Canberra's bullying of听the Manasseh Sogavare government for its deal with China follows from its longstanding paternalistic听approach on the existential matter of rising seas. William Briggs reports.
William Briggs
A tidal wave of outrage followed the Solomon Islands and China signing a security deal. Missing in the fury is a recognition that the Solomon Islands is听a sovereign state, argues听William Briggs.
War and climate change are linked: one cannot be solved without solving the other, and neither can be resolved by capitalism. Because this is all too obvious, William Briggs听argues a lot of time and effort is spent on obscuring the truth.
If war were not such a profitable enterprise for capitalism, the arms industries would not be so huge, writes William Briggs.
The integrated nature of the world's economies means that it is a fiction that national budgets are divorced from the global setting,听William Briggs explains.
Less than three weeks after saying the rules-based international order allows "sovereign nations to pursue their interests free from coercion鈥, the PM warned the Solomon Islands not to take this idea听too far, writes听William Briggs.
The war between Russia and Ukraine and its NATO听backers continues, but Australia鈥檚 chief international focus is much closer to home 鈥 China. William Briggs reports.
Major multinational corporations听such as Shell and BP听have made much of cutting ties with Russia. The publicity value听has been significant, but it has a hollow ring to it, argues听William Briggs.
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The rules-based order so admired by the Morrison听government has听a certain confected aura about it, argues听William Briggs.听
The mass media plays a big role in reinforcing听prejudices and limiting听capacity for independent thought, argues William Briggs. It is happy to condemn Russia's听war on Ukraine, as it should, but it downplays US and NATO's meddling and provocations.
Livestream of the forum on Ukraine with William Briggs and Sam Wainwright.
US military doctrine is about remaining the pre-eminent military power and ensuring that the world be organised in a way that is most conducive to its security and prosperity, writes听William Briggs.
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