I can’t help thinking the world is edging toward conflict. Turkei (read Erdoğan) has agreed to allow Finland and Sweden into NATO. I wonder what that cost? He won’t have done it for nothing. That has further upset our mate Vlad who continues to rain terror on Ukraine, including a precision missile targeting a shopping…
While the conflict drags on in Ukraine, we have our own problems in the South Pacific. Here at home, we need to toughen up our defence capability if we’re going to dissuade the Chinese from invading. But that’s obvious and the government of the day can do something about it. We hope. Many of us…
I watched a documentary on TV last night. It was about the last few years of the 1930s and Hitler’s move toward the war he wanted. The makers interviewed a number of historians who were experts on the events and illustrated their remarks with (mainly) black and white news reel footage. The focus was on…
It’s always interesting to read about China’s reactions to the latest ‘provocations’ from here and there, including, of course, Australia. Just last week Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced she had cancelled Victorian Premier Dan Andrews’ Belt and Road agreement with China, citing Australia’s sovereign interests. China’s response was swift. “This is another unreasonable and provocative…
For those of us who thought that 1st January, 2021 heralded a brave new world, perhaps we need to do a re-think. It’s Friday here in Australia and I’ve been reading about yesterday’s events in Washington with dismay. Donald Trump, ex-President of the USA, has been saying since his defeat in the November elections that…
The political situation between Australia and China has been deteriorating for some time.