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Links to information that is relevant to the critical thinking and policy issues for Indauspac.

Last updated 14 May 2012

Chamber during the early and mid 1990s formed the present four ACCCI Policy Committees covering Trade and Investment, Commerce and Industry. Public Affairs and Media, and Cultural and Sport. This was approached in the context of the Chamber's thinking/strategy on China's Key Cities initiated in the mid/late 1980s and implemented post 1989.

 

A detailed reading of the Chamber Website will indicate that we have consistently followed these themes in Australia China Economic Relations, whether during the 90s basically bilaterally or since the PRC entry into the WTO in late 2001 with global perspectives.

 

The early 2009 launch of Indauspac Strategy and Indauspac Watch was simply an Australia-centric refinement of this global focus and a recognition of the post GFC multi-polar world. The first three Observations columns tried to explain our thinking and perspectives.

 

Indauspac Strategy has focused on Public Policy issues with emphasis on economic, political, military and strategic issues whereas Indauspac Watch is concerned with Private Civil matters in the social, cultural, commercial and historical areas.

 

In both cases our main sources are from global institutions as well as country/provincial/city government publications and authoritative media, think-tank and academic commentary. The purpose has always been to assist the ACCCI Policy Committees evaluate the evolving Australia China Relationship and particularly Australian Government Policy options at Global, Federal, State and Municipal levels. In turn ACCCI Special Projects are derived from this policy work.

 

The G20 Monitor on the ACCCI Website provides an important framework for Indauspac. Similarly with the other three Monitors of academic writings - Foreign Policy, Political System and Legal System.

 

Michael CH Jones

President, ACCCI

All Regions

Matt Wade, “Deadliest Form of Food Fight”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/deadliest-form-of-food-fight-20110626-1glvg.html.

 

Joshua Cooper Ramo, “The Beijing Consensus”, The Foreign Policy Centre (London), 2004.  Available at: http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/244.pdf.

Michael Fullilove, “2020 Vision: That Sinking Feeling” The Australian, 16 January 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/vision-that-sinking-feeling/story-e6frg6z6-1225819877287.

Regions of the World from an Australia-centric maritime perspective

 

1. South Africa/Egypt - Africa

2. India/Iran - West Asia

3. China/Japan - East Asia

4. Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam - ASEAN

5. United States - North America (Canada and Mexico)

6. Brazil - Latin America (excluding Mexico)

7. Australia - Oceania (including New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa)

8. Antarctica - Southern Ocean

9. EU – Eurasia (including Russia)

 


Region 1


1. South Africa/Egypt - Africa

Jerome Mwanda, “Africa Plans Free Trade Area”, Eurasia Review, 19 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/19022012-africa-plans-free-trade-area/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29

AFP, “New $875bn Trade Bloc to Draw in Comesa, EAC and SADC”, The Australian, 13 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/new-875bn-trade-bloc-to-draw-in-comesa-eac-and-sadc/story-e6frg90o-1226074169166.

Deborah Brautigam, “Africa’s Eastern Promise: What the West Can Learn From Chinese Investment in Africa”, Foreign Affairs, 5 January 2010.  Available at:http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/65916/deborah-brautigam/africa’s-eastern-promise

Wenran Jiang, “Fuelling the Dragon: China’s Rise and Its Energy and Resources Extraction in Africa”,The China Quarterly, Vol. 199, online version dated 10 September 2009.  Downloads may be purchased at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/mostReadArticle?jid=CQY&modal=m.

Daniel Large, “China’s Sudan Engagement: Changing Northern and Southern Political Trajectories in Peace and War”, The China Quarterly, Vol. 199, online version dated 10 September 2009.  Downloads may be purchased at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/mostReadArticle?jid=CQY&modal=m.

Julia C. Strauss and Martha Saavedra, “Introduction: China, Africa and Internationalisation”, The China Quarterly, Vol. 199, online version dated 10 September 2009.  Downloads may be purchased at:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/mostReadArticle?jid=CQY&modal=m.

Chris Alden and Christopher R. Hughes, “Harmony and Discord in China’s Africa Strategy: Some Implications for Foreign Policy”, The China Quarterly, Vol. 199, online version dated 10 September 2009.  Downloads may be purchased at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/mostReadArticle?jid=CQY&modal=m.

