THE REVENGE OF GEOGRAPHY: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by Robert D. Kaplan (New York: Random House) Hardcover: 432 pages ISBN: 9781400069835 RRP: AUD$54.95 Reviewed by Warren Reed Robert Kaplan, the renowned American author and commentator, was named among the world’s “Top 100 Global Thinkers”…
THE CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION by Cory Bernardi (Ballarat, Victoria: Connor Court) Paperback: 180 pages ISBN: 9781922168962 RRP: $29.95 Reviewed by John Ballantyne This newly released book, The Conservative Revolution, by Liberal Senator for South Australia, Cory Bernardi, is a welcome corrective to the muddle and malice that pass for political discourse in today’s Australia. Ever…
Taiwan’s population of 23 million is almost exactly the same as Australia’s, but Taiwan is one of the most densely populated countries on earth while Australia is very sparsely inhabited; Taiwan is half the size of Tasmania. When the Portuguese sailors first saw the main island of Taiwan in 1544, they called it Ilha Formosa,…
“THEY all were looking for a king To slay their foes and lift them high: Thou cam’st, a little baby thing That made a woman cry.” — George MacDonald (1824-1905). Here we are, at the end of another year, another year in the seemingly never-ending battle against the Other Side. We fight on many fronts,…
