With Richard Woolcott, you always had to take the smooth with the smooth. No rough edges for this wattle-proud Australian who was one of our greatest diplomats. His smarts and his steel always presented in …
It’s been just over a month and a half since Fiji’s new coalition government, headed by former coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka, was sworn in to parliament. The December election was a tight race, as many …
It’s too soon to declare an end to China’s economic war against Australia, but the signs are all pointing in that direction, with the meeting between trade ministers of the two countries this week coinciding …
Is globalisation coming back to life? That was the big question at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, where WEF founder Klaus Schwab asked whether it is possible to have cooperation in an …
France invented the attack helicopter in 1956. Sixty-seven years later, Japan has decided that the idea has had its day. ‘Elimination of obsolete equipment’ is the cruelly decisive headline above photos of a Bell AH-1 …
Australia and the United Kingdom consider themselves global leaders in the modern anti-slavery movement. The UK was first country to pass modern slavery laws, while Australia was the second. Both have committed significant funding to …
The Albanese government deserves credit for its handling of the China relationship. Its dual-stream strategy of ‘co-operating where possible and disagreeing where necessary’ has so far enabled diplomatic re-engagement without compromising Australian policy. But is …