Barry Sautman and Yan Hairong, “African Perspectives on China-Africa Links”, The China Quarterly, Vol. 199, online version dated 10 September 2009.  Downloads may be purchased at:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/mostReadArticle?jid=CQY&modal=m.

Emrys Chew, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Indian Ocean and the Maritime Balance of Power in Historical Perspective”, RSIS Working Papers No. 144 (October 2007).  Online copy available at:http://www.rsis.edu.sg/publications/WorkingPapers/WP144.pdf

“Center Stage for the Twenty-first Century: Power Plays in the Indian Ocean”, by Robert D. Kaplan fromForeign Affairs, March/April 2009.  Available at:http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20090301faessay88203/robert-d-kaplan/center-stage-for-the-twenty-first-century.html.

“Into Africa” by Roger Donnelly and Benjamin Ford is available on the Lowy Institute Internet site: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=870.

Comment on “Into Africa” by Michael C.H. Jones, entitled “A Must Read for Strategic Thinkers”.

East Coast

Comoros

Library of Congress background Comoros
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/kmtoc.html.

Kenya

Uche Igwe, “Drama of Kenyan Politics Ahead of Elections – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 20 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/20022012-drama-of-kenyan-politics-ahead-of-elections-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Jeffrey Gettleman, “Kenya Concedes Invasion Part of Long-Term Strategy”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/kenya-concedes-invasion-part-of-longterm-strategy-20111027-1mm12.html.  See commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonKenya.pdf.

BBC News, “Kenya Country Profile”, 23 February, 2010.  Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1024563.stm.

Afrol News, “ICC Prosecutor Submits 20 Names”, 4 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.afrol.com/articles/35528.

“Kenya Government Ministries and other Organs”, diani.info, (undated).  Available at: http://www.diani.info/governmentministries.asp.

Madagascar

Library of Congress background on Madagascar:
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/mgtoc.html.

Wikipedia, “Chinese People in Madagascar”.  Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_people_in_Madagascar.

US Library of Congress, “Selected Internet Resources on Government, Politics and Law: Madagascar”. Available at: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/madagascar/resources/madagascar-government.html.

ERIN, “Madagascar: Government Cuts Hit Education Hard”, Spero News, 15 February 2010.  Available at: http://www.speroforum.com/a/27431/Madagascar---Government-cuts-hit-education-hard.

Mauritius

Library of Congress background Mauritius:
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/mutoc.html.

Seychelles

Library of Congress background on Seychelles
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/sctoc.html.

Mozambique

David Alexander Robinson, “Chinese Engagement with Africa: The Case of Mozambique – Analysis”, Eurasia Review, 21 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/21012012-chinese-engagement-with-africa-the-case-of-mozambique-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

South Africa

William Gumede, “South Africa’s ANC Reaches a Milestone, but Loses Its Way”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/south-africas-anc-reaches-a-milestone-but-loses-its-way-20120109-1pro2.html.

Brian Latham, “South Africa Ready to Throw Out 1.2m Who Fled Mubabe”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/south-africa-ready-to-throw-out-12m-who-fled-mugabe-20110104-19f31.html.

South African Prime Minister and Government corruption.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/row-over-23m-cost-to-taxpayer-of-supporting-zumas-family-20100318-qifa.html.

Library of Congress background on South Africa
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html.

Economic Minister - New Strategic Plan: http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=0378126883f27210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default.

FIFA has problems with Chinese factory: http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=2ca2d39c58347210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&channelPath=home.

South African Government Information: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/index.htm.

South African Government Information, “Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the Appointment of the New Cabinet”, 10 May 2010.  Available at: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09051016451001.htm.

South Sudan

Associated Press, “A Look at South Sudan, the World’s Newest Country as of Saturday”, The Washington Post, 9 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/a-look-at-south-sudan-the-worlds-newest-country-as-of-saturday/2011/07/08/gIQA83Yx3H_story.html

Sudan

Jeffrey Gettleman, “Sudan’s Bombers Send Message to Rebels as Split with South Nears”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/sudans-bombers-send-message-to-rebels-as-split-with-south-nears-20110704-1gz16.html.

