Dr Binoy Kampmark
The ICJ, Israel and the Gaza Blockade
The murder and starvation of populations in real time, subject to rolling coverage and commentary, is not usually the done…
Yale, Ben-Gvir and Banning Palestinian Groups
Universities are in a bind. As institutions of learning and teaching, knowledge learnt and taught should, or at the very…
Fallibility, Dirty Wars and Pope Francis I
The very idea of infallibility sets one up for the mighty fall. But the Pope, temporal head of all Catholics,…
The Selling of America: Ending the US Dollar’s Exorbitant Privilege
Has the love, or even more so the fixation, gone with the US dollar, that all cushioning reserve currency that…
Euphemistic Practices: The IDF, Killing Aid Workers and Self-Investigation
Few armed forces have managed to make murder and executions the stuff of procedural aberration rather than intentional practice. Killing…
Dotty and Cretinous: Reviewing AUKUS
It was a deal for the cretinous, hammered out by the less than bright for less than honourable goals. But…
De Facto Occupation: Israel’s Security Zone Strategy
In recent months, the Israeli Defense Forces have been much taken by a term that augurs poorly for peaceful accord…
Flexible and Sly: Indonesian Defence Policy, Russia and Australian Anxiety
Island states tend to be anxious political entities. Encircled by water, seemingly defended by natural obstacles, the fear of corrupting…
Gender Stunts in Space: Blue Origin’s Female Celebrity Envoys
Indulgent, vain and profligate, the all-female venture into space on the self-piloted New Shepard (NS-31) operated by Jeff Bezos’ Blue…
Olfactive Implications: Perfume, Power and Emmanuel Macron
Apparently, he is addicted to it. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, adores using perfume. The variety: Dior Eau Sauvage. Dior…
Junk Science and Bad Policing: The Homicide Prediction Project
The law enforcement breed can be a pretty dark lot. To be paid to think suspiciously leaves its mark, fostering…
Killing Paramedics: Israel’s War on Palestinian Health
It was a massacre. Fifteen emergency workers, butchered in cold blood by personnel from the Israeli Defense Forces in southern…
Withdrawal Symptoms: Hungary, Europe and the International Criminal Court
Europe seems to be suffering paroxysms of withdrawal, notably when it comes to international conventions. Many states on the continent…
Addressing Hate Speech and Incitement: Holding Meta Accountable in Africa
It was yet another unwelcome development for Mark Zuckerberg’s technology titan Meta, the parent company of Facebook. The High Court…
Closed for Business: The Oddities of Trump’s Tariffs
Liberation Day, as April 2 was described by US President Donald Trump, had all the elements of reality television perversion.…