From New Dawn 177 (Nov-Dec 2019) Power is a peculiar thing. In different ways, we’ve become accustomed to co-existing with it and will even forgo some liberties as part of a Faustian trade-off for various modern conveniences. When that power […]
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COVID-19: Trigger for a New Social Order
From New Dawn 180 (May-June 2020) I can remember them saying that ‘everything changed after 9/11’. It did, but certainly not for the better. I think we can all agree on that. I remember how everyone surrendered their rights and key […]
From Information Warfare to the Break-Up of the USA… Decoding the Work of Dr. Igor Panarin
From New Dawn 164 (Sept-Oct 2017) Igor Nikolaevich Panarin (b. 1958), dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s school for future diplomats, is a geopolitical analyst, political scientist and media commentator, with significant influence on Russian thinking. An examination of his […]
Architects of Power: How the Global Elite Profit from Extreme Inequality & Pre-empt the Backlash
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 13 No 3 (June 2019) There is a new, mega-rich global elite consisting of a small number of billionaires and multibillionaires. Many of them made their money in the technology sector. Others play financial […]
Rooted in Secrecy: The Clandestine Element Driving Australia’s Foreign Misadventures
From New Dawn 171 (Nov-Dec 2018) The dominant feature of all Australian politics is that governments come and go, with Labor alternating with the Liberal National coalition, but changes in Australian foreign policy are so slight as to be almost […]