Library of Congress background on Sudan:
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/sdtoc.html.

Swaziland

Tanzania

Muslim Northeastern Belt

Somalia

Egypt

Marina Ottaway, “Egypt’s Transition: Finding a Way Out of the Vicious Circle”, Carnegie Endowment, 6 February 2012.  Available at: http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/06/egypt-s-transition-finding-way-out-of-vicious-circle/9g4f.

Nathan J Brown, “When Victory Becomes an Option: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Confronts Success”, Carnegie Endowment, January 2012.  Available at: http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/01/10/when-victory-becomes-option-egypt-s-muslim-brotherhood-confronts-success/8y4l.

Adrian Blomfield, “Brotherhood in Split with Egyptian Army”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 December 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/brotherhood-in-split-with-egyptian-army-20111209-1onld.html.

No author cited, “Egypt’s Politics: Uncomfortably Polarised”, The Economist, 15 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.economist.com/node/21532336?fsrc=nlw|wwp|10-13-2011|politics_this_week.

Volkhard Windfuhr, “Egypt Approves Massive Bridge to Saudi Arabia”, Spiegel Online, 18 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,775020,00.html.

Reuters, “UAE Offers $US3b Aid Package to Egypt”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/uae-offers-us3b-aid-package-to-egypt-20110705-1gzm8.html.

Jason Koutsoukis, “Revolution Brings New Fears for Copts”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/revolution-brings-new-fears-for-copts-20110614-1g1vm.html.  See comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonEgypt.pdf.

Peter Hartcher, “Democracy Hopes Teetering at the Top of a Pyramid”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/democracy-hopes-teetering-at-the-top-of-a-pyramid-20110207-1ak3a.html.

Farid Farid, “Has Egypt’s Government Abandoned Alexandria?” The Australian, 5 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/has-egypts-government-abandoned-alexandria/story-e6frg6zo-1225981949467.

MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, “The 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Australia-Egypt Diplomatic Relations, 10 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/kr_sp_101211.html



Region 2


2. India/Iran - West Asia

Vijay Sakhuja, “Maritime Multilateralism: China’s Strategy for the Indian Ocean, China Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 22 (4 November 2009).  Available at: http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=35692&tx_ttnews[backPid]=13&cHash=ddfe97e54a.

Centre Stage for the Twenty-first Century: Power Plays in the Indian Ocean, by Robert D. Kaplan fromForeign Affairs, March/April 2009.

Abu Dhabi

Mark Day, “Rupert Murdoch’s Middle East Call to Freedom”, The Australian, 21 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/murdoch-plans-an-arab-language-satellite-news-channel-in-middle-east/story-e6frg99o-1226025002133.

Afghanistan

Amin Saikal, “Afghanistan Focus Needs Readjusting”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/afghanistan-focus-needs-readjusting-20111102-1mvki.html.

AP, “Foreigners Not Wanted, Says Karzai”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/foreigners-not-wanted-says-karzai-20110322-1c582.html.

Doyle McManus, “Afghan End Receding from Sight”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/afghan-end-receding-from-sight-20101222-195ht.html

http://www.slate.com/id/2267465/pagenum/all/#p2.

Frud Bezhan, “Reconciliation Plan Unlikely to Bring Peace”, The Australian, 23 July 2010.  Available at:  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/reconciliation-plan-unlikely-to-bring-peace/story-e6frg6ux-1225895825085.

Dan Oakes, “West Braces for a Difficult Conversation with the Taliban”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/west-braces-for-a-difficult-conversation--with-the-taliban-20100722-10m5t.html.

Peter Hartcher, “West’s Failure of Nerve Is a Win for Islamic Terrorism”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/wests-failure-of-nerve-is-a-win-for-islamic-terrorism-20100719-10hqz.html.

Brad Norington, “Drop Afghan Pullout Deadline, Barack Obama Told”, The Australian, 6 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/drop-afghan-pullout-deadline-barack-obama-told/story-e6frg6so-1225888216507.

Simon Mann, “US Freezes $4b of Aid to Afghans”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-freezes-4b-of-aid-to-afghans-20100701-zqos.html.

