Dr. Binoy Kampmark

Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. He has published widely on topics of international security and modern history, and is currently lecturing in Modern History at the University of Queensland. I blog at Oz Moses (http://ozmoses.blogspot.com/)


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	Nuclear White Elephants: Australia's New Submarine Deal by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It does not get any messier or more chaotic than this. Since 2009, when Australia’s Future Submarine Program (FSP) known as Project SEA 1000, began to take shape, strategists and policy makers have been keen to pursue
	Bitcoin the Messiah: El Salvador Goes Crypto by Dr. Binoy Kampmark In a particular deli store in South Melbourne, a tongue-and-cheek message is attached to the cash register. “Bitcoin accepted there,” it proclaims brightly. Naturally, it is nothing of the sort, a teasing ruse fo
	Messianic Failure: Pursuing the GWOT Jabberwock by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Anniversaries can provide occasions for reflection and deep consideration. Past errors and misjudgements can be considered soberly; historical distance provides perspective. Mature reflections may be permitted. But they can

	Weaponised Refugees and Hybrid Attacks by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Refugees and asylum seekers provide rich pickings for demagogues and political opportunists. The Australian approach politicises their plight by arguing that they are illegitimate depending on the way they arrive, namely, by
	Paul Wolfowitz: Deluded and At Liberty by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It was all marvellous for Paul Wolfowitz to get on Australian television (why bother?) to brusquely discuss those attacks on US soil in September 2001 and criticism of the invasion of Iraq by US-led forces. After two decades
	Patriotic Snitch: Bob Hawke as US Informant by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Larrikin is a word often, and inaccurately used, in Australian political lingo. Australia’s longest serving Labor Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, was known as one such f
	Blinken Says No to Greenland Real Estate by Dr. Binoy Kampmark In May, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a visit to Greenland. In a rather unedifying way, he was called ‘Tony’ by his hosts, a disarming point that
	Abandoned and Alone: Lamenting the US-Australian Alliance by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Listening to Australian pundits talk about the relationship of their country with the US – at least from a strategic perspective – can be a trying exercise. I
	Droning Disasters: A US Strike on Kabul by Dr. Binoy Kampmark No more profoundly disturbing statement was needed. In the dying days of the official US departure from Kabul, a US drone etched its butcher’s legacy with a strike
	The Neocons Speak: Afghanistan as Political Real Estate by Dr. Binoy Kampmark When the tears dry, it is worth considering why there is so much upset about the fall of Kabul (or reconquest) by the Taliban and the messy withdrawal of US-led forces. A
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