Dr Binoy Kampmark, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

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Operation Epic Fury and US Unreadiness for War

25 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

The bellicose may find wars attractive and cleansing, but those responsible for such dry matters as inventory, material and how prepared the armed forces of a country are will stalk them with unpleasant truths. The […]

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More Parleying Nonsense: Trump, Iran and Promised Negotiations

24 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

It’s almost not worth considering, but precisely because it comes from the White House, the mad manoeuvrings and silly airings of the US President must be taken seriously. But only to a point. Over the […]

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Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear

21 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

Joe Kent, the now former US Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, always seemed a bit off, especially to liberals. As a combat veteran of MAGA pedigree, he found favour with President Donald J. Trump, […]

Opportunistic Asylum: How Australia Exploited the Iranian Women’s Football Team

18 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 6

When it comes to asylum seekers, the Australian political machine has prided itself on using cruelty and a purposely obtuse understanding of international law. Bolted sovereignty has been elevated over rights and humanitarianism, while political […]

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Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock

17 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 8

The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the usual prized duo that feature in the nervous […]

Costly and Depleting: The Growing Problems of Operation Epic Fury

15 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

The big drain on military resources has begun. A war apparently already won (and not), against an adversary supposedly without means to fight back, its air force and navy destroyed, its missile capabilities blunted, is […]

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Middle Power Nonsense: Australia, Canada and Capitulating to the Iran War

11 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 13

In his January speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave the impression of a banker turned soothsayer, a Daniel coming to judgment. Here was a born-again man of […]

Starmer’s Self-Defence Fudge: The UK’s Growing Involvement in the Iran War

10 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful. It remains to be seen whether the UK’s increasing involvement in the illegal war being waged on Iran by Israel and […]

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Doctrine and Proliferation: France, Forward Deterrence and Going Backwards

9 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

To expand a stockpile of both the useless and the mindlessly murderous in a military sense would seem to be a wasteful exercise best contemplated in the psychiatric ward. But such a ward is increasingly […]

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It’s About Children and Education: Melania Trump at the UN Security Council

7 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 7

Former British Conservative politician and current pundit Rory Stewart thought it might have been a case of artificial intelligence. Many would have agreed. The US First Lady, Melania Trump, had chanced upon a situation where […]

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Loony Bin Rationales: The Continuing War on Iran

6 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 2

Villainous lunacy is abundant these days as the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States continues. The rationale for this illegal pre-emptive war that not only lacks legitimacy but should land its perpetrators […]

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Inflated Calamities: Security Threats to Anthony Albanese

5 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 1

With the ruling classes shown to be fickle, contemptible and unreliable in fulfilling their obligations to society, much of this confirmed by the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the United States Department of […]

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Going Native in the Trump Jungle: How it became Legal to Attack Iran

3 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 10

The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President Donald J. Trump. While we keep hearing about how awful Russia’s war against Ukraine is, […]

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Roguish Justifications: The Apologists for the Attack on Iran

2 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 3

February 28, 2026. Another attack, another breach of the United Nations Charter. A gross violation of international law. As usual, a violation celebrated as ethical, necessary, and high-minded in principle by the powerful who dictate […]

Mendacious Rationales: The Lies Behind Operation Lion’s Roar

1 March 2026 Dr Binoy Kampmark 5

Many in the United States would scarcely identify the difference between Iran and Iraq, both countries based on ancient civilisations so chronologically distant as to be fiction. If not Marvel, it’s not marvellous. But another […]

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