Two-Timing China
Hear the clinking of glasses? Hardly. It’s a celebration that must be muted for fear…More
Tagged: international relations
The Week The News Went Global
It’s not very often that foreign policy breaks through the carapace of insularity in Australian…More
High Drama In Copenhagen
At the Copenhagen conference, the negotiating bloc of developing countries known as "G77 and China"…More
The Warmer It Gets, The Better Those Minerals Look
They call Antarctica "The Big Pav" — white, rich, and claimed by both Australia and…More
But I Only Ate the Chicken!
As most of us know, Australia’s new Prime Minister is a former diplomat. Comfortable in…More
Australia the Go-Between
Forget acting on global warming for our children’s sake. Nobel laureate Al Gore brought home…More
The India-China Prism
‘Burma is as important to China’s military security in the 21st Century as Tibet…More
Hegemony Is Not The Name of A Band
What to make of Australia’s forays into international politics? Of its double-timing of the US…More
Which Way Will India Go?
You may have heard the saying that diplomacy is ‘war by other means’. In fact,…More
Convenient Untruths
You know that faint feeling you get when you unknowlingly walk through a spider’s web?…More