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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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The Hazara Dilemma: Ghani in Australia - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 3:39 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The Hazara Dilemma: Ghani in Australia By Binoy Kampmark Australian government officials are at it again, and the visit by President Ashaf Ghani to Canberra on Sunday piqued interest amongst various members of the Afghan community concerned about the next ... More >>
Trump in Outer Space: The NASA Bill - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 3:25 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The NASA authorisation bill was another Trump huff and puff show, brimming with the usual air of minted if misplaced confidence. “My fellow Americans, this week in the company of astronauts I was honoured to sign the NASA Transition Authorization ... More >>
Sebastian Gorka: Dreams of Fighting Jihad - Binoy Kampmark
Monday, 3 April 2017, 3:03 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Counter-terrorism has been a pop field for some decades. As vague as what it purports to counter, it has generated a pundocracy of sorts, guns and mouths for hire across the US imperium and its associate powers. More >>
Brexit and Away! - Binoy Kampmark
Friday, 31 March 2017, 4:32 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Painful moves and painful movements have been underway in Brexiting Britain. Prime Minister Theresa May of the UK initiated the Brexit bluster via letter, and March 29, 2017 may well go down in the annals of the European project as more than a mere ... More >>
What Cost Liberty? Civilians in the “Liberation” of Mosul
Thursday, 30 March 2017, 4:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Bombs do not have a conscience, however named, blessed or created. They go, at least in a rough sense, where directed, and if the deliverer is ill disposed, confused or simply incompetent, disaster follows. More >>
Binoy Kampmark: Disaster As Joy - Cyclone Debbie Strikes
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 5:46 pm | Binoy Kampmark
“If the building starts to break up, protect yourself w[sic] mattresses, rugs etc under strong table or hold onto solid fixture.” Queensland Ambulance, Twitter, Mar 28, 2017 More >>
The Electronics Ban and Lessons in Futility - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 12:24 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Security measures are often exercises in futility. Resembling placebos, they are the reassurance authorities make as acts of intrusive inconvenience. Queues are increased at airports in the vain hope that an elusive gel carrier will be nabbed before the ... More >>
The Demon Drink and Cricket Sponsorship - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 12:16 pm | Binoy Kampmark
A strong tone of temperance has characterised discussions about Australian cricket of late. The tone got somewhat more excited with the announcement that Cricket Australia, after two decades, would end its relationship with Carlton and United Breweries, ... More >>
Cyclone Watch in Australia - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 12:11 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The curious, sweaty mammals of North Queensland in Australia are bracing themselves for yet another cyclone with an anodyne name. Cyclone Debbie might have impressed you as a person who turns up at the door asking for donations for the Red Cross Appeal. ... More >>
Grief and Losing Father - Binoy Kampmark
Thursday, 23 March 2017, 11:01 am | Binoy Kampmark
Grief can be motivator and inhibitor. It buffers, even repels realities, supplanting them with flowing tears and shaking hale storms. But it can also be acutely penetrating, insightfully unfurling truths as battle banners for veracity. More >>
Romancing Coal: The Adani Obsession - Binoy Kampmark
Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 12:55 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The rain pours with torrential fury in north Queensland, opening up with ominous welcome as it slices through layers of stifling humidity. But the fury is also being registered in the rag like bleating sheet known to locals as the Bullie, that beacon ... More >>
Free Speech Confusions: Australia’s Q&A Program
Thursday, 16 March 2017, 3:53 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Monday’s discussion on Australia’s Q&A program , an open forum supposedly designed to bring voices to an open stage of feted experts and pundits, turned on a few confusing points on free speech. The discussion demonstrated a sharp divorce ... More >>
The Murky World of Deradicalisation - Binoy Kampmark
Thursday, 16 March 2017, 10:56 am | Binoy Kampmark
It has attracted money and the implementation of programs, another standard diversionary tactic common in many societies. It is all touted as a good bit of social engineering, a form of anger management by other means. The basis of that problematic term “deradicalisation” ... More >>
Brexit Ping Pong - Binoy Kampmark
Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 2:26 pm | Binoy Kampmark
The administrative ping pong of Brexit continues, an exercise that merely prolongs both pain and uncertainly. Confused, parliamentarians await the next twist before the inevitable surrender. The last round of votes touched on two House of Lords amendments ... More >>
Russia, Ukraine, and the ICJ: Opening Arguments at The Hague
Tuesday, 14 March 2017, 10:16 am | Binoy Kampmark
Matters have been far from plain sailing for the parties in the Ukrainian conflict, and Kiev was determined to remind international audiences about matters in taking Russia to the International Court of Justice. More >>
Poaching in Europe’s Suburbs - Binoy Kampmark
Monday, 13 March 2017, 11:31 am | Binoy Kampmark
“There has never been a case like this in a zoo in Europe, an assault of such violence, evidently for this stupid trafficking of rhinoceros horns.” Thierry Duguet, head of Parc Zoologique de Thoiry More >>
WikiLeaks, “Year Zero” and the CIA Hacking Files
Friday, 10 March 2017, 1:59 pm | Binoy Kampmark
“It is now up to the device and OS manufacturers, like Apple, Google, or Samsung, to fix their volcanoes back into mountains.” Telegram Statement, Mar 8, 2017 More >>
Electoral Interference as Reality: A Brief History
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 4:52 pm | Binoy Kampmark
We should not forget the encouragement: hack those emails, extolled Donald J. Trump during the presidential campaign in 2016. It was the first public evocation of its sort, an invitation to a foreign power, in this case Russia, to indulge in cyber ... More >>
Trump, Twitter and the Ban Debate - Binoy Kampmark
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 4:04 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It is said that Twitter has been responsible for stirring nascent revolutions in the Middle East, going beyond its initial description as the Seinfeld platform of social media. It has also been targeted by authorities for stirring the pot, lighting ... More >>
Beguiling the Hosts: India’s Fall to Spin Bowling
Wednesday, 8 March 2017, 3:54 pm | Binoy Kampmark
It defies the belief of recent memory. Not even the Sheikh of Tweak, Shane Warne, managed such feats on the dry, square-turning pitches on the subcontinent. India, of whom little poor has been said of in recent months, were meant to exert their ... More >>
