• Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
Des Palestiniens tentent d’éteindre l’incendie de la voiture d’Ahmed al-Jabari, touchée par une frappe aérienne israélienne à Gaza, le 14 novembre 2012. Mahmud Hams/AFP

Autrefois dissimulés, les « assassinats ciblés » sont devenus des instruments assumés du pouvoir d’État

Dans « Death to Order », l’historien Simon Ball montre comment l’assassinat, longtemps dissimulé derrière le secret d’État, est devenu un instrument revendiqué de la puissance publique.
Papoulas também são flores, mas delas se extraiu a primeira droga de valor econômico suficiente para construir novos impérios ocidentais e destruir antigas civilizações orientais. Daniel Prudek/Shutterstock.

Exploração, brutalidade e miséria: como o comércio internacional do ópio moldou o mundo moderno

Em sua nova história, Amitav Ghosh mostra como os primeiros cartéis internacionais de drogas do mundo eram administrados pelos governos holandês e britânico por meio de suas empresas monopolistas das Índias Orientais
Where does the ADF’s deep-seated resentment of the media come from, and how did it manifest in Afghanistan? AAP/Department of Defence

Don’t mention the war: lessons for the media from Afghanistan

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has long been wary of the media’s power to derail its promotional narratives and damage careers in the process. But there was nothing irrational about its members’ determination…
The ADF wants to fashion its own narratives about what its troops have achieved in Afghanistan. Department of Defence

Looking for failure? Why the ADF hates the Australian media

Last week, prime minister Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott opened the Australian War Memorial’s new exhibition, Afghanistan: the Australian Story. That public attention on the war is now shifting…
How is the war in Afghanistan going? With media this tightly controlled, the picture may never be clear. Special Operations Command

Truth in war: what the ADF won’t tell us about Afghanistan

Barack Obama marked the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death with a surprise visit to Kabul this week. Obama promised to “finish the job” in Afghanistan, but seven were killed in Kabul just hours…

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