It has sometimes been inferred that Albert Jacka’s politics were left-leaning. Whilst he never formally associated himself with a political party, nothing could be further from the truth. As with so many aspects of his later life, including his relationship with John Wren, myth raced far away ahead of fact

That US academics such as John Mearsheimer, along with some Australian political commentators, cannot accept what actually happened in Kyiv's Maidan Revolution in 2014 is a tribute to the power of Russian campaigns of deception. It is also a reflection of their misunderstanding -- or to be less charitable, their ignorance -- of the intricacies of Ukrainian politics and society since independence

Perceptions distorted by the misreading and misrepresentation of Ukraine's history, of claimed Russian grievances and of Western Europe being unwilling to counter Moscow's aggression, all these factors set the stage for tanks to roll. Add to that mix a doddering US president and what Putin perceived was a moment of opportunity proved anything but

I had been meeting Philip Ayres quite regularly for five […]