Category Archives: Politics – international

Polarisation and the Case for Citizens’ Juries

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Cross posted from Quillette from 16 Feb 2019, but now behind a paywall. When a conversation is not a conversation: party political discourse in the early 21st century I It looks like liberal democracy is falling apart. The chaos of … Continue reading →

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Journalism as a system of domination: Peter Dutton edition

Posted on August 12, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

.@FergusonNews asks Opposition Leader @PeterDutton_MP: What would prevent you now from taking the next step and that is backing the referendum on the Voice? #abc730 #auspol pic.twitter.com/ebAUd6uM7P — abc730 (@abc730) August 11, 2022 Peter Dutton is a human being. That’s … Continue reading →

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Should Liz Cheney be your hero?

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Like me, Leslie Cannold is deeply grateful for Liz Chaney right now — you know, the way she’s speaking truth to fruitcakery. Liz Cheney is my hero. On positions of policy, I disagree with her almost 100% of the time, … Continue reading →

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Gruen: detox democracy through representation by random selection

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

I use Troppo to make various notes for file as it were for reference in future. And on wanting to record something I found that I hadn’t reproduced this post — which was originally at The Mandarin — here. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Political theory, Politics - international, Politics - national, Sortition and citizens’ juries | 6 Comments

Chinese bases in the Pacific — A reality check: Guest post from Sam Roggeveen

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Frustrating Beijing’s ambitions to create a sphere of influence is overwhelmingly a diplomatic task, not a military one. (Cross posted from The Interpreter at the Lowy Institute) There was barely concealed panic in Australia when news broke that China had struck a … Continue reading →

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If we tolerate this, our children will be next … Guest post by Dennis Glover

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Nicholas Gruen

Question: Given that history repeats, what year is this? Fifteen months ago, when Donald Trump’s rag-tag militias stormed the Capitol building in Washington D.C., I thought for a moment we might be living in 1923, witnessing the rebirth of western … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, History, Political theory, Politics - international, Terror | 8 Comments

The Chinese regime’s defeat in Ukraine

Posted on March 30, 2022 by David Walker

The international reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is delivering China a message: its current approach to the world won’t keep working much longer. Does that title above seem odd? Surely it’s Russia that’s losing in Ukraine – in May … Continue reading →

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