, was a steal for all except one of the partners.
Ukraine’s Top Diplomat In Canberra Absurdly Claimed That “This War Is About Australia Too”
It would be much better if Ambassador Vasily Myroshnychenko stop spinning the tall tale about how “This war is about Australia too”.
Constitutional Violations: Julian Assange, Privacy And The CIA
While the US Department of Justice battles to sink its fangs into the Australian national for absurd espionage charges, various offshoots of his case have begun to grow.
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