Marcus Strom

Latest articles by Marcus Strom

Maintaining global hegemony

China is America’s only serious rival, prompting the ‘Pivot to Asia’ and the growing threat of a hot war. Marcus Strom examines the role of Aukus, particularly in relation to the politics of Australia

Flip-flopping programmatically

Marcus Strom reviews David Lockwood The politics of the Malayan Communist Party from 1930 to 1948 NUS Press, 2024, pp248, £31

Free at last!

He exposed US war crimes, dissed the global hegemon and faced life imprisonment. Sir Keir Starmer did nothing to help him. On the contrary, there was complicity with the Obama administration. Marcus Strom welcomes the release, but worries about the continued threat to free speech