Binoy Kampmark

Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. He has published widely on topics of international security and modern history, and is currently lecturing in Modern History at the University of Queensland. I blog at Oz Moses (http://ozmoses.blogspot.com/)


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	Human Arachnids: The Joke about Monster Bug Wars by Binoy Kampmark
	Murderous Marines: The Wuterich Trial by Binoy Kampmark
	Killing Nuclear Scientists: The War on Iran by Binoy Kampmark In the last two years, lethal attacks have been conducted on Iran’s nuclear scientists with increasing regularity. A pattern is emerging – assassinations and attempted assassinations are gathering pace as tensions between Iran an

	Herman's Antics: Going Belly Up in the Cain Campaign by Binoy Kampmark America’s political labelers always get busy during campaigns. The ‘Black Reagan’, however complimentary one might take it, has been used to describe the rapid rise of Republican contender Herman Cain. ‘In the f
	Filming the Metaphor: Fred Schepisi's The Eye of the Storm by Binoy Kampmark
	Nightmare in New Zealand: The Astrolabe Reef Disaster by Binoy Kampmark It has all the makings of a growing catastrophe. The 236m Rena, inclined and spilling oil into pristine seas on Astrolabe Reef 14 miles off Tauranga, New Zealand, providing a murderous cargo that has already killed hundreds of fish and sea b
	Happy Anniversary: Ten Years of the US Security State by Binoy Kampmark Gore Vidal was sharp enough to remind us that President Harry Truman gave the United States the National Security State in response to Cold War fears against the Red Satan. It came with Republican gift wrapping and Michigan Senator Arthur Va
	Finding the Good Victim: Diallo and Strauss-Kahn by Binoy Kampmark The dismissal of sexual charges is, as ever, a mixed blessing for the individual charged of them. Unlike other charges, a certain residue is left. ‘He walks free, but…’ The slime remains, and for some, it must b
	The Archibald in the Yarra by Binoy Kampmark As one moves into Yarra country in Victoria, Australia, the sight of a tamed environment is everywhere. As the wineries start making an appearance as dots of civilized behaviour to water the thirsty, the mood is an appropriately cultured one
	The Virtues of Being Mad: Anders Breivik and Europe's Exoneration by Binoy Kampmark Societies, if we are to take the Freudian line, prefer to subordinate chaotic urges in favour of dull order. Civilization implies stability. By the nineteenth century, human society was digesting a range of theories on ‘constants
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