Binoy Kampmark

Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com

Demagogue Stunt: Nigel Farage’s By-Election Gambit

World Cup Trump Cards: Infantino, FIFA and the Meddlesome US President

Scrutinizing the Unpardonable: The AUKUS Public Inquiry So Far

Adding to Failure: Amending Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban

Ironic Fates: Bolton, Trump and Mishandling Classified Documents

Starmer Begone: Another Dud Leaves Number 10

The Cult of Banderism: The UPA and Poland-Ukraine Relations

Lion’s Den Politics: Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club

Back to Bad Beginnings: The Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding

The FIFA World Cup: Caught on the Visa Snag

Beached Arguments: Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and European Immigration

Investigating the Foolish: The AUKUS Public Inquiry is Announced

Israel’s Futile War in Lebanon Deepens

The Hand-Me-Down Alliance: Australia, AUKUS and Op-Shop Submarines

Not Much to See: The Release of the UFO Files

Beyond the Yellow Line: Israel Seizes More of Gaza

Blood Libels and Sexual Violence: Israel, Palestinian Prisoners and The New York Times

Regime Change Through Indictment: Raúl Castro and the BTTR Flights

Acceptable Till it Wasn’t: Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Global Sumud Flotilla

The Extortionate Expense of Golden Dome

Mirrors of Greed: Elon Musk, OpenAI and the Tech Brat Battle

The Great Fleecing Tournament: Pricing, Problems and the 2026 FIFA World Cup

Exiting the Oil Cartel: The United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC

Caveat Canvas: ShinyHunters Hacks the Education Sector

Ted Turner: The Devil Behind Cable News

The Second Global Sumud Flotilla: Israeli Piracy and Abduction on the High Seas

Brussels, Russia and the Venice Biennale: Art as Politics and Hypocrisy

Show Me the Money: A Loutish Administration Confronts a Craven Congress

King Charles III Visits Washington

Ideas of Expulsion: Trump, NATO and Spain

The Minilateralist Incentive: A Climate Change Conference in Colombia

Defiling Statues of Jesus: Israel’s Counterfeit Outrage at Cultural Vandalism

Lunar Exploitation and Colonial Escapism: The Artemis II Mission

Troubled Relations: Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump

Confused Closures and Opaque Openings: Continuing Dramas in the Hormuz Strait

Putting the Calamity Makers in Charge: Anthropic and Claude Mythos Preview

The Travails of Noma: God Chefs, Brutal Kitchens and the Cult of Fine Dining

Ceasefire Exemptions and Quarries of Death: Israel’s War on Lebanon

Trump, Hegseth and the Language of War Crimes

Omissions on a Cruel Trade: The Neglected Role of African Slavers

Executing with Prejudice: Israel’s Death Penalty Law

Closing Air Spaces and Cracking Alliances: Trump’s Growing Problem with Allies

The Iran War: A Great Carbon Emitter

Auguries of Failure: Israel Invades Lebanon, Yet Again

Operation Epic Fury and US Unreadiness for War

More Parleying Nonsense: Trump, Iran and Promised Negotiations

Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear

No Naval Escort for Trump: US Allies and the Strait of Hormuz

Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock

The Growing Problems of Operation Epic Fury