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Tony Aboott on the Warpath in Taiwan in Pursuing Foolhardy Australian Policy
Leng Shumei, in Global Times, 11 October 2021, where the title runs thus “China lodges solemn representations to Australia over Abbott’s ‘immoral, ridiculous’ comments on Taiwan” China lodged solemn representations to Australia over recent “immoral, irresponsible and ridiculous” speeches made … Continue reading →
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Empowering the Body and ‘Noble Death’
Michael Roberts and Arthur Saniotis, … reproducing the editorial introduction to a collection of essays devoted to the topic identified in the title pesented within Social Analysis, Volume 50, Issue 1, Spring 2006, 7–24 © Berghahn Journals … with highlighting … Continue reading →
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Understanding the Kamikaze Attacks in World War Two
Kostas Sapardanis, at http://sapardanis.org/2016/05/20/kamikaze-who-they-were-why-they-died/ on 20 May 2016, where the title runs thus “Kamikaze – Who they were, why they died” … item sent to me by retd Brig Hiran Halangode “Every time one country gets something, another soon … Continue reading →
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Russian Corner: Three Options Now
Ivan Timofeev of the Valdai Club, deploying this title “Russia now has just three options left on Ukraine” … with highlighting imposed by Thuppahi With Washington rejecting many of Moscow’s security concerns, the prospect of escalation is rising. The US … Continue reading →
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Encountering Extremism: Biographical Tracks and Twists
Michael Roberts reproducing an article that originally appeared on the 19th March 2010 in https://sacrificialdevotionnetwork.wordpress.com/ One’s academic trajectories and journeys are invariably subject to vagaries and contingencies. The events and researches leading to my interest in “communal violence” and “zealotry” … Continue reading →
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On the Table: The Nuclear War Option! God Almighty!
Brian Victoria, in Countercurrents, 5 December 2021, where the title is “An Option Taken Off the Table” As most readers know, whenever the US seeks to force a nation to accede to its wishes, a spokesperson will say, “All options … Continue reading →
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Misreading the Asian Political Scenario: Ameer Ali’s Six Misconceptions
Fair Dinkum Ameer Ali’s essay of 6 June 2021 in the Colombo Telegraph [reproduced recently in Thuppahi ……… https://thuppahis.com/2021/10/24/betwixt-india-and-china-little-lanka/) suffers from three fatal flaws. First, there is a failure to identify his political affiliations and to show some understanding of … Continue reading →
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For Lanka: The Profound Interventions of Pauline & Dick Hensman
Rohini Hensman, in a commemorative essay about her politically committed parents in the SSA journal POLITY in 2023 where the title runs “A Hundred Years of Pauline And C. R. (Dick) Hensman” The birth anniversaries of Pauline Hensman (née Swan) … Continue reading →
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The American & IMF Bear in Sri Lanka’s Drawing Room
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, in InDepthNow, July 2022 ….. https://www.indepthnews.net/index.php/opinion/5466-the-elephant-in-the-room-geopolitics-and-the-great-reset-in-sri-lanka …. where the title is “The Elephant in the Room: …” “But to watch cricket, there has to be a country left for us to watch it in, no?” A fan at the … Continue reading →
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Threatening Situation for Russia
Ivan Timofeev, in Valdai Discussion Club, where the title reads “Russia now has just three options left on Ukraine” With Washington rejecting many of Moscow’s security concerns, the prospect of escalation is rising Conscripts for the Russian Army wearing … Continue reading →
