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The Anglosphere Mythscape in Australian Prime Ministers’ Speeches
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- October 8, 2020
How Australia’s national identity is or should be constituted has been at the centre of ongoing ‘cultural wars’ that are simultaneously social and political and, as yet, without resolution. Political leaders have been leading figures in these debates, combining retrospectives of Australia’s history with visions of its future to construct a resonant (yet ideological) national
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Jan Smuts and the Racial Origins of Five Eyes
- Analysis
- October 8, 2020
Scholars typically place the origins of “Five Eyes” in the high-level cooperation that took place between the United States and the British Commonwealth during the Second World War. Yet the intellectual genesis of this international security partnership can be traced to an earlier period. As far back as the late nineteenth century, prophets on both
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New Zealand in the Five Eyes Intelligence Network: Assessing the Challenges and Benefits of Membership
- Analysis
- October 7, 2020
New Zealand has been seen as the weakest link in the FVEY as well as the “soft underbelly” with a population of 5 million people, NZ is a small state functioning within a series of military and economic arrangements dominated by much larger states. NZ has tried to make the most of its FVEY membership to
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L’affaire CryptoLeaks et les implications pour le Canada
- Analysis
- October 6, 2020
Au cours de la période de la guerre froide, l’opposition entre le capitalisme et le communisme a conçu le nouvel ordre du monde. Les États-Unis ont été à la tête du camp capitaliste soutenus par de nombreux alliés. L’importance de tisser des liens étroits avec ces alliés était donc indéniable, surtout en ce qui concerne la
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