A short piece of mine on Trump and Putin. The animal spirits, and chimp chaos, we are once again bonded to.

I recently jumped on the ferry from Turku in Finland to Åland. Offering me a chance to write about a fascinating group of islands with a unique culture, history and political status.

A brief-ish piece of mine on @drshashitharoor.bsky.social – a man of considerable talent and accomplishment, but increasingly poor judgement as he allows himself to become a Russian tool.

A short piece of mine on Trump and Putin. The animal spirits, and chimp chaos, we are once again bonded to.

A brief-ish piece of mine on @drshashitharoor.bsky.social – a man of considerable talent and accomplishment, but increasingly poor judgement as he allows himself to become a Russian tool.

I recently jumped on the ferry from Turku in Finland to Åland. Offering me a chance to write about a fascinating group of islands with a unique culture, history and political status.

A piece of mine on Canada's "Reagan ad", and how it was designed to create cognitive dissonance within MAGA, and how to nationalists like Trump, it is actually Adam Smith who is their number 1 enemy.

A piece of mine for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social on Finland's decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention on the banning of landmines, and how Russia's aggression is starting to unravel the international agreements around arms control, and the norms of daily behaviour in border regions.

A piece of mine on Canada's "Reagan ad", and how it was designed to create cognitive dissonance within MAGA, and how to nationalists like Trump, it is actually Adam Smith who is their number 1 enemy.

A piece of mine for @lowyinstitute.bsky.social on Finland's decision to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention on the banning of landmines, and how Russia's aggression is starting to unravel the international agreements around arms control, and the norms of daily behaviour in border regions.

September in Australia saw two national recognition days. National Wattle Day and Australia National Flag Day. But what if we merged the two and made the Golden Wattle the national flag? My piece outlining the case. thediplomat.com/2025/09/does...

Over the past couple of years I've occasionally been seeing how pretentious I can make an album review. Find an album's context and its philosophical ideas and expand them out. Luke Haines's concept album about the Red Army Faction obviously offered fertile material.

With Trump's new regime of tariffs being introduced this week, I thought I'd re-up this piece on the worldview that is driving this protectionism. Markets as agents of change, and the enormous emotional stress this change creates in some people.

The decline in global birth rates has many explanations, but one we may be overlooking is that women now have higher expectations on partnership and fatherhood, and men are failing to rise to the task.

A piece of mine on what the Australian idiom "she'll be right" reveals about the country's national character, both positive and negative.

There doesn't need to be a trade-off between building housing and neighbourhood character. We can build and build with style!

There doesn't need to be a trade-off between building housing and neighbourhood character. We can build and build with style!

A short piece of mine on how low birth rates will affect our ability to invest in public transport, and why public transport is so important for economies, sociability, democracy and health.

Why did the Trump Administration decide to describe a meeting between Australia's minister of defence, Richard Marles, and US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance as a "happenstance encounter"?

Why did the Trump Administration decide to describe a meeting between Australia's minister of defence, Richard Marles, and US secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance as a "happenstance encounter"?

A piece of mine on what the Australian idiom "she'll be right" reveals about the country's national character, both positive and negative.

A short piece of mine on how low birth rates will affect our ability to invest in public transport, and why public transport is so important for economies, sociability, democracy and health.

"...To build such men we are required to think seriously about masculinity and what it needs from our social structures, without returning to structures that disadvantage or oppress women” . By @grantwyeth.bsky.social

The decline in global birth rates has many explanations, but one we may be overlooking is that women now have higher expectations on partnership and fatherhood, and men are failing to rise to the task.

With Trump's new regime of tariffs being introduced this week, I thought I'd re-up this piece on the worldview that is driving this protectionism. Markets as agents of change, and the enormous emotional stress this change creates in some people.

@aimenlau.bsky.social Hi Ai-Men, I see you've disappeared from Twitter (a good move). I've got a colleague from the University of Melbourne coming to Taipei looking to write on mis and disinformation. I'd love to be able to put her in contact with you. Can you follow me so I can send you a DM?

