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The ‘Devil’ in Haiti

Victims of colonialist exploitation for centuries, Haitians need more than temporary aid. Aurélien Mondon on Haiti.

Death in Freeport

21st Century colonialism flourishes in West Papua writes Edmund McWilliam

Reflections on the Current Condition

The Arena publications respond to the current crisis. By Geoff Sharp, Nonie Sharp, John Hinkson, Paul James, Alison Caddick, Simon Cooper

Murdoch’s Boyer Lectures

Simon Cooper asks why the News Corp chief was given yet another soap box to air his views

The Neglected State-builder

Michael Leach on Cuban medical programs in the Pacific.

New Empires, New Anti-Empires

Tom Nairn argues the case for multilateralism

Building Our Own Asteroid

Peter Christoff asks what level of risk we are prepared to accept

The Age of Meta-War

The distancing effects of techno-weaponry and a sanitised global media are the altering the structural basis of modern warfare writes Paul James

Shock Fetish Shoes, Sex and Shock

Michele Willson asks how far can shock advertising go before we become unshockable.

Trepang Opening Night

Lisa Palmer spends a night at the indigenous opera