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Understanding the Houthis, their history and their role in the current Middle East conflict

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Why do white people still own most of South Africa's land?

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How an obsession with time has come to enslave us

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The American Israel lobby – powerful political force or antisemitic fiction

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Ebola – a fifty-year history of outbreaks, fear and misunderstanding

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Pacific pit-stop: cannabis to cocaine

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Alberta Separatists and the grey hand of foreign interference

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Pine Gap - 60 years of Secrecy

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Why Australian history has always had a revisionist edge

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The Red Sea - maritime mayhem at Bab el-Mandeb

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Reality check - why a belief in human rights has never really been universal

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North Korea - powerplay in the Northwest Pacific

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Israel Lebanon and the Palestinian story

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Hezbollah: Resistance fighters or terrorists

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Whatever happened to Libya?

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Islam in Australia - history and hysteria

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Understanding slavery as an enduring form of economic and social control

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War damage - the cost of rebuilding after conflict

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Are France’s indo-pacific ambitions coming unstuck?

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Gas to grain - when fertiliser supply stops

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The true story of the American Revolution

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Saudi Arabia and the U.S - a marriage of convenience under strain

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Beyond NATO – is it finally time for a pan-European Army?

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Trump might be sceptical of nuclear diplomacy, but it’s worked between enemies in the past

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America – land of the free, home of the gerrymander!

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Russia's Oil story - pipelines to Putin

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Who has the power and right to declare war in a democracy?

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Capital gains tax in Australia — the essential backstory

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Is Scottish independence once again in play?

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Cuba and the US President - from FDR to Trump

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The history and future of women in combat

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Ending conflict — the art of negotiation

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Australia’s energy security and resilience

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Flags, “flag-shaggers” and the co-opting of historic symbols

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Pete Hegseth - war monger or true believer?

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Beijing’s justification for wanting to invade Taiwan

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Innovation — from the spinning jenny to AI

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Singapore and the long shadow of Lee Kuan Yew

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China and the U.S - on a collision course in Latin America?

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High speed rail in Australia - is it a dream that can ever become a reality

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Central bank independence − a tradition under threat

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Bangladesh 2026 - at a turning point

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From bicycles to “build your dreams” — how China conquered the global car market

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Controlling global oil — the backstory

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Weaponised trade and a return to gunboat diplomacy

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The story of Iran, a CIA Coup, a Revolution and the turbulent history that followed

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Donald Trump and the wrecking ball: The end of the world as we know it

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Not so tolerant Allies: The story of Canada and the United States

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Greenland Donald Trump and the politics of empire

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Finland: A mad prepper nation or a role model for all small to medium democracies

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Australia's superannuation system

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Pauline Hanson – Australia’s Greatest Political Lazarus

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The World Trade Organization

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Australian universities in crisis

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Sudan Part two— a war we’ve all ignored for too long

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The story of Sudan Part 1

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America's radical left - part 2

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America's radical left - part 1

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The Gulf states - on a Middle East tightrope

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Venezuela, the United States and drugs

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India and China - true partners or rivals?

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Northern Ireland 1998 - what can we learn?

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Israel Palestine and the move for peace - Is this a tipping point?

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Brazil - Bolsonaro's legacy

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Australian security - Is United States our best option?

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Drones and how they are changing modern warfare

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Controlling The Pacific

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Australia’s Green Iron plan

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The history of the Israeli Settler movement

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Rear Vision - The rise of Vladimir Putin

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Could the Baltic States be the new Ukraine?

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War in Ukraine - the military story

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Australia's superannuation system

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2014 and Ukraine's relationship with Russia

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The history of immigration and detention in the so-called land of immigrants: United States of America

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Israel's nuclear history

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Iran's nuclear program

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The assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

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Rare Earth minerals

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A new Gilded Age

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The silencing of Voice of America

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The history of the electric car

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Romania at a political crossroads

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Kashmir

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Finland: A mad prepper nation or a role model for all small to medium democracies

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Chocolate - the back story

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Donald Trump and the wrecking ball: The end of the world as we know it

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The anti-vaccination movement

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Not so tolerant Allies: The story of Canada and the United States

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Trump, trade and tariffs

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Undersea communication cables: Critical infrastructure and vulnerable

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In the shadow of slavery: The post-civil rights period

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In the shadow of slavery: The events that led to the Civil Rights movement

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In the shadow of slavery: From the civil war through reconstruction to 1900

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Once the most political stable nation in Europe and an economic powerhouse__ Germany is now in trouble

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The Panama Canal: How it was built and Panama’s relationship with the United States

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Greenland Donald Trump and the politics of empire

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Sydney: first encounters

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A tsunami of Trumpness

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How to end conflict—The art of peace making