For those who want to suffer the inconvenience of having to navigate from a post you might be interested in, to the profile page to find a link to the site, and then search for the article itself on that site, I've set up an Instagram page for my writing. instagram.com/grant.wyeth/

For those who want to suffer the inconvenience of having to navigate from a post you might be interested in, to the profile page to find a link to the site, and then search for the article itself on that site, I've set up an Instagram page for my writing. instagram.com/grant.wyeth/

An essay of mine on the @lukehaines.bsky.social Baader Meinhof album. For Hegel, the permanent struggle of humanity is our seeking of recognition. Fuelling everything from acts of terrorism to artistic endeavours. And, artistic endeavours about acts of terrorism.

An essay of mine on the @lukehaines.bsky.social Baader Meinhof album. For Hegel, the permanent struggle of humanity is our seeking of recognition. Fuelling everything from acts of terrorism to artistic endeavours. And, artistic endeavours about acts of terrorism.

You can find my personal writing – on a range of subjects from foreign affairs, politics, philosophy, music, and urbanism – here at A Bridge Adjusting To The Water.

Over the past couple of years I've occasionally been seeing how pretentious I can make an album review. Find an album's context and its philosophical ideas and expand them out. Luke Haines's concept album about the Red Army Faction obviously offered fertile material.

I have a theory that the intensity of party identity in the U.S has been heavily influenced by the prompt of party affiliation on voter registration forms. This is why people *call themselves* Republicans or Democrats, and has spiralled into sectarianism.

I have a theory that the intensity of party identity in the U.S has been heavily influenced by the prompt of party affiliation on voter registration forms. This is why people *call themselves* Republicans or Democrats, and has spiralled into sectarianism.

The most influential actor of Australia's election will be not any party or party leader, but Australia’s voting system itself.

A piece of mine on the Community Independents Project (I don't like the moniker "teals"). On Australia's stability seeking national character, and how Australians are now seeing political parties as destabilising forces.

Amusingly Rory Stewart mentioned this article of mine on this week's @therestpolitics.bsky.social. The piece was written in response to the appearance of @albomp.bsky.social on the podcast, and his choice of Australian music.

A review, of sorts, of the debut album by Salaryman. And the urban kinship between the Japanese salaryman and the late-90s Chicago post-rock scene

The ABC recently advertised a job for someone to help with a new language policy. As someone who spends lot of time aggrieved at the media's word choices, I thought I'd apply. But having no qualifications, I thought I'd just write some commentary instead.

A review, of sorts, of the debut album by Salaryman. And the urban kinship between the Japanese salaryman and the late-90s Chicago post-rock scene

The ABC recently advertised a job for someone to help with a new language policy. As someone who spends lot of time aggrieved at the media's word choices, I thought I'd apply. But having no qualifications, I thought I'd just write some commentary instead.

Amusingly Rory Stewart mentioned this article of mine on this week's @therestpolitics.bsky.social. The piece was written in response to the appearance of @albomp.bsky.social on the podcast, and his choice of Australian music.

Australia's role in a shifting world order: stepping up to protect civilians and international law @aiianational.bsky.social article with @grantwyeth.bsky.social informed by consultations with over 70 legal, policy and humanitarian experts www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

A follow-up article of mine going further into the conditions that have allowed the @communityindeps.bsky.social to flourish. And the distinction between urban and rural electorates in understanding this movement.

How Australian PM Anthony Albanese used a softball question on @therestpolitics.bsky.social to promote an obsolete vision of Australian culture, and revealed the disconnect between an emerging Australia culture and the political class.

How Australian PM Anthony Albanese used a softball question on @therestpolitics.bsky.social to promote an obsolete vision of Australian culture, and revealed the disconnect between an emerging Australia culture and the political class.

A piece of mine on the Community Independents Project (I don't like the moniker "teals"). On Australia's stability seeking national character, and how Australians are now seeing political parties as destabilising forces.

A new article of mine on Australia as a democratic innovator, its stability-seeking national character, and how a civil society group of engaged citizens in a rural electorate transformed into a slow and methodical political revolution.