Don’t forget about NepalNepal isn’t given much thought in most Western country’s foreign policy discussions — but maybe it should be. Joshua Gross explains why the country’s potential as an enemy and an ally makes it worthy of our attention.
Foreign policy
Australia still looks to America as Asia’s sheriff
Australia may be big beneficiaries from China’s industrial revolution, but our security in the region still hangs on the US, says the Economist.
The Coalition’s shameful Red Scare campaign
The Coalition is now in the throes of the biggest Red scare since the 1950s, writes Bernard Keane.
Robb burns Rudd over Japanese diplomacy
The Prime Minister might have copped plenty of stick over the length and itinerary of his World Discovery Tour but it is clear that when Rudd plays to his strength, he is pretty impressive, writes Bernard Keane.
Will the world buy Rudd’s “middle power” reheat?
Has the idea of Australia as a middle power had its day? Kevin Rudd may soon find out, writes Associate Professor Richard Leaver.
So Kevin, why didn’t you call?
It is, to use a Canberra cliché, the “optics” of Kevin Rudd’s world discovery tour that are the problem, rather than the substance, writes Bernard Keane.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
We are talking here about the rotating 10 elected seats on the Security Council. Which is to say that in five years time we might be taking the seat recently vacated by Michel Kafando, the ambassador from Burkina Faso.
Foreign policy tip: stop sucking up to the US
If Australia want to become a respected middle power diplomatic force, they should think about who they are hanging with. I attend many international meetings and frequently observe the Australian delegation taking their orders from the US delegation.
