Michael Taylor, Author at The Australian Independent Media Network

US Sanctions on ICC Judges and Prosecutors: Motivations, Implications, and Future Prospects

22 August 2025 Michael Taylor 3

In a move that has reignited tensions between the United States and the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Trump administration has announced the imposition of sanctions on four ICC officials: two judges and two deputy […]

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What must Americans think of a war criminal’s welcome?

20 August 2025 Michael Taylor 19

The image is jarring: Vladimir Putin, a man with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for war crimes, steps off a plane onto American soil. U.S. military personnel, symbols of national pride, are on their […]

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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine Whiplash

19 August 2025 Michael Taylor 3

It hasn’t been a good week for President Trump on the international stage. In just a few days, his messaging on Russia and Ukraine has shifted so many times that allies and analysts alike are […]

Putin’s praise of Trump isn’t flattery – it’s a warning

18 August 2025 Michael Taylor 32

When Russian President Vladimir Putin declared at the Alaska summit that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump had been U.S. president in 2022, the comment sent ripples through political discourse. Trump and […]

Why must peace always rest on the shoulders of a U.S. President?

17 August 2025 Michael Taylor 7

For decades, the world has looked instinctively to Washington when war breaks out and peace feels out of reach. The President of the United States has been cast as the ultimate mediator, the one leader […]

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Trump meets with Putin: the non-event that was sold as history

16 August 2025 Michael Taylor 11

The buildup was epic. For weeks, the Trump administration talked up the meeting with Vladimir Putin as if the world was about to witness a defining moment in history. Media speculation was feverish – would […]

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Is Trump’s National Guard threat a racial dog whistle aiming to rig the mid-terms?

15 August 2025 Michael Taylor 7

President Trump’s latest move has the smell of a racial dog whistle – and a wilder theory is bubbling beneath it. After deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C. on August 11, he called out […]

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A question of priorities – but whose?

15 August 2025 Michael Taylor 7

A question of priorities: why Washington got the guard while other cities buried their dead In early August, President Trump ordered the National Guard into Washington, D.C., following the assault of a 19-year-old former DOGE […]

Is Andrew Hastie eyeing a leadership coup against Sussan Ley?

14 August 2025 Michael Taylor 10

As the Liberal Party grapples with its post-election identity crisis, whispers of a potential leadership challenge are growing louder. Andrew Hastie, the Shadow Home Affairs Minister and MP for Canning, has emerged as a figure […]

The vindictive lunch: Richard Branson’s encounter with Donald Trump

13 August 2025 Michael Taylor 5

It’s strange how a single word can rip the dust sheet off an old memory – something half-forgotten, tucked away for years. Nearly a decade ago, I read Richard Branson’s unsettling 2016 account of a […]

Nationhood and the ‘Pure’ Race (part 5)

12 August 2025 Michael Taylor 5

Conclusion Intellectual fashions in Social Darwinism and eugenics sought to ‘purify’ and secure a white Australia. The Indigenous population (and what was seen as the hordes of Chinese entering the colony from the 1850s) were […]

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Why die-hard Trump voters are still cheering in 2025

11 August 2025 Michael Taylor 4

Why die-hard Trump voters are still cheering in 2025 – and why their enthusiasm might be misguided When Donald Trump reclaimed the White House as the 47th president in November 2024, his victory sparked jubilation […]

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Nationhood and the ‘Pure’ Race (part 4)

11 August 2025 Michael Taylor 2

The other threat With the discovery of gold in 1851, the influx of Chinese became a major focus as the intensity and institutionalism of racism increased, and this continued to agitate throughout the second half […]

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Nationhood and the ‘Pure’ Race (part 3)

10 August 2025 Michael Taylor 0

Ideology and the Indigenous Australians Racial preconceptions had germinated by 26th January 1788 when the history of European-Aboriginal interactions began as the British flag was raised at Port Jackson. Accordingly, Governor Phillip and others brought […]

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Australia to chart its own course on Palestinian statehood, without Trump’s say-so

9 August 2025 Michael Taylor 9

Australia’s decision on whether to recognise a Palestinian state will not be dictated by Washington – and that, apparently, was enough to attract howls of condemnation and disapproval from sections of the Murdoch media. Prime […]

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