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De- escalation Is Not Weakness: Rethinking NATO’s Role Before It’s Too Late
De-escalation Is Not Weakness: Rethinking NATO’s Role Before It’s Too Late By Paul Alexander Wolf 🇦🇺 As Ukraine strikes deep into Russian territory using advanced drones, and Western allies – including the UK – step up military aid, the line between support and escalation is becoming dangerously thin. Russian President Vladimir Putin vows retaliation. U.S.… Keep reading →
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Early childhood in Goes, – a memory!
The first 5 years of my early childhood were spent in Goes, – a city in the county of Zeeland (the Netherlands). It’s the county better known at present for the Delta works, aimed to protect the area against further flooding after the flood disaster in 1953, where some 1200 people died. Still do I have…
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The nuclear energy dangers in our times
The nuclear energy question has been raised on many occasions but the situation in Japan again reflects issues which if not resolved properly have implications for many future generations. The question is not whether we can supply ourselves with efficient energy but the issue is whether the kind of energy we opt for is really safe.…
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The Next Frontier of Australia
– From thousands miles that stretched north of us, the first British people reached the Ngarrindjeri lands – on the banks of the river Murray, – almost two centuries ago. They were followed by the first other settlers in South Australia, – encroaching on both the lands and entitlements of the Ngarrindjeri people, – and many others elsewhere…
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Let’s take the torch forward
Good evening – or good morning – wherever you are at this hour. – Wherever you might be in your life, or wherever you will be in the future, – the future being the most important thing for all of us. The future we all cherish, – if we still have dreams or things to do.…
We dream of things that never were and say: "Why not?" 