Tag Archives: Australia

Mind the gap: Australia and New Zealand’s views of Asia

Here is my take, to Lowy Institute’s blog, of the differences between Australia’s and New Zealand’s views of Asia.

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Review of Wesley’s ‘There goes the neighbourhood’

In the latest New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 13 (2), December 2011, I review Lowy Institute’s Michael Wesley’s recent book There goes the neighbourhood: Australia and the rise of Asia.

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Why President Obama was wrong in Australia

There has been much said about Obama’s speech in Darwin last week, including a fair amount of criticism about the substance and symbolism of his comments. I put in my two-cents worth here on a matter that, as far as … Continue reading

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In Asia, is New Zealand better with Australia?

Read my latest post on the Lowy Institute’s blog as I tease out the notion, held by many thinkers in the region, that, in Asia, New Zealand is better with Australia.

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