← Contributors Mark Pierce Mark Pierce was a diplomat and is now a writer who has spent years living in France and Germany. Articles by Mark Pierce (15) Mark Pierce 9 Apr 2024 Life on Earth: From beginning to end A new take on the history of the world starts 3.8 billion years ago and offers conclusions about our future. Mark Pierce 26 Mar 2024 Opium and the colonial narco-state In an attempt to control 19th century trade with India and China, Britain dumped tea and resorted to a new addictive drug. Mark Pierce 7 Mar 2024 Spy novels and unicorn hunting Seeking perfection among the dead ends, red herrings and lost causes, a lover of espionage lists the must-haves. Mark Pierce 22 Feb 2024 Words as weapons in the war of ideas A new book explores the power of literature on history's battlefields. Mark Pierce 22 Jan 2024 Diplomacy: How to pick those who represent us Australia’s top envoys can draw out the best, whether professionals or politicians. Mark Pierce 29 Nov 2023 The Fix: Simple history is never simplistic Your weekly Interpreter feature about issues, resources and helpful distractions that might otherwise be missed. Mark Pierce 17 Nov 2023 Practising politics in a moral wilderness Yes Minister, indeed. Mark Pierce 23 Oct 2023 War crimes: The trial of a fallen French war hero and lessons for today When can personal responsibility be dissolved into collective culpability? Mark Pierce 13 Oct 2023 Imagining Trump’s second term Could Canada cope? Might Australia? Two books on the “vice in the chest and tightness in the stomach” prospect. Load More
Mark Pierce 9 Apr 2024 Life on Earth: From beginning to end A new take on the history of the world starts 3.8 billion years ago and offers conclusions about our future.
Mark Pierce 26 Mar 2024 Opium and the colonial narco-state In an attempt to control 19th century trade with India and China, Britain dumped tea and resorted to a new addictive drug.
Mark Pierce 7 Mar 2024 Spy novels and unicorn hunting Seeking perfection among the dead ends, red herrings and lost causes, a lover of espionage lists the must-haves.
Mark Pierce 22 Feb 2024 Words as weapons in the war of ideas A new book explores the power of literature on history's battlefields.
Mark Pierce 22 Jan 2024 Diplomacy: How to pick those who represent us Australia’s top envoys can draw out the best, whether professionals or politicians.
Mark Pierce 29 Nov 2023 The Fix: Simple history is never simplistic Your weekly Interpreter feature about issues, resources and helpful distractions that might otherwise be missed.
Mark Pierce 23 Oct 2023 War crimes: The trial of a fallen French war hero and lessons for today When can personal responsibility be dissolved into collective culpability?
Mark Pierce 13 Oct 2023 Imagining Trump’s second term Could Canada cope? Might Australia? Two books on the “vice in the chest and tightness in the stomach” prospect.