http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=international Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Alon Ben-Meir) What hunger in the human soul chooses chains over courage, a demagogue over the demanding art of freedom? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24065 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24065 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:53:46 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24065 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) Will Australia get submarines, or simply become America's southern naval base? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24061 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24061 Wed, 8 Jul 2026 09:51:18 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24061 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Chek Ling) Is AUKUS just another expression of long-held Australian xenophobia or racism towards the Chinese? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24048 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24048 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:05:51 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24048 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Alon Ben-Meir) A war launched to reshape the Middle East has instead exposed the limits of force - and the cost of misunderstanding a nation that has spent millennia learning how to endure. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24044 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24044 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:41 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24044 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Chris Lewis) Australia needs foreign workers, but what lessons can we learn from other countries with large worker populations, like Singapore? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24040 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24040 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:37:12 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24040 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jesinta Adams) World trade is dominated by naval chokepoints, but there are ways to go around them. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24033 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24033 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:54:26 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24033 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) After bombing Iran, Washington may find itself negotiating on terms little different from those it once rejected. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24030 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24030 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:01:19 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24030 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Simon Hutagalung) The South Pacific risks becoming a battleground when it wants to remain a Zone of Peace. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24029 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24029 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:01:11 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24029 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Alon Ben-Meir) Benjamin Netanyahu’s political career will be remembered not for an era of national stewardship, but as a prolonged exercise in political survival at the expense of Israel’s security, democratic health, and moral standing. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24026 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24026 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:34:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24026 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Murray Hunter) As global support wanes and America looks inward, Israel faces a fateful choice between expansion and integration. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24024 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=24024 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:57:34 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=24024 On Line Opinion