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AUTHOR: BINOY KAMPMARK

A Brutal Punishment: The Sentencing of David McBride

A Brutal Punishment: The Sentencing of David McBride

2 hours ago | Feature Article

Sometimes, it rsquo;s best not to leave the issue of justice to the judges. They do what they must: consult the statutes ...

May 14, 2024 | Feature Article

It truly is pushing the envelope of lunacy to assume that this latest revelation was revelatory. US weapons, the wonks i ...

May 12, 2024 | Feature Article

ldquo;I find it rather difficult to make it clear to my children why we are not eligible, for from one point of view it ...

May 11, 2024 | Feature Article

Despite being described in some circles as such, the latest vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Palestine rsq ...

May 8, 2024 | Feature Article

ldquo;Politics, rdquo; as the harsh, albeit successful German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck claimed, ldquo;is the art o ...

May 7, 2024 | Feature Article

The International Criminal Court is a dusty jewel, a creation of heat, tension and manufacture in the international comm ...

May 6, 2024 | Feature Article

In his 2021 annual threat assessment, the director-general of ASIO, the Australian domestic intelligence service,

May 5, 2024 | Feature Article

The compromised former top boss of the Australian civil service has the lick and smell of belligerence. Begrudgingly con ...

May 2, 2024 | Feature Article

What a stinking story of inhumanity. A country intent on sending asylum seekers to one whose residents have actually app ...

May 1, 2024 | Feature Article

The rage and protest against Israel rsquo;s campaign in Gaza, ongoing since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, has stirred ...

May 1, 2024 | Feature Article

The rage and protest against Israel rsquo;s campaign in Gaza, ongoing since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, has stirred ...

Apr 30, 2024 | Feature Article

On April 25, along Melbourne rsquo;s arterial Swanston Street, the military parade can be witnessed with its bannered, m ...

Apr 28, 2024 | Feature Article

The Israeli authorities, in their campaign of remorseless killing, doctoring and adjusting the numbers of the Palestinia ...

Apr 27, 2024 | Feature Article

It is unfortunate that column space should be dedicated to Britain rsquo;s shortest termed prime minister and, arguably, ...

Apr 24, 2024 | Feature Article

On April 16, Australia rsquo;s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to ...

Apr 23, 2024 | Feature Article

The attitudes down under towards social media have turned barmy. While there is much to take Elon Musk to task for his w ...

Apr 21, 2024 | Feature Article

ldquo;Can we still see universities as places to learn and produce knowledge that, at the risk of sounding na iuml;ve, ...

Binoy Kampmark
Binoy Kampmark

Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne. . More He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, teaching within the Bachelor of Social Science (Legal and Dispute Studies) program.

Binoy’s research and teaching interests lie in the intersections of law, international relations and history. Much of his research and teaching involves the examination of conflict, diplomacy, and the various crises confronting international society including refugees, terrorism, ‘rogue’ states and undocumented citizens.

Binoy has written extensively in both refereed journals and more popular media on his research interest topics of the institution of war, diplomacy, international relations, 20th century history and law.

The quality of his research has been acknowledged in awards made by the US-based International Association for the Study of Forced Migration and Limina, journal of the History Department of the University of Western Australia.

Media expertise
Binoy is available for media interviews and comments as an expert on international and national security, terrorism, the war on terror and politics.

He has been interviewed for National Public Radio in the United States, Radio National in Australia, and radio stations in South Africa. He is also a regular contributor to online publications including The Conversation, Eureka Street, CounterPunch (US) and Scoop (NZ).

Binoy was also commissioned by the UK History Channel in December 2007 to January 2008 to write package descriptions for the American Civil War, and in March 2006 to write a package on World War II: The War in the West, 1943-1945.