The Travesty of the Assange Plea Deal
The complacency of American liberalism has been demonstrated yet again in its inability, or unwillingness, to guard the national interest.
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
Security
A collection of 89 posts
Why Australia Opted for AUKUS
While Reuters reports that the French had ample warning the project was in trouble, the AUKUS announcement and the cancellation of the submarine contract nevertheless took them by surprise.
Sean Welsh
· 11 min read
The 'Lab Leak' Inquiry at the State Department
Anyone who cares about ensuring that the lab-leak hypothesis is taken seriously should probably be thanking me, rather than vilifying me.
Christopher Ashley Ford
· 20 min read
Could an Invisible Military Laser Steal Your Privacy?
Face recognition gives law enforcement this unique authority, this unique power, that does pose risks to our constitutional rights, and this needs to be very closely scrutinized now.
Art Keller
· 20 min read
China and the Question of Taiwan
In modern-day China, nationalism is at its strongest when dealing with the idea—almost an article of religious faith—that the independent island nation of Taiwan is in fact a Chinese state and must be unified with the mainland as soon as possible.
Aaron Sarin
· 13 min read
Stop Sensationalizing the Threat of Right-Wing Political Violence
Terrorism is ultimately a weapon of the weak. By engaging in threat inflation, we expand the power and prestige of terrorists by allowing them to be more influential than they otherwise might be.
Zaid Jilani
· 7 min read
Will Biden Resurrect the Iran Deal?
The logic of making Iran’s nuclear program less dangerous via the JCPOA agreement while leaning on the FBI to ignore the crimes of the smugglers that made Iran’s nuclear program so dangerous remains hard to fathom.
Art Keller
· 11 min read
Is China the Governance of the Future?
Jacques is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of China in the West, and his book aims to show that an increasingly dynamic China will soon lay a claim to global hegemony.
John Lloyd
· 15 min read
Saudi Arabia: The Pragmatic Case for Constructive Engagement
The ideology that inspired this insurrection hasn’t disappeared. Various kings have dealt with the fire of fundamentalism either through granting concessions or enacting purges.
Tal Tyagi
· 31 min read
A Europe Divided and Unfree
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
The Russia Report
It is “widely recognised,” says the report, “that Russian intelligence and business are completely intertwined".
John Lloyd
· 13 min read
The Passing of the Second Imperial Age
The US’s hegemonic period, now shrinking, often looked like empire, especially the British version, which it mostly replaced.
John Lloyd
· 13 min read
From India’s Himalayan Border to Our Local Cell Networks, It’s Time to Push Back Against China
The Indian border is only one of the many fronts on which China has been taking advantage of the worldwide economic downturn and political paralysis caused by COVID-19 to move aggressively—an ironic result given the source of the disease.
Cleo Paskal
· 8 min read
Is State Protection a Threat to Liberal Democracy?
Protection at the cost of a planned economy and a surveillance state would be no protection at all.
Ross Stitt
· 12 min read
Do We Really Want a New Cold War?
Politicians and the commentariat keep shouting “China is not our friend!” But friendship is a good thing, the most rewarding of all human relationships.
James Hankins
· 6 min read