Michael Hastings, “The Runaway General”, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/119236?RS_show_page=0.

Bangladesh

Pushpita Das, “Check the Downslide in India-Bangladesh Relations”, IDSA, 4 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/ChecktheDownslideinIndiaBangladeshRelations_pdas_040112.

No author cited, “Revision to Type: Bangladesh’s Economy Is Becoming Ever Healthier; Its Politics Are Heading in the Opposite Direction”, The Economist, 13 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.economist.com/node/21525897.

Tanveer Ahmed, “Bangladesh Can Be a Secular Beacon for the Muslim World”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17

June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/bangladesh-can-be-a-secular-beacon-for-the-muslim-world-20110616-1g5t2.html.  Comment by Michael C H Jones is available at http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonBangladesh.pdf.

Gulf States

Hon Kevin Rudd MP Australian Foreign Minister, “Speech at the 4th Plenary of the Manama Dialogue”, 4 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/kr_sp_101204.html.  The Website for the Manama Dialogue is: http://www.iiss.org/conferences/the-iiss-regional-security-summit/manama-dialogue-2010/.

India

Gauri Khandekar, “The EU-India Summit: On the Threshold of Change – Analysis”, Eurasia Review, 4 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/04032012-the-eu-india-summit-on-the-threshold-of-change-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Keerthi Sampath Kumar, “India’s Past Year at the UN Security Council – Analysis”, Eurasian Review, 7 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/07022012-india%E2%80%99s-past-year-at-the-un-security-council-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Hamish McDonald, “Role Model for a Nation on the March”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/role-model-for-a-nation-on-the-march-20120203-1qxei.html.

R S Kalha, “US Strategic Defence Review: The Dilemma For Asian States – Analysis”, Eurasia Review, 17 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/17012012-us-strategic-defence-review-the-dilemma-for-asian-states-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Bhaskar Roy, “India-China Relations and Boundary Talks – Analysis”, Eurasian Review, 12 January 2012.  Available at: www.eurasiareview.com/12012012-india-china-relations-and-boundary-talks -analysis/.

Jim Yardley, “Victorious Hunger Striker Shakes a Political Status Quo”, The New York Times, 28 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/world/asia/29india.html?src=me&ref=world.

Matt Wade, “Year of Disaster and Intrigue for South Asia”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 December 2010.  Available at:  http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-year-of-disaster-and-intrigue-for-south-asia-20101228-1997c.html.

Veeramani Choorikkadan, “India Gearing Up for Growth”, East Asian Forum, 8 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/08/08/india-gearing-up-for-growth/

Ian Hall, “What Canberra Can Learn from Cameron’s Passage to India”, The Australian, 29 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/what-canberra-can-learn-from-camerons-passage-to-india/story-e6frg6ux-1225898187007.

John Lee, “Unrealised Potential: India’s ‘Soft Power’ Ambition in Asia”, Foreign Policy Analysis No. 4, Centre for Independent Studies, June 2010.  Available at: http://www.cis.org.au/images/stories/foreign-policy-analysis/FPA4.pdf.

Wendy Dobson, Gravity Shift: How Asia’s New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-first Century, University of Toronto Press, 2009.  A useful review of the book is available at: http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=8076.

Iran

Stuart Littlewood, “What Surprises Await Warmongers in the Gulf? – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 1 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/01032012-what-surprises-await-warmongers-in-the-gulf-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+R.

Walter Pincus, “At the Pentagon and in Israel, Plans Show the Difficulties of an Iran Strike”, The Washington Post, 9 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/at-the-pentagon-and-in-israel-plans-show-the-difficulties-of-an-iran-strike/2012/02/07/gIQAWQs5zQ_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Linda Heard, “US and Iran: Wheels Within Wheels – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 17 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/17012012-us-and-iran-wheels-within-wheels-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Thomas Erdbrink and Joby Warrick, “Iranian Scientist Involved in Nuclear Program Killed in Tehran Bomb Attack”, The Washington Post, 11 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-bomb-attack/2012/01/11/gIQAT1V7pP_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Thomas Erdbrink and Joby Warrick, “Iranian Scientist Involved in Nuclear Program Killed in Tehran Bomb Attack”, The Washington Post, 11 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iranian-scientist-killed-in-tehran-bomb-attack/2012/01/11/gIQAT1V7pP_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Iranian and US Plots are Added to a History of Hostility”, The New York Times, 14 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/world/middleeast/us-and-iran-playing-out-old-story-with-accusations.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2.

