The Paradox of Power: Why Strong Nations Struggle in Asymmetric Conflicts
An examination of the efficacy of brute force in politics demonstrates that whilst regimes may topple, diplomacy promises greater success.
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June 25, 2025
The Carter Doctrine and Iran’s Proxy War: A Legacy of Instability in the Greater Middle East
The legacy of the flawed assumptions of the Carter Doctrine must be faced in order to find regional stability.
June 23, 2025
Is Iran a Danger to Middle Eastern Peace?
Iran’s actions in defence and retaliation in the Middle East reflect a deep-seated distrust of the West, fed by western aggression.
June 20, 2025
No Words by Malak Mattar: A Monumental Testimony to Gaza’s Genocide
Mattar has captures the horror Gaza, urging us all to witness and hear the voies of those who are suffering.
June 6, 2025
Media Influence on Outrage: Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Flotilla Mission and Senator Lindsey Graham’s Attacks
Deliberate misdirection by media of reader sympathies from positive acts of advocacy to negative expressions of justification perpetuates suffering.
June 5, 2025
Palestinian Poetry as Cultural Preservation and Resistance: Voices of Defiance and Their Persecution
The indelible identity and history infused in Palestinian poetry is an act of expression of resistance that transcends conventional forms of conflict.
May 27, 2025
Israel’s Threat to Bomb Iran and the Question of Middle East Stability
Threatening to bomb Iran will not lead to greater security in the Middle East.
May 22, 2025
Guernica and Gaza: Echoes of Destruction, Personal Reckoning, and the Power of Media
History's lesson: Guernica versus Gaza.
May 18, 2025
The Shield of Achilles: Perspective and Symbolism of the Divine
Hephaestus' brilliance in crafting the Shield of Achilles is in its message of the cost of war versus the benefits of peace.
May 12, 2025
Climate Change: An Existential Threat to Humanity
Climate change is an existential threat to life on earth, but one that that can be mitigated by global cooperation.
May 9, 2025
Accountability / Domestic Law / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / Hypocrisy / International Law / United Nations
Do Not Go Gently into That Good Night: Humanity in Its Twilight Years
Humanity is grappling with its own impermanence, unwilling to surrender but uncertain of how to endure.
May 8, 2025
ANZAC Day and Indigenous Veterans: Sacrifice, Exclusion and Memorials of Recognition
The ANZAC legend lives one, but the service of the roughly 1,000 Indigenous men who served in World War II remain overlooked.
April 24, 2025
Australian Aborigines / Commonwealth Government / Discrimination/Racism / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Justice / Law / Neo-Colonialism / Racism / Reconciliation / Stolen Generation / White Australia
The History Wars in Contemporary Australia: A Cultural Struggle Beyond Politics
An inclusive Australian society demands an end of the history wars.
April 2, 2025
Corporate responsibility / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Rule of Law / Shared humanity / United Nations
The Equality of Human Life: A Philosophical and Practical Examination
Every human life holds equal value, regardless of individual differences and is pivotal in ethical and legal frameworks.
March 24, 2025
I’m Not Going to Die for a Rich Man’s War
In the smoke-filled air, where the cannons roar, I hear the rich man’s laughter, like thunder on the shore. With his pockets lined with gold, he sits up high, While…
September 26, 2024
War is not the answer
Australian Defence Force / Commonwealth Government / Genocide / Government / Human Rights / Respect / Shared humanity
Suppose they gave a war
A thought to peace lovers everywhere
September 20, 2024