World / Politics Aug 24, 2015

Israel political shakeup looms after Barak's bombshell about scuttled Iran attack

Former Defense Minister Ehud Barak's comments that Israel nearly attacked Iran's nuclear facilities but the plan was scuttled by military men and cowardly politicians could shake up Israeli politics. The leaked interview, in which Barak also described Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as indecisive and obsessively ...

Voices | FOREIGN AGENDA Feb 8, 2015

Is Australia ready to import Japan’s revolving-door-style politics?

Australian politics has worked itself into a frenzy. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, after ridiculing the previous Labor government for its public infighting, faces a leadership challenge from inside his own Liberal Party.

Commentary / World Sep 9, 2013

Labor's crushing defeat ends a five-act political tragedy

by Ramesh Thakur

For the Australian Labor Party, a crushing defeat on Saturday night was the finale of a tragedy in five acts.