Binoy Kampmark

Official statements about AUKUS rarely mention the target. But a United States defense official has confirmed that the nuclear-powered submarines would be used in “cross-strait circumstances”. Binoy Kampmark reports.

 

Israel is losing the war of public relations, argues Binoy Kampmark, and even more so after it claimed responsibility for killing humanitarian workers in Gaza.

Hidden amid the AUKMIN chatter about the “complex international order” was Australia’s promise of billions to help Britain’s flailing nuclear reactor production line. Binoy Kampmark reports.

 

The British High Court did not make a clear decision on whether it would reject Julian Assange's appeal. Instead, it decided to grant the United States government the possibility to make amends. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Can we trust the state to decide on what is, or is not, misinformation of disinformation? Binoy Kampmark suggests not.

The latest documents from the National Security Committee confirm that the parliamentary system, more than ever, should be involved in reining in the war makers. Binoy Kampmark reports.

Despite the campaign to defund UNRWA, donor states realise the humanitarian incentive to ameliorate Gazans’ suffering must take precedence over Israel’s allegations. Australia is an exception, as Binoy Kampmark reports.

Binoy Kampmark writes the event was a salutatory reminder that the plight of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who remains in Belmarsh Prison in London, has become one of immediate concern.

Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia remained a friend of the United States, Europe and Australia, and China. Binoy Kampmark argues it would be inconceivable to hear the same said by an Australian politician.

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The starvation regime continues unabated as Israel continues its campaign in the Gaza Strip, writes Binoy Kampmark.

On the second day of Julian Assange's appeal against extradition the prosecution found itself in knots, given that a balancing act of harm and freedom of expression is warranted under the European Convention on Human Rights. Binoy Kampmark reports.

The two judges hearing Julian Assange's appeal were seemingly ill versed in the field they were adjudicating, writes Binoy Kampmark.