Why Subscribe?

With the discontinuation of the Australian Foreign Affairs’s AFA Weekly newsletter, I initially sought to fill the space with a similar format, albeit one with a broader appeal beyond Australia. However, this newsletter has evolved to have a more personal approach – how my weekly activities intersect with the wider world.

Alongside this, I also provide links to interesting foreign affairs, political, social and culture articles and podcast episodes of the week. Initially I provided a weekly themed playlist – a cumulative playlist can be found here – but this may be irregular due to time constraints. I’ll endeavour to provide some musical content though each week.

In addition to this, I will also write a longer essays and articles. These will be on a variety of subjects, but mostly with an eye on political philosophy, as well as my continuing work on issues of domestic violence.

I will still be writing about Australia and the Pacific for The Diplomat, so articles published here will focus on issues that are outside my remit there. Alongside The Diplomat I also work for an organisation called Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy and Defence Dialogue, that seeks to build greater consensus and collaboration between the main arms of Australia’s foreign policy.

I will keep the both the newsletter and essays free, but hope to attracted paid subscribers who enjoy my work.

For full transparency, I require around 500 paid subscribers to make the project viable. The lowest monthly sum Substack will allow is US $5 a month. But I can set a yearly rate lower. So I’ve set this to US $40. Prices should appear in your local currency.

For those interested, I also write periodic widescreen music reviews and provide occasional obscurities at Lunch Hour Pops

I hope I can provide enough interesting analysis to be worthy of your generous subscriptions.

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A weekly newsletter on international affairs with analysis, essential articles and podcasts. With additional essays on issues of interest.

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Melbourne-based writer | Columnist for @Diplomat_APAC | Editorial @AsiaPacific4D | Formerly @AusForeign |