Hallett Inquiry Report: Of, by, and for Lawyers
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The Hallett inquiry into the UK Covid experience published its 800-page Module 2 report. An inquiry of, by, and for lawyers, it is a carefully curated political... Read more.
Weaponised Lawfare as Domestic and International Threat to Western Democracies
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The expansion of the role of the state in regulating an increasing range of individuals’ and private entities’ behaviour has led to a proliferation of lawfare... Read more.
Connecting the Dots between the WHO and UN Security Council Reform
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Consistent with the belief that every crisis is also an opportunity, the current global flux created by the crisis of multilateralism provides an exceptionally favourable... Read more.
Trump Covets the Nobel Peace Prize
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Trump supporters discount his character traits and take his policies and results seriously. Haters cannot get over the flaws to seriously evaluate policies and outcomes.... Read more.
WHO Pandemic Accords Are Badly Flawed
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The WHO Pandemic Accords, as the two documents are known, are a good example of the type of global governance initiatives on which there is a consensus among technocratic... Read more.
Trump’s Art of the Deal Collides with Modi’s ‘India First’ Policy
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For the purposes of containing China’s influence and aggressive behaviour, there is no more important partner for the US than India. That strategic partnership... Read more.
Global Governance vs. Democratic Sovereignty
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The need is not to rush into a new global health framework absent ‘a thorough public debate,’ Kennedy said, but to ‘strengthen national and local autonomy... Read more.
A Sceptic’s Take on the Nuclear Bomb
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The only choice is between nuclear abolition or cascading proliferation and guaranteed use. Proponents of nuclear weapons are ‘nuclear romantics’ who exaggerate... Read more.
GOAT Becomes Scapegoat
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Djokovic must be kept from our shores because he is a visible reminder of the failure of lockdowns and vaccines. Team Morrison wants to ensure that there is only... Read more.
“Jail Bharo!”—Channelling Our Inner Gandhi
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The person most associated with civil disobedience is Mahatma Gandhi. In effect, he instrumentalised, operationalised, and weaponised Thoreau’s concept of civil... Read more.
The WHO Keeps Failing Upward
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The premise of the accords is an inflated account of pandemic risk that is simply not supported by historical evidence. Its effect will be to distort health priorities... Read more.
The WHO Cannot Be Saved
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The WHO, at nearly 80 years old, comes from a bygone era, and is increasingly estranged from its world. We can do better. Fundamental change in the way we manage... Read more.