The Defence White Paper assumes an aggressive posture and receives unprecedented funding
Tag Archives: security
The State and Terror in the New Era
Jenny Hocking: Imprecision over the language of ‘terrorism’ and its application, leads to concerns that counter-terrorist security measures will be broadly targetted in ways that are neither appropriate nor efficient, ways that may impinge upon legitimate political agitation and dissent
High Towers, High Stakes, High Risks
John Hinkson: The financial fallout of the attack has laid bare the risky and crisis-ridden nature of a hi-tech society. The aftershocks will echo through every sector of the economy.
The Terrorist Syndrome
Paul James: Mainstream Western responses to global violence involve disturbing reassertions of nationalistic parochialism.
Will Democracy Come to the USA?
Simon Cooper: Political dissent, so-called un-Americanism and the erosion of civil liberties in the US
Mapping the Political Terrain
George Aditjondro Post-Referendum Timor Loro Sa’e


