Why banning ISIS returnees may not be our safest option

“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer,” is an often cited quotation. Is there a kernel of truth here that can be used for the 100 or so Australian ISIS fighters who want to come home? In Australia the government attempted to remove the nationality of ISIS fighter Neil Prakash, claiming he was Fijian. …

Confused about Brexit? Think about it as the UK ‘decolonising’ from Europe and it will make more sense

Could Britain’s vote to leave the EU be based on the similar mentality that saw Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others vote or fight for independence? We look at the UK in bewilderment and wonder why it is that the Brits are leaving the world’s greatest trading block. “Surely that would be economic suicide”, we …