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Sunday essay: why soldiers commit war crimes – and what we can do about it

A member of the US’s elite counterterrorism force in Iraq, wearing a skull mask. Khalid Mohammed/AP The following essay contains disturbing images and language. In 2020, the...

Is international law powerless against Russian aggression in Ukraine? No, but it’s complicated

Image: Andrew Harnik/AP The world was treated to a grotesque spectacle this week. Russia, the current president of the UN Security Council, launched an invasion...

The Anzac legend has blinded Australia to its war atrocities. It’s time for a reckoning

Australian soldiers in the trenches at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey in 1915.  State Library of Victoria/Wikimedia Commons For years, Australians have...

Changing the culture of our SAS forces is no easy fix. Instead, we need to face the true costs of war

AP Image/Australian Department of Defence Australians will be disheartened by the inspector-general of the Australian Defence Force’s report on war crimes committed by our special forces...

Scott Morrison prepares Australians for shocking news out of report on misconduct in Afghanistan

Picture: Lukas Coch/AAP The government is setting up a special investigator office to examine the findings of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force’s...

The reputation of Australia’s special forces is beyond repair — it’s time for them to be disbanded

Australian Department of Defence Four years into a constant stream of misconduct allegations, it’s hard to know how to process the latest revelations about the actions...

It’s time for Australia’s SAS to stop its culture of cover-up and take accountability for possible war crimes

Australian Department of Defence/PR Handout Stories of alleged unlawful killings by Australian special forces in Afghanistan continue to emerge in the media — now...
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