Tag Archives: Australia

Australia in International Policy – review

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

Here’s my book review of Stewart Firth’s 3rd edition of Australia in International Policy, published in the New Zealand International Review, 37 (5): p.28.

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

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

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’

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

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

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

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?

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

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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