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WikiLeaks should propel less secrecy at the top on foreign policy
Author: John McCarthy, AIIA During the festive season we were entertained by the United States’ diplomatic mail and by Julian Assange’s alleged transgressions under the midnight sun. As 2011 gets under...
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Overcoming the Australia–Indonesia cultural divide
Author: John McCarthy, AIIA The probable executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, and Australia’s responses thereto, risk pushing the Australia–Indonesia relationship into another downturn....
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What Australia needs to do after Trump
Author: John McCarthy, Sydney When it comes to Donald Trump, Australia needs to think about four things. First, Trump’s apparent perspective on security contains contradictions. He is intent on a...
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Australia’s over-zealous response to the North Korea crisis
Author: John McCarthy, Sydney Australia’s reaction to the exchanges between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump has been couched principally in terms of what North Korea might...
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Foreign policy blunders threaten Australia’s prosperity
Author: John McCarthy, AIIA The status of Jerusalem has been central to the Arab–Israeli dispute for more than a century. Since recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel presupposes the outcome of...
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Focussing on foreign policy for the sake of Australia’s future
Author: John McCarthy, Melbourne In a new global era, Australians have to change the way external policy is thought about. It should no longer be seen as a matter only for the government. There are...
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Australian foreign policy beyond the pandemic
Author: John McCarthy, Melbourne Australia can no longer rely on the United States as its security shield. While Australian leaders are properly focussed on managing the domestic impacts of COVID-19,...
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COVID-19, Trump, Xi and Canberra
Author: John McCarthy, Melbourne Australia’s decision to spearhead an international enquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic — read China’s lack of transparency and the WHO’s mistakes — is a...
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Oil palm and agricultural policy: Boom or ruin for Indonesian farmers?
Author: John McCarthy, ANU Palm oil is now the world’s most widely traded vegetable oil. As Indonesia is the centre of global production, palm oil is a priority for Indonesia’s economic planners. With...
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Energy, food and climate crises: are they driving an Indonesian ‘land grab’?
Author: John McCarthy, ANU A recent Oxfam report estimated that since 2001 investors have bought, leased or licensed up to 227 million hectares of land across the globe. This new bubble of speculative...
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