Although the US will remain the world’s single largest power in 2025, China, India and Russia may supplant the West as leaders of the world, diminishing the role of the US, writes Patrick J. Byrne. The weakened role of the US will raise fundamental issues for Australia, which has been heavily dependent on the US…
The recent Mumbai massacre marks a new strategy of Islamist terrorism, the “urban jihad”, which, using readily available telecommunication and satellite technology to deadly effect, can paralyse major cities. Former senior intelligence officer John Miller warns of the likelihood of further attacks of this nature, not only in India, but in Western democratic countries, including…
Federal shadow minister the Hon. Tony Abbott MP spoke at the annual News Weekly Dinner in Melbourne on December 8, 2008. He recalled his early involvement, during his student days, with the National Civic Council (the Movement), and described the pitfalls that all principled statesmen must face when trying to realise their ideals in public…
David Hicks was reportedly involved with the terrorist organisation, Laskhar-e-Taiba, which has been implicated in the Mumbai massacre, reports Babette Francis. The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai is a few hundred metres from where my family and I lived when I was at university. I loved the elegance of the place and I feel overwhelming…
