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APEC: unfashionable, but successful

Crikey / Tuesday, 11 September 2007

The ferals are probably upset that there wasn’t any riot, but APEC has actually been a great success, writes Christian Kerr.

Sydney Declaration: weasels with words

Crikey / Monday, 10 September 2007

There are two Sydney Declarations: the aspirational one, compiled before the negotiators of the 21 APEC nations uncapped their red pens, and the actual one, the refined and re-refined final document that everyone agreed to sign. Call it an exercise in decoding international diplomacy.