The Guardian • defence
Issue #2136
Japan: ‘self-defence’ stretched beyond a joke
Everyone knows that self-defence means defending one’s self, right? Everybody also knows that for a nation, self-defence means defending that nation, right? Everybody except hawkish...
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Issue #2187
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BRAZIL: Brazilian union headquarters called on citizens to take part in the Workers’ March in the capital Brasilia. The mobilisation followed the Workers’ Conference which...
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Issue #2177
Monroe is back, rules-based international order is out
The 2026 National Defense Strategy report, authored by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, redefines the United States’ role in the world, prioritising the Western Hemisphere...
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Issue #2119
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GERMANY: The co-leaders of the Greens, one of the three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholtz’s troubled coalition, are to step down after the latest in...
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Issue #2125
PEACE NOTES
Here in Adelaide at the Workers’ Library there is a special section devoted to peace while the venue itself, now known widely as Fidel’s, has...
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Issue #2187
LETTERS
The $53 Billion defence boost The Minister for Defence Richard Marles, in announcing this increase, said “a significant increase is needed for an era in...
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Issue #2136
Water vs ‘Defence’ in South Australia
A key feature of the water supply system in SA is the ADP (Adelaide Desalination Plant), which relieves demand on water from the Murray Darling...
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