Newsroom
Donald Trump, the Kaiser in Mar-a-Lago
Comparisons to Hitler are wrong. Trump is more like Kaiser Wilhelm II: an erratic media monarch dismantling the guardrails of democracy to satisfy his own fragile, dangerous ego.
Month: January 2026
Insights
Paying for growth
There is an urgent need to reform housing funding by sharing GST on new builds with local councils to incentivise growth and improve housing affordability.
The Australian
Trump aide’s ‘might-makes-right’ doctrine threatens Australia and New Zealand’s claims
It is timely to reflect on Münster’s town hall, birthplace of the Westphalia peace treaty, contrasting its legacy with contemporary views on sovereignty – not least the erosion of established territorial norms, particularly through the actions of U.S. leaders.
Newsroom
To stop megaphone populists triumphing, we need unlikely left-right alliance
The Mont Pelerin Society, often misunderstood as conspiratorial, actually advocates for classical liberalism, emphasising the need to protect democracy and open society against the rise of populism and authoritarianism.