Ramesh Thakur

Ramesh Thakur, a Brownstone Institute senior scholar, is a former U.N. assistant secretary-general, and emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.

India’s Election a Win, Win, Win, Win All Round

A longstanding cliché holds that every statement about India is true, but so is its opposite.

Viewpoints June 6, 2024
Who’s Afraid of the WHO

Beware the WHO's slow motion coup d’état of every nation's sovereignty.

Viewpoints May 17, 2024
Trudeau Mishandled the Nijjar Killing Incident

It is inconceivable that India would be so foolish as to believe it could escape detection by an ...

Viewpoints May 8, 2024
Some Questions Australia’s COVID-19 Inquiries Must Ask

Did the COVID-19 policy interventions represent the greatest triumph of public policy? Or will they prove to be ...

Viewpoints April 7, 2024
Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers When It Comes to Climate Change?

After all, contestation is normal in scientific discourse. Anything that cannot be questioned but relies on authority alone ...

Viewpoints March 27, 2024
The WHO Wants to Rule the World

Commentary The World Health Organisation (WHO) will present two new texts for adoption by its governing body, the ...

Viewpoints March 26, 2024
Ballot Integrity in the World’s Biggest and Most Powerful Democracies

The U.S. presidential election is the most internationally consequential of all, while, by sheer weight of numbers, India’s ...

Viewpoints March 11, 2024
The World Court Prejudges the Victim of Mass Atrocities but Ignores the Perpetrators

Israeli soldiers carry the rules of law in their backpacks. Hamas fighters aren't subject to any comparable normative ...

Viewpoints February 29, 2024
Human Rights Make a Brief Appearance in ‘Bombshell’ COVID-19 Vaccine Ruling

For the first time in Australia, a court has ruled mandatory COVID-19 vaccination unlawful.

Viewpoints February 29, 2024
Tasmanian Voters, Not the Doctors Union, Will Elect or Reject Vaccine Critic

Sladden closed her practice in 2021 because of strong objections to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Viewpoints February 25, 2024
We Need Real COVID Inquiries

Commentary Nearly four years on since the onset of the pandemic and the rash of public policy interventions ...

Viewpoints January 23, 2024
COVID and the Expansion and Abuse of State Power

Commentary The years of living with increasingly oppressive COVID-19 restrictions and mandates is a tale of many villains ...

Viewpoints October 23, 2023
Sometimes, Only Satire Does the Job

Commentary Here is my review of Oisín MacAmadáin, “Busting Anti-Vax Myths! Seriously EXPERT Arguments for the Covid-Deniers in Your ...

Viewpoints August 17, 2023