Iraq

Oliver August, “Invasion Forces leave Iraq to Uncertain Future”, The Australian, 17 August, 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/invasion-forces-leave-iraq-to-uncertain-future/story-e6frg6so-1225906060099.

Israel

Richard Cohen, “America’s Red Lines in the Sand on Iran”, The Washington Post, 7 ebruary 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americas-red-lines-in-the-sand-on-iran/2012/02/06/gIQAr6W5uQ_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.

Ramzy Baroud, “Israel Liberals Awaiting False Prophets – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 17 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/17012012-israel-liberals-awaiting-false-prophets-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Peter Hartcher, “Beware the Ticking Iran Time Bomb”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/beware-the-ticking-iran-time-bomb-20111107-1n3ru.html.  See also commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonBomb.pdf

Neil MacFarquhar, “Palestinians Request UN Status; Powers Press for Talks”, The New York Times, 23 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/world/palestinians-submit-statehood-bid-at-un.html?ref=world.

Colum Lynch, “UN Once Again Centre Stage for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”, The Washington Post, 18 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/un-once-again-center-stage-for-israeli-palestinian-conflict/2011/09/08/gIQA6cBuaK_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlin

Isabel Kershner, “Israel Bans Boycotts Against the State”, The New York Times, 11 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/world/middleeast/12israel.html?src=me&ref=world

Editorial, “Wake-Up Calls in the Middle East”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 May 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/wakeup-calls-in-middle-east-20110508-1ee2k.html.

Ethan Bronner, “Israel Intellectuals Press for Palestinian State”, The New York Times, 19 April 2011, Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/world/middleeast/20mideast.html?ref=world

GeorgieBC, “The Palestine Papers (Part 1 of 2)”, WikiLeaks Central, 26 January 2011.  Available at: http://wlcentral.org/node/1078.

Assa Doron, “Those Who Speak Out Against Oppression the True Patriots”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 January 2011.  http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/those-who-speak-out-against-oppression-the-true-patriots-20110120-19xxn.html.

David Burchell, “That Convenient Scapegoat, Israel”, The Australian, 11 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/that-convenient-scapegoat-israel/story-e6frg6zo-1225985225478..

Greg Sheridan, “Decision Time on Iran Approaches”, The Australian, 24 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/decision-time-on-iran-approaches/story-e6frg6zo-1225975594243

Hon Kevin Rudd MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, “Future Directions for Middle East Peace Process - Address to the Australia-Israel Leadership Forum Gala Dinner”, 13 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/kr_sp_101213.html

AFP, “Israel Slams Its Critics for Hypocrisy”, The Australian, 21 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/israel-slams-its-critics-for-hypocrisy/story-e6frg6so-1225974103325.

AFP, “Fatah Asked Israel to Attack Hamas, WikiLeaks Cables Claim”, The  Australian, 21 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/fatah-asked-israel-to-attack-hamas-wikileaks-cables-claim/story-fn3dxity-1225974235910.

Philip Dorling, “Intelligence Chiefs Fear Nuclear War Between Israel and Tehran”, The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/intelligence-chiefs-fear-nuclear-war-between-israel-and-tehran-20101212-18u2a.html.

Ethan Bronner, “Palestinians Consider Shift in Strategy on Statehood”, The New York Times, 20 October 2010.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/world/middleeast/21mideast.html?_r=1&ref=global-home.

John Lyons, “Ill-Timed Oath May Torpedo Talks”, The Australian, 8 October 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/ill-timed-oath-may-torpedo-talks/story-e6frg6so-1225935645286.

AFP, “Gaza Aid Probe Finds ‘Clear Evidence’ Against Israel”, The Australian, 23 September, 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/gaza-aid-probe-finds-clear-evidence-against-israel/story-e6frg6so-1225928132326.

