Keywords: Nuclear Weapons
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ENVIRONMENT
- Ellena Savage
- 11 May 2012
6 Comments
I took the train into central Tokyo, my bum warmed by the heated seats. Each time we stopped, the train's engine shut down briefly, and the bum heater switch off for a few seconds. Over the loudspeaker I heard 'Setsuden chu', the catchphrase meaning 'We're currently using less electricity', which is posted all around the city.
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AUSTRALIA
- Fatima Measham
- 09 February 2012
27 Comments
Despite Obama's insistance that the use of drones in Pakistan 'is a targeted, focused effort at people who are on a list of active terrorists', civilian casualties are inevitable. Australia is also phasing in the use of drones.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Dear
- 22 December 2011
9 Comments
The nonviolent Jesus was born into abject poverty to homeless refugees on the outskirts of a brutal empire. Two thousand years later, the world remains stuck in the same cycle. America's military presence in Australia could mark the beginning of the end for that hallowed land.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 21 December 2011
2 Comments
He presided over a starving nation, created an unstable nuclear state, and terrified his neighbours. But the death of Kim Jong-il should cause neither terror nor concern as much as the experts would have it.
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AUSTRALIA
- Justin Glyn
- 23 November 2011
5 Comments
Given the leakiness of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, it is scarcely surprising that Australia is not concerned about the possibility of breaching it in selling uranium to India. If the world is serious about developing real safeguards against nuclear proliferation, the treaty needs to be replaced, not ignored.
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AUSTRALIA
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 10 November 2011
2 Comments
Iran's Islamic regime has been showing signs of fatigue. But threats of sanctions and military action by the international community, prompted by reports that Iran has been designing nuclear weapons, could be its saviour. The regime thrives on this kind of tension.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 26 August 2011
2 Comments
Obama and NATO have been lucky that this campaign has worked thus far. To participate in a brutal civil war is always a dangerous game of chance. So far, the rebels have limited their bouts of revenge to arson and looting. A blood bath has not ensued, at least not yet.
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AUSTRALIA
- Nicholas Taylor
- 04 June 2010
8 Comments
The negotiation of a nuclear-weapon-free zone is the only
non-proliferation initiative to have been accepted by all Middle East states, including Israel. Why has it taken 30 years?
Because Egypt, Israel and Iran have competing reasons for promoting the idea.
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Toohey
- 03 June 2010
9 Comments
An earlier generation of politicians feared impoverished Asian hordes would pour down and eat our lunch.
Current PM Kevin Rudd worries their offspring can now afford to come armed with the latest weapons and steal it. His fretting comes at great cost to the nation.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 01 March 2010
14 Comments
Last week Israel's air force unveiled its Heron TP fleet of unmanned aircraft, which it says can travel as far as Iran. War by remote control is faceless. We remain at a distance from those with whom we disagree. There is no basis for trust.
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AUSTRALIA
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 24 February 2010
8 Comments
Australia is committed to nuclear non-proliferation, and the 'Iran problem'
offers a chance for the Government to demonstrate its
commitment to its ally, the US.
This is tricky as Rudd came to office on a wave of
anti-war backlash against Australia's commitment to the
Iraq war.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 07 January 2010
8 Comments
In his World Day of Peace statement
for 2010, the Pope again highlights the urgency of responding to
climate change. Pope Benedict has had major problems in communicating this message, notably a lack of journalistic expertise to make his documents more readable.
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