N.A.J. Taylor


Commentary

The following includes published commentary and media interviews conducted  since January 2011:

 

N.A.J. Taylor, Radio interview on Bahrain’s use of tear gas and Iran’s nuclear weapons intentions, Radio Adelaide, 8 May 2012. [MP3 to be posted]

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Tear gas: Or, the state as atmo-terrorist’, Al Jazeera, 5 May 2012.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘The flaws of Obama’s arms control initiative’, Al Jazeera, 30 March 2012.

N.A.J. Taylor, Radio interview on the Nuclear Security Summit and the “bomb Iran” rhetoric, The Wire - National Community Radio, 26 March 2012. 

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N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Iran is just the new Israel’, Al Jazeera, 21 March 2012.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘The chronicles of Saddam: Robert Manne, “The Australian” and Iraq’s WMD’, Al Jazeera, 29 February 2012.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Investment bankers in drag’, Al Jazeera, 18 February 2012.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘The paradox of a ‘responsible’ arms maker (Part 1)’, Al Jazeera, 9 December 2011; ‘Arms makers and the limits of responsibility (Part 2)’, Al Jazeera, 12 December 2011; ‘What’s the harm of cluster munitions? (Part 3)’, Al Jazeera, 16 December 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘ALP National Conference: Where was the arms control debate over uranium exports to India?’, The Conversation, 5 December 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘What’s the harm in selling uranium to India? (Part 1)’, Al Jazeera, 25 November 2011; ‘Want Australian uranium? Join the NPT (Part 2)’, Al Jazeera, 29 November 2011; ‘Nuclear India dupes Australian arms control (Postscript)’, Al Jazeera, 7 December 2011; ‘The Lowy Institute’s bizarre rebuttal’, This Blog Harms, Crikey, 12 December 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, Radio interview on Gillard’s proposed uranium sales to India, and Labor Caucus’ cluster munitions vote, Radio Adelaide, 29 November 2011. [MP3 to be posted]

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘US to stockpile cluster bombs in Australia?’, Al Jazeera, 17 November 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Kim Jong-Il’s nukes are good for nothing’, Al Jazeera, 9 November 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, Radio interview on nuclear weapons free zones, Gaddafi’s chemical weapons, Kim Jong-Il’s nuclear weapon as a deterrent, Radio Adelaide, 8 November 2011. [MP3 to be posted]

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘A-League fans: don’t label them football hooligans’, The Conversation, 5 November 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘A response to Piers Greville’s Sublime Artifice‘, This Blog Harms – Crikey, 3 November 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘The chronicles of Saddam: Robert Manne, “The Australian”, and Iraq’s WMD’, This Blog Harms – Crikey, 26 October 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘The blacklisting of Rio Tinto (Part 1)’, Al Jazeera, 12 September 2011; ‘West Papua – A history of exploitation (Part 2)’, Al Jazeera, 21 September 2011; ‘Mining companies funded Indonesian abuses (Part 3)’, Al Jazeera, 3 October 2011; and ‘Norway’s ‘ethical divestment’ from Rio Tinto (Part 4)’, Al Jazeera, 19 October 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, Radio interview on Australia’s Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill, Radio Adelaide, 20 September 2011. [MP3 to be posted]

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘The falling man: 9/11’s private moment’, Al Jazeera, 11 September 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Australia’s cluster bomb conundrum’, The Conversation, 6 September 2011. [Adapted and reprinted as: ‘An Australian cluster f__k: taking aim at munitions laws’, Crikey, 8 September 2011.] [Adapted and reprinted as: ‘Australia’s cluster bomb conundrum’, Journal of Foreign Relations, 11 September 2011.]

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘WikiLeaks’ obvious truth’, Al Jazeera, 5 September 2011.

N.A.J. Taylor, Radio interview on Australia’s Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill, SBS World News Radio, 17 June 2011.

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N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Rudd on the floor of the Van wagon’, On Line Opinion e-Journal, 2 June 2011. [Adapted and reprinted as: ‘Artists must not sully the principle of human rights’, On Line Opinion e-Journal, 2 June 2011.]

N.A.J. Taylor, Radio interview on Australia’s Cluster Munitions Prohibition Bill, Radio Mansfield, 5 April 2011.

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N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Australia reneging on cluster mine ban?’, Al Jazeera, 6 April 2011. [Adapted and reprinted as: ‘Canberra drags its feet over cluster bombs’, National Times, 5 April 2011.]

N.A.J. Taylor, ‘Gillard’s about to bomb out where Rudd didn’t’, Crikey, 16 March 2011.