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About paulmonk

Committed to clarity and depth of perspective in matters both practical and private. Passionate about both analysis and creativity. Historian and international relations specialist by education, intelligence analyst in the 1990s (that was my 'post-doc'!), teacher, public intellectual, poet and media commentator. Author of Thunder from the Silent Zone: Rethinking China (2005), Sonnets to a Promiscuous Beauty: A Homage to the Western Canon (2006) and The West in a Nutshell: Foundations, Fragilities, Futures (2009). Co-founder and director of Austhink Consulting. Founder of Clarity Associates. Co-founder of the Yourview forum.

How we can save democracy – a response to letters to The Age, 12-13 May 2012

Posted on May 13, 2012

On 11 May, I had an opinion piece published in The Age under the title ‘How we can save democracy’. On 12 May, in the Saturday paper, there were four letters in response. They took issue with different things the … Continue reading →

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