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Binoy Kampmark
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.
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Rivalries And Anxieties: Reviving The Hejaz Railway
Monday, 13 July 2026, 2:28 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In a June 9 memorandum of understanding signed between Türkiye and Saudi Arabia, a railway line is envisaged between the two countries that will traverse Jordan and Syria and create a strategic logistics artery linking the Gulf states to Europe. More >>
Uranium Diets: Nuclear Energy, Modi And Down Under Toadies
Sunday, 12 July 2026, 3:53 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Modi, despite his salty sectarianism and sketchy record on human rights, has managed to charm his way into many liberal democratic establishments. More >>
Trash Politics With Brio: Count Binface Versus Nigel Farage
Saturday, 11 July 2026, 3:36 pm | Binoy Kampmark
There has been sheer wonderment, anger and amusement at this turn up for the books. More >>
Deferring A Crisis: The Iran-US Ceasefire Cracks
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 2:54 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Iran has continued to target vessels in the strait’s southern corridor, notably those transiting near the Omani coastline. More >>
Demagogue Stunt: Nigel Farage’s By-Election Gambit
Wednesday, 8 July 2026, 2:17 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In such a situation, only suitable levels of disgust and disapproval will prevent Farage’s re-election. Reform voters have become fairly used to seeing their man of the long moment derided and mocked for not abiding by the rules. More >>
World Cup Trump Cards: Infantino, FIFA And The Meddlesome US President
Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 3:24 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The operation involved frantic efforts by US Soccer’s legal team to formally draft and submit an appeal to FIFA, with Giuliani and Lutnick offering the assistance of White House attorneys if needed. More >>
Scrutinising The Unpardonable: The AUKUS Public Inquiry So Far
Sunday, 5 July 2026, 6:26 pm | Binoy Kampmark
With such a list of ailments and threats posed by AUKUS, it is little wonder the creature still lives. More >>
Laboratory Politics: Monoculture Down Under
Saturday, 4 July 2026, 4:21 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Most entertainingly of all, many Australian politicians do not seem to know what monoculture means, mostly due to their failure to understand its inapplicable properties, at least when it comes to human societies. More >>
White Flag Judgments: Palestine Action, Protest And The UK Courts
Wednesday, 1 July 2026, 3:21 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The government of Sir Keir “Human Rights” Starmer was never going to let things stand, nor should not be forgotten that the High Court decision was hardly brimming with praise for the actions of Palestine Action. More >>
Independents Be Wary: The Teals And The Hemlock Of Party Politics
Tuesday, 30 June 2026, 1:15 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Instead of adapting to the arrival of the independents, the government is merely following a policy of gradual extermination: try to starve the funding supply to independents and keep the loot for themselves. More >>
Adding To Failure: Amending Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban
Sunday, 28 June 2026, 3:55 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Globally, the desire to hold back youth from perceived corruption, ennui and neuroses at the hands of nasty tech titans is underway. More >>
Ironic Fates: Bolton, Trump And Mishandling Classified Documents
Saturday, 27 June 2026, 3:19 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Trump, currently reigning in a kingdom beyond prosecution, has been splenetic in his attitude to Bolton, whom he accused of using classified information in his unflattering account of the Trump administration in The Room Where It Happened. More >>
Starmer Begone: Another Dud Leaves Number 10
Wednesday, 24 June 2026, 2:20 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The fall of Starmer is another reminder about how the political context of popularity and demise has changed. More >>
The Cult Of Banderism: The UPA And Poland-Ukraine Relations
Monday, 22 June 2026, 3:42 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Poland hosts nearly 1 million Ukrainian refugees, currently comprising 2.5% of its population, a demographic jolt to accompany the pre-war presence of some 1.3-1.5 million Ukrainian migrant workers and long-term residents. More >>
Lion’s Den Politics: Pauline Hanson At The National Press Club
Sunday, 21 June 2026, 5:18 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Watch the show unravel when One Nation starts winning seats. To defeat opponents at the ballot box is one thing; being a functional member, something else. That will be a parliament worth watching. More >>
Nasty Fictions: The Global University Ranking System
Friday, 19 June 2026, 7:23 am | Binoy Kampmark
The authors offer various reasons why such rankings are “problematic” More >>
Emulated Silliness: The UK Under-16 Social Media Ban
Wednesday, 17 June 2026, 3:23 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Anathemised and abominated, the digital fora offered by social media also serve as spaces of participation and engagement for the young, so often treated by government authorities as vessels of dangerous immaturity. More >>
Back To Bad Beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum Of Understanding
Tuesday, 16 June 2026, 2:12 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Iran has confirmed beyond any doubt that it can, when it wishes, close that most important of arterial routes in international trade, the Strait of Hormuz. More >>
Sporting With Steroids: The Enhanced Games Flop In Las Vegas
Sunday, 14 June 2026, 3:20 pm | Binoy Kampmark
There is much cynicism, some of it both pernicious and justified, about sporting bodies and the way athletes are treated in sport. Spectators, however, ultimately wish to see a worthy show, whatever risks are presented to the athlete. More >>
The Elon Musk Cult: Drooling In The SpaceX Bubble
Sunday, 14 June 2026, 5:02 am | Binoy Kampmark
Musk is not just a threat to such simple notions as civic duty but an arid, unforgivable bore who tries so hard to be, well, liked. More >>
