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Trump’s foreign policy: “I don’t need international law because I’m not looking to hurt people”

17 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 12

By Walt Zlotow In dismissing international law, Trump went further and proclaimed regarding any limit on his authority to engage in military action, “the only limit is my own mind, my own morality… the only […]

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When immigration enforcement starts to look like war

17 January 2026 Michael Taylor 5

Something unsettling is happening in the United States, and it is not announcing itself with a single dramatic event. It arrived incrementally, wrapped in the language of “law and order,” and justified as necessity rather […]

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Beyond Bondi: How Canberra Could Look in 2026

16 January 2026 John Lord 5

Emerging from the long shadow cast by the Bondi shootings, as the city exhales after summer’s hush, our focus turns again to the vibrant mosaic of daily life. After months of heated debate, a Royal […]

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The Manufactured Silence: How Australia’s Education and Institutions Were Engineered for Consent

16 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 10

Abstract This investigation traces the deliberate transformation of Australia’s education system from a public good to a commodity of ideological control, orchestrated by a confluence of neoliberal policy, Zionist influence networks, and media consolidation since […]

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Delivering in 43 Degrees

16 January 2026 Roger Chao 2

It’s the kind of day where the air feels thick before you even step outside. The morning forecast is already grim – heat building fast, a high in the forties, overnight temperatures that barely count […]

Trump’s Precipice

16 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 6

By Christopher Kennedy A year or so on from my second article, concerning a $5 bet I hold that the USA was going to fall into civil war under Trump; I sit on the precipice of […]

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Two Fronts and a Third Eye: Trump’s War Party in the Age of the Algorithm

16 January 2026 David Tyler 25

Trump’s foreign policy now resembles a champagne party staged on the deck of a carrier: chandeliers swinging over grey steel, tuxedos catching the rotor wash, and a band playing fit to drown out the sea. […]

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Those ads – the annoying ones – they are not ours. But here’s what you can do about them

15 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 18

We’ve heard you. Many of you have told us you avoid clicking through to our site from Facebook, Threads or X because the first thing you are greeted with are large, intrusive full-page ads that […]

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A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

15 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

What matters peace if it permits killing, maiming and destroying the infrastructure of a society supposedly once at war? This is the situation facing Gaza as the occupying Israeli forces go about their business making […]

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Driving in Circles

15 January 2026 Roger Chao 6

I have sat on the board of numerous accreditation/assessment agencies for overseas qualifications/professions – the below is not an actual/specific person, but an amalgamation of the various people’s stories I have encountered in these roles. […]

The Permanent Machinery: The Pre-Written Playbook for Tragedy and Control

15 January 2026 Dr Andrew Klein, PhD 4

This analysis encountered a critical data anomaly: the specific future incident it referenced was contaminated by chronologically impossible source material. This flaw, however, reveals a deeper truth. The response mechanisms detailed below are not predictions, […]

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On the Eve of Destruction: Has His Majesty’s Madness for War Led His Loyal Supporters Astray?

15 January 2026 David Tyler 2

The Persian Gulf is no longer a tinderbox; it is an inferno. Just this morning, President Trump of the USA and Venezuela, as he now styles himself, has effectively issued a declaration of intent, telling […]

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Calling the dead a “deranged lunatic” is not leadership

14 January 2026 Michael Taylor 10

There are moments in public life when the mask slips so completely that no amount of spin can put it back in place. Karoline Leavitt’s decision to refer to Renee Nicole Good – a woman […]

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Spectral Threats: China, Russia and Trump’s Greenland Rationale

14 January 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

The Trump administration’s mania about Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, is something to behold. Its untutored thuggery, its brash assertiveness, and the increasingly strident threats to either use force, bully Denmark into a sale […]

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100 days into ceasefire Gaza still deliberately deprived of water as aid groups forced to scavenge under illegal blockade

14 January 2026 AIMN Editorial 4

Oxfam Australia Media Release Oxfam and partners restore limited water access for 156,000 amid near-total water and sanitation infrastructure collapse. 100 days into the ceasefire announcement, in a week that has seen more severe weather […]

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