The loneliness of the middle power
David Lockwood searches the foreign policy section of the proposed ALP National Platform – but finds almost nothing there.
Tag: Imperialism
Global balance shifting as the east continues to rise
After the Trump-Xi summit, Yassamine Mather examines the nature of China and its rivalry with the US.
Iran: a US war of imperial decline
Yassamine Mather examines the US war on Iran through the lens of American decline, warning that our enemy’s enemy is not our friend.
Iran war exposes capitalism’s fossil-fuel addiction
The US-Israeli assault on Iran has revealed the thin veneer of ‘green capitalism’, writes Marcus Strom.
Why the war on Iran was no accident
Ali Keshtkar challenges the idea that Trump was ‘tricked’ into the war with Iran by Israel.
What lies behind Labor’s support for the Iran war
Thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons against Iran weren’t enough for Albanese to withdraw support for Trump’s war, writes Hamish McPherson.
Trump’s war blows open Albanese’s minimalism
Hamish McPherson looks at how the Iran war is shaping the domestic agenda.
No support for Trump’s war: withdraw Australian troops from the Gulf
Australia is trying to have it both ways – placate Trump while offering ‘minimal’ support for his war. Marcus Strom argues this won’t wash.
‘Workers in Iran are not our enemy’
Statements on the US-Israel assault on Iran by the Maritime Union of Australia and Australian Manufacturing Workers Union.
Imperialist meddling in Iran-Iraq since 1980
Michael Karadjis looks at how the US and Israel has sought to manipulate Iran, Iraq and the whole region since the Iranian revolution of 1979-81.
Stop the war on Iran. Stop Australian support for Trump
Reckless US attack gets full support from the Labor government. Labor Tribune editorial board call for the defeat of US gangster imperialism.
US strategy: a fighting retreat?
Behind Trump’s bluff and bluster, could there be plans to limit America’s military reach? David Lockwood explores the Pentagon’s new strategy.