By Brian Boyd Overview Update The first half of 2025 saw billions of words recorded by the monopoly media concerning the styles and foibles of various political leaders of the major powers such as Trump, Putin, Xi, Macron and Starmer. The endless optics, emphasising their spin and ramblings, are given shallow analysis of what is the real basis of growing …

By Brian Boyd, July 2023 This is the first of a three part-series that examines the strategic reasons for the AUKUS pact and the dangers for Australia. INTRODUCTIONThe first half of 2023 saw the political position of Australia changing dramatically, specifically in relation to the often stated “dangerous deterioration in relations between the two superpowers”, the US and China. This …