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AI: The Emperor’s New Algorithm, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Recognise the Same Old Con

27 December 2025 David Tyler 10

Microsoft has just quietly slashed expectations for Copilot, its much-hyped AI wonderchild that was supposed to revolutionise work. It turns out the thing can’t reliably perform even basic tasks. After billions in development and a […]

Sanctioning Fever: The United States, European Union and Free Speech

26 December 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

At present, there is a pot-calling-the-kettle-black approach being taken by the European Union and the United States regarding the imposition of sanctions upon individuals deemed hostile to free speech. On December 23, the US State […]

Does exceptionalism drive hatred?

26 December 2025 Bert Hetebry 6

Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama was questioned about his view on American Exceptionalism. In speech after speech he affirmed that America was an exceptional nation, citing its role in geo-politics, and offering opportunities to all […]

One Nation’s polling surge is a warning Australia should not ignore

26 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 8

By Peter Brown Australia is once again flirting with political complacency. Recent polling shows Pauline Hanson’s One Nation climbing to levels not seen in decades. The Guardian Essential poll has recorded support as high […]

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The Digital Guillotine: How Automated Systems and Corporate Power Silence Dissent

26 December 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 6

In an age where our public square is owned and operated by private corporations, a new form of censorship has emerged. It is not the dramatic, state-ordered banning of a century past, but a quiet, […]

ALL I WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS WAS MUM’S LOGIN: How Labor’s Social Media Ban Became a Masterclass in Government Theatre

25 December 2025 David Tyler 6

Christmas 2025, and Australia’s teenagers are busy unwrapping their presents: new VPNs, borrowed parental logins, and AI-generated profile photos that make them look fortysomething. Welcome to Labor’s world-first social media ban, two weeks old and […]

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The Architecture of Belonging: Building Families of the Heart

25 December 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 1

There is an old, tired story humanity tells itself: that to be strong is to conquer. To dominate land, resources, and even other people. But this story has a fatal flaw. It is authored by […]

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Abbott’s Bondi Grandstanding: Who Elected Fox News to Speak for Australia?

25 December 2025 David Tyler 10

A Reply to Tony Abbott: Grief Is Not a Mandate Editor’s Note In the aftermath of the Bondi killings, former prime minister Tony Abbott declared the attack “an assault on all Australians,” using the language […]

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All we want for Christmas is a happy New Year

25 December 2025 Michael Taylor 13

Dear friends and readers, In this season of twinkling lights and familiar carols, the world around us can sometimes feel heavier than the haze hanging over a hot December day. Troubled times remind us how […]

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Indiscriminate Suppression: Attacking pro-Palestinian Protests After the Bondi Killings

24 December 2025 Dr Binoy Kampmark 12

It has become a wallowing cringe. The extolling of multi-culti values, the incessant self-praise of diversity, variety and cosmopolitanism, only to then impose, in the name of such values, a restrictive regime of speech, language […]

“The Factory We Built: How Economic Violence, Digital Addiction, and Institutional Neglect Manufacture Mass Killers”

24 December 2025 David Tyler 2

In Part 1, we examined the paradox of a godless society where emptying churches still wield outsized power; granting exemptions to discriminate in hiring, for example, while Australian media elevates religious identity above all else. […]

What does “common security” really mean today

24 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

By Niu Honglin As a podcaster, I work on shows with different themes. Some are analytical. Some are historical. Some are very entertaining. But this one stayed with me in a different way. This article […]

The Gorgon’s Stare: Deconstructing the Enduring Machinery of War

24 December 2025 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 9

War is not a natural disaster. It is a system – a complex, enduring machinery with distinct, interlocking parts that have been refined over centuries. To understand why humanity remains trapped in cycles of conflict, […]

Can green development really bring us together?

23 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 3

By Niu Honglin This article comes from a podcast series I’ve been working on that looks at global governance through a simple but demanding idea: a shared future for humanity. Each episode focuses on one […]

Instead of buying Venezuelan heavy crude… Trump just steals it

23 December 2025 AIMN Editorial 11

By Walt Zlotow The US desperately needs Venezuelan heavy crude oil to run its Gulf Coast refineries. But 20 years of failed US sanctions to overthrow last two Venezuelan socialist presidents has caused Venezuela to […]

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