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We need to talk about radicalisation

We need to talk about radicalisation

PM Tony Abbott blames the Muslim community for not doing enough to curb radicalisation, but until the West confronts its role in the process nothing will change, writes Tim Robertson. POLITICALSPEAK has brought an early demise to many a good word and valued phrase,...
China, the United States and the Politics of Human Rights

China, the United States and the Politics of Human Rights

It’s become a matter of routine that every year the United States and China – from their respective positions of moral superiority – take part in a diplomatic tit-for-tat in which they each document the other’s human rights violations. In America, this...
When times are tough, the UN goes missing

When times are tough, the UN goes missing

As Australia follows the United States into another war in Iraq, independent journalist Tim Robertson asks, where is the United Nations while all this is going on? Having received a special request from the Americans, Tony Abbott was finally able to make the...