Asia
Friday funny: Medical porpoises
I've noted before in this space my admiration for Shaun Micallef, so when he got his own Colbert-like vehicle on the ABC last year, I was excited. Series 1 of Mad As Hell turned…
DPRK: Getting closer all the time...
Earlier this week Jeffrey Choi wrote on this blog that:
North Korea's missile and nuclear technologies appear more advanced and sophisticated than previously thought and it is…
How will China treat Iceland's gay first couple?
Joel Wing-Lun is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program.
As I noted on this blog last month, China's first lady Peng Liyuan caused an online sensation…
India links: Rahul Gandhi's speech, India-Iran relations, India's democracy, and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations.
Rahul Gandhi's speech…
Reader ripostes: Howard, Ware and Iraq
Below, Mona Scheuermann responds to Michael Ware. But first, Ashley Murtha:
Some important qualifications should be made regarding Sam Roggeveen's mention of Canada as a…
A shift in China's North Korea policy?
Jeffrey Choi is a PhD candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations at ANU and an Endeavour Award Scholar. He previously served as an officer in the South Korean…
John Howard's straight talk on Iraq
Michael Green served on the US National Security Council staff from 2001-2005 and is now Senior Vice President for Asia at CSIS and a non-resident fellow at the Lowy Institute…
Australia-China strategic partnership: Two years of fits and starts
The strategic partnership between Australia and China announced yesterday has been a long 24 months in the making. As with any initiative requiring the approval of senior Chinese…
Impressions of Howard's Iraq speech
The text of John Howard's Iraq ten-year retrospective, delivered to a packed Lowy Institute audience this evening, is on our website. My first impressions are below. I hope…
Breakthrough: Australia and China set to announce strategic partnership
Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard achieved a diplomatic breakthrough in Beijing today when she and China's Premier Li Keqiang agreed that Australia and China will forge a…