Australia’s diplomatic deficit: Reinvesting in our instruments of...
Australia’s network of overseas diplomatic missions – the government’s most important point of immediate contact with the world, and the best way it has of influencing it – is overstretched and...
View ArticleWhat's China's Aim?
Related External Post: www.saiia.org.za/development-through-trade-opinion/whats-chinas-aim.html Synopsis: After the global economic crisis, it is important to ask what leadership China aims to provide...
View ArticleIndia’s Nuclear Path
When the Commonwealth heads of government meet in Australia later this month, one prominent leader is almost certain to be conspicuously absent: India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. India is a strong...
View ArticleDiplomatic Disrepair: Rebuilding Australia’s International Policy Infrastructure
Australia is one of the most highly globalised countries on the planet and therefore one of the most dependent on an effective and active international policy. To promote our interests effectively we...
View ArticleWhy the New “Emphasis on Asia” in U.S. Policy?
In his remarks to the Australian parliament on November 17, President Obama declared that the U. S. was making the Asia-Pacific region a top priority. While promising a continued U.S. military...
View ArticleIndia’s Rise puts China on Edge
The birth of a superpower can be a strange and disturbing event to witness. There is a lot of screaming, a lot of pain, it’s inherently messy; but sometimes something beautiful will emerge. Kolkata...
View ArticleIndia, Australia and Uranium: What after the ‘labor’ pains?
The N-factor has for long influenced, if not decided, the flavour of the India-Australia bilateral relationship. Australia’s nuclear policy has upheld the tenets of the NPT and the country had been at...
View ArticleThe Philippines’ Search for Strategic Partners
Tensions are growing in East Asia, driven in large part by the continued rise of China and its bid for regional primacy. In particular, Beijing’s claims to “indisputable sovereignty” over the South...
View ArticleAmerica’s Energy Edge
Only five years ago, the world’s supply of oil appeared to be peaking, and as conventional gas production declined in the United States, it seemed that the country would become dependent on costly...
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