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National affairs Brian Toohey 9 December 2010 A casual reference to the use of force underlines the flaws in Kevin Rudd’s thinking about Australia’s largest trading partner, writes Brian Toohey
National affairs Geoffrey Barker 9 December 2010 The WikiLeaks revelations about Kevin Rudd’s views on China show that the foreign minister is well within the mainstream of western thinking, writes Geoffrey Barker Books & arts Grant Evans 22 November 2010 Grant Evans reviews an account of the Great Famine, another major blow to the Mao myth National affairs Stephen Howes 26 October 2010 Climate change efforts are becoming more decentralised, writes Stephen Howes, so we’ll need to make the most of a bottom-up approach National affairs Brian Toohey 8 September 2010 How should Australia respond to the changing power balance in the region, asks Brian Toohey
International Louise Merrington 19 August 2010 A disputed border continues to fuel tension between China and India, but there are also good reasons for better relations, writes Louise Merrington
National affairs Brian Toohey 7 April 2010 Building Australian submarines would compound the defence white paper’s mistaken view of the threats Australia faces, writes Brian Toohey International Peter Browne 14 January 2010 China’s decision to resist binding emissions targets at Copenhagen gives a glimpse of a country with big and sometimes conflicting plans for growth, trade and influence,… Books & arts David Kelly 18 November 2009 Opposing itself to the west is stopping China from developing in important ways, writes David Kelly International Larry Marshall 13 November 2009 Sri Lanka has been left deeply divided by its long-running civil war, in which China played a crucial but little-known role, writes Larry Marshall
International Geoffrey Barker 13 October 2009 What were the western media representatives getting themselves into at the Beijing summit, asks Geoffrey Barker International David G. Marr 31 August 2009 Vietnam’s experience shows that dealing with China is not an all-or-nothing proposition, writes David G. Marr International Geoffrey Barker 10 July 2009 Despite what Paul Keating says, an ambivalent attitude to China is justified by the facts, argues Geoffrey Barker National affairs Brian Toohey 5 May 2009 Abandoned in the 1960s, “forward defence” makes a disturbing reappearance in the government’s defence white paper, argues Brian Toohey