Zomi Frankcom is a tragic victim in the stalemated Israel-Hamas war, but don’t expect Australia’s approach to change much
- Written by Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
Napoleon’s foreign minister, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, is said to have remarked concerning the effectiveness of targeting civilians in war: “it’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake”.
Talleyrand was an archetypal exponent of realpolitik, and history provides numerous examples of the validity of his remark. One is...
