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Can evil be addressed by government policy?

3 February 2026 Mike Scrafton Latest

Political figures giving expression to outraged public feelings in the aftermath of tragedy may speak of incomprehensible ‘acts of evil’, but policy-makers should not treat the shooting at Bondi as the work of evil; it is not possible to formulate a policy to eradicate evil.

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Pseudo-science, race and the US National Security Strategy 2025

19 December 2025 Mike Scrafton Latest

Threads of former dark episodes in America’s past are woven through its 2025 National Security Strategy. Unmistakable echoes of anti-democratic elitism, race theories, and eugenics. America’s allies should be alarmed at the vision promised to be imposed by strength and direct interference.

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Trump’s pre-modern approach to Sovereignty must be resisted

25 February 2025

A common conception of sovereignty is the essential foundation of the modern state and international law. Trump’s contrarian understanding of sovereignty, evident in actions during his first term, could have far more damaging consequences in his second.

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UKRAINE

  • On its current trajectory, no settlement outcome in Ukraine bodes well for Europe
    24 November 2025
  • The Gordian knots – security guarantees and borders for Ukraine
    5 October 2025
  • A European farce de réassurance
    16 September 2025
  • Hypocrisy undermines international law
    9 September 2025
  • In the Rimlands America’s hegemony is receding
    12 August 2025
  • Trump’s quick deal with Putin could reshape the global order
    19 September 2024
  • The aimlessness of the G7 on Ukraine only delays the inevitable
    20 June 2024
  • Postwar Ukraine will pose the hardest problems
    13 March 2023

About Mike Scrafton

Mike Scrafton is a regularly-published writer on Australian and international affairs. A former government senior executive, ministerial adviser and consultant, Mike now combines travelling, research and writing – with a particular focus on current issues in defence and strategic policy, and responses to climate change. Read more about Mike here.

Most viewed posts

  • Are we paying enough attention to Trump’s Gleichschaltung-like ‘Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership’? 27 September 2023
  • Could Australia find the courage to end its alliance with America? 23 June 2023
  • Republicans push for Mexican-American war: Don’t rule it out 30 August 2023
  • Ethics-free realism explains, but shouldn’t justify, Western responses to Gaza 28 January 2024
  • Trump and Vance’s theocratic republic of America 3 August 2024
  • An American theocracy: the advance of Christian nationalism 26 January 2021
  • Trump’s quick deal with Putin could reshape the global order 19 September 2024
  • Australia’s foreign policy: Resurgent realism or the survival of multilateralism? 5 July 2020
  • Postwar Ukraine will pose the hardest problems 13 March 2023
  • Western leaders must acknowledge Israel’s rights are not untrammelled 17 November 2023

Disclaimer

Mike is an independent writer and derives no income from his writing. He has no current association with any commercial or profit-making organisation, and does not endorse the products or services of any business entity.

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