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Australia as a 'pivotal power', or just a middle one?

From his output, ASPI’s Anthony Bergin likes nothing if not to test ideas in relation to Australia’s strategic positioning. His recent proposition that Australia is not so much a ‘middle power’ but a ‘pivotal power’ is a case in point . http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/is-australia-a-pivotal-power/ Bergin’s argument is that the common strategic descriptor for Australia as a ‘middle […]

Mrs Strangequeen, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Monarchy

This is the text of my address to Deakin University’s annual forum: ‘Yes we’re still a monarchy but it’s not my fault’ Thank you and I trust you find the following comments inane yet not un-aspersive. My name does not imply an imprimatur for the monarchy which, according to noted Englishman Christopher Hitchens, is ‘Britain’s […]