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Leaving Sydney...
...and moving back to London after 14 years
May 10, 2022
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September 2021
A Year of Contradictions
The end of Fortress Australia?, a first birthday for Man of Contradictions, why writing is thinking, and the other love of my life
Sep 17, 2021
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Ben Bland
August 2021
Language, diplomacy and law (in lockdown)
The UK's Indo-Pacific Tilt, mutual (mis)understanding between Australia and Indonesia, and what Franz Kafka tells us about Hong Kong's legal system
Aug 5, 2021
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Ben Bland
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June 2021
Testing times
COVID-19 runs rampant in Indonesia, ASEAN's Rorschach test in Myanmar, the long struggle in Hong Kong and the women who changed war reporting
Jun 28, 2021
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Ben Bland
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February 2021
Ten lessons from the history of espionage
From a royal slipper thrown at Sir Francis Walsingham to Saddam Hussein's non-existent Weapons of Mass Destruction, via Napoleon's love of OSINT and…
Feb 3, 2021
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Ben Bland
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December 2020
Elections, leaders and the struggle to be heard
The two faces of Indonesian democracy, Beijing's inevitable squeeze in Hong Kong, and the Washington method in Southeast Asia
Dec 16, 2020
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October 2020
The book launch special
Man of Contradictions hits the shelves at last...
Oct 1, 2020
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Ben Bland
August 2020
Bundle of Contradictions #3
Jokowi needs a strategy, History repeating in Southeast Asia, and Why Hong Kong will fight on
Aug 18, 2020
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Ben Bland
July 2020
No time for wishful thinking
National security in Hong Kong, panda shruggers vs panda sluggers in India, Malaysia goes after migrants (and the media), and ASEAN tries something new
Jul 9, 2020
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Ben Bland
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June 2020
Welcome to Bundle of Contradictions
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"
Jun 12, 2020
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Ben Bland
Welcome to Bundle of Contradictions
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"
Jun 12, 2020
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Ben Bland
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Insights, recommendations and random thoughts on Asia and foreign policy from author Ben Bland
Welcome to Bundle of Contradictions by me, Ben Bland. Author and foreign policy analyst working on Southeast Asia and Hong Kong Sign up now so you don’t…
Jun 10, 2020
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