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The Federal Election was a Victory for Australian Democracy
It is the afternoon of 22 May, 2022, and it is not yet clear whether Anthony Albanese will lead a…
If you want to persuade someone: validate them, don’t correct them
The final aspect of Blair Warren's book, The One Sentence Persuasion Course, I have chosen to write about is a…
Russia is playing Poker, NATO is playing Chess, and China is playing Go. What is winning? Who will win?
Earlier in the week a friend sent me the following line to think about: "Russia is playing Poker, NATO is…
How Russian war crimes could help Putin achieve his war aims
Western media coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has moved from showing the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people,…
Fuel, fertilizer, and Food Scarcity: the likely consequences of Putin’s war
One month into Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and the news is still better than most analysts expected it would be.…
Five key characteristics of persuasion
If you want to persuade people, then you need to keep five key things in mind, and to seamlessly integrate…
Putin’s War Aims: An Extreme Hypothesis
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began two weeks ago, Western journalists and commentators have been looking for a way…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine: I am ashamed of being a Western citizen
I feel compelled by a bone-deep sense of shame to write this blog post about the Russian invasion of Ukraine,…
Persuasion: the long and the short of influencing people
During the first year of my Master of Media in Strategic Communication, I decided to listen to Robert Cialdini's book,…
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