Darcy French, Author at The Paris Globalist

US Elections: The View From Australia

Darcy FrenchNovember 1, 2020

The impending US presidential election will be the most crucial in modern history. As claimed by the Guardian Weekly on its Oct. 2 cover, it is “the election t... Read More

Will Bougainville Soon Become the World’s Newest Sovereign Nation?

Darcy FrenchApril 23, 2020

When on January 23, a 40-day petition period elapsed with no complaints submitted, a sigh of relief could be felt across the Melanesian region of Bougainville.... Read More

Opinion: Amidst Disaster, China Moves to Centre Stage on COVID-19 Response

Darcy FrenchMarch 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has captured the world’s attention. This crisis, unprecedented in modern times, continues to ravage countries across the world, and will ... Read More

Poisoned History: How Australia hasn’t reconciled its violent past, and why the debate on constitutional recognition is more important than ever

Darcy FrenchNovember 25, 2019

Australia has not reconciled with its past. Beginning with an invasion in the 18th century, the modern state of ‘Australia’ is complicit in the massacre, subju... Read More

Australia’s Disdain becomes China’s Gain: How strategic competition threatens to re-shape the South Pacific

Darcy FrenchOctober 23, 2019

Are the South-Pacific Islands becoming a new center of global strategic competition? In recent years, it appears as though the traditional power balance in the... Read More

Review: European elections show a continent divided

Darcy FrenchJuly 13, 2019

By Darcy French Europe is grappling with its identity, and debates over the future of the Union have reached the polls in European elections held in May. Re... Read More