China is rapidly expanding its economic and strategic interests in Central Asia, with global strategic implications. As the United States refocuses its attention from Afghanistan to the Asia-Pacific, and NATO halts its eastward expansion, China is stepping up its “Marching Westwards” policy. Chinese President Xi Jinping recently toured through Central Asia, signing contracts worth tens…
The world’s central bankers believe that the world faces the prospect of more bubbles, financial crises and currency collapses because of their inability to fix the world trade and global financial systems. The recent meeting of the world’s central bankers in the American city of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was marked by a fatalistic acceptance that…
Same-sex marriage fundamentally changes not only the legal definition of marriage, but all the social, educational, economic, legal and religious institutions that service and support marriage, family and children. Yet, the lobby pushing for redefining marriage argues that same-sex marriage does no harm to anyone else, so it should be legalised. In the Australian Capital…
Restrictions on the foreign buy-up of farmland are needed, at least until an accurate register of foreign ownerships is established. However, the issue is complicated by the fact that many farmers would be happy to sell to anyone wanting to buy their farms, because of the parlous state of many rural industries. One indicator of…
