Analysis
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Why Beethoven wasn’t the original punk rocker of classical music
But there is another curious classical music trope in circulation, one that is actually hard to avoid: Beethoven was a…
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Work-life balance: what really makes us happy might surprise you
But the tension between the two has been heightened by the pandemic, with workers increasingly dwelling over the nature of…
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What are the protests against Victoria’s construction union all about? An expert explains
Yesterday these protests continued, with up to 2,000 demonstrators holding up traffic around Melbourne’s CBD and clashing with police. Giuseppe…
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Misunderstanding Yemen
As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, Peter Salisbury explains that the sectarianism…
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Morrison’s China ‘strategy’ makes us less, not more, secure
Questions like: How do submarines actually contribute to our national security? Kevin Rudd Τhe Sydney Morning Herald And now, it…
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‘Tax the rich’?
Demanding tax increases on the rich is back in fashion – both in the corridors of the House of Representatives…
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Overkill: Reforming the Legal Basis for the U.S. War on Terror
As part of our series The Legacy of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”, we argue that Washington should enact a…
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Turkey’s Taliban Ties Worry Cyprus
The comments were made by Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 20 to members of the press while visiting Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus.…
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The Winner in Afghanistan: China
It couldn’t be more significant in ways few in this country can even begin to grasp. Alfred W. McCoy CounterPunch…
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Vaccine passports are coming. But are they ethical?
This stops people getting infected and infecting others. Julian Savulescu The Conversation It is the justified basis for lockdowns, isolation,…
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Lebanon’s Current Crisis Echoes Its World War I Great Famine
Lebanon is facing multiple social, economic, and political calamities on account of a combination of factors including a corrupt political…
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Ten Challenges for the UN in 2021-2022
But the world organisation still has several vital roles to play. ICG What’s new? World leaders are participating in the…
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What ancient Chinese roofs can tell us about climate change
A new study, published in Science Advances by researchers at Nanjing University in China suggests that there may even be…
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Morocco’s Elections Prove Democracy Can Work with Islam
They couldn’t be more wrong. Ahmed Charai The National Interest The Taliban’s seizure of Kabul and appointment of a cabinet…
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20 years after 9/11, the American colossus has gone and the Middle East remains strife-torn
The first are the attacks themselves on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Tony Walker The Conversation These shocked…
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John Lennon’s Imagine at 50: a deceptively simple ballad, a lasting emblem of hope
The counter-cultural movement of the 60s was still being felt. Demonstrations were held opposing the Vietnam War and in August,…
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