AFP. “Israel Rejects UN Probe into Gaza Flotilla Raid”, The Australian 23 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/israel-rejects-un-probe-into-gaza-flotilla-raid/story-fn3dxity-1225928142245.

Peter Rodgers, “Another Kick in the Teeth for Israel’s Friends”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/another-kick-in-the-teeth-for-israels-friends-20100602-wzmv.html.

Edited Transcript of Remarks by Professor John J. Mearsheimer, “The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners”, 29 April 2010.  Available at: http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/10418.

Agence France-Presse, “Israel Inquiry Admits Errors”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 2010. Available at:  http://www.smh.com.au/world/israeli-inquiry-admits-errors-20100712-1080c.html.

Paul McGeough, “A Shift in Arab Street’s Dynamics as Turkey and Israel Fall Out”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-shift-in-arab-streets-dynamics-as-turkey-and-israel-fall-out-20100609-xwyk.html.

Miranda Devine, “Acid Tongue Sinks the Scribe Who Swam with Anti-Israel Sentiment”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/acid-tongue-sinks-the-scribe-who-swam-with-antiisrael-sentiment-20100609-xwq0.html.

Dominique Moisi, “Israel’s Dangerous Political System”, Project Syndicate, 7 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/moisi55/English.

Jason Koutsoukis, “MP May Lose Citizenship for Joining Flotilla”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/mp-may-lose-citizenship-for-joining-flotilla-20100606-xn5v.html.

Kuwait

Library of Congress background 12) Kuwait
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/kwtoc.html.

Lebanon

AFP, “Iranian Warships’ Suez Passage Delayed until Wednesday”, The Australian, 21 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/iranian-warships-suez-passage-delayed-until-wednesday/story-e6frg6so-1226009233563.

AFP, “Israel Warns Iran Is Preparing to Send Warships Through Suez Canal into the Mediterranean”, The Australian, 17 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/israel-warns-iran-is-preparing-to-send-warships-through-suez-canal-into-the-mediterranean/story-e6frg6so-1226007335935

AFP, “Hezbollah Forces Lebanon Government Collapse”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/hezbollah-forces-lebanon-government-collapse-20110113-19oqw.html.

Maldives

B. Raman, “Fears of Possible Pakistanisation of Maldives – Analysis”, Eurasian Review, 1 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/12022012-fears-of-possible-pakistanization-of-maldives-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Nepal

Kiran Chapagain, “Nepal Elects a Maoist as Prime Minister, The New York Times, 29 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/world/asia/29nepal.html?ref=asia.

Oman

No author cited, “Oman Clashes: Two Killed During Protests in Gulf State”, BBC News, 27 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12590588.

Library of Congress background 10) Oman
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/omtoc.html.

Pakistan

Tushar Ranjan Mohanty, “Pakistan: Machiavellian Operations in Karachi – Analysis”, Eurasian Review, 7 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/07052012-pakistan-machiavellian-operations-in-karachi-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29

Ali Bluwi, “Pakistan Reformulates Its Foreign Policy – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 4 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/04022012-pakistan-reformulates-its-foreign-policy-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Vidya Shama, “Prime Minister Imran Kahn Would Be No Friend of the West”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/prime-minister-imran-khan-would-be-no-friend-of-the-west-20120126-1qjoo.html.

Tausief Ausaf, “Pulling Pakistan Back from the Brink – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 23 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/23012012-pulling-pakistan-back-from-the-brink-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Salman Mosood, “Political Shift Seen in Rally in Pakistan”, The New York Times, 30 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/world/asia/ex-cricket-star-imran-khan-leads-antigovernment-protest-in-pakistan.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22.

Declan Walsh, “US Bomb Warning to Pakistan Ignored”, The Guardian, 22 September 2011.  22 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/22/us-bomb-warning-pakistan-ignored.

Mohammed Hanif, “Osama bin Laden Death: No Mourning or Celebration in Pakistan”, The Guardian, 4 May,2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/04/osama-bin-laden-comment?INTCMP=SRCH.

Peter Preston, “Death by Nepotism of a Land Mired in Despair”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/death-by-nepotism-of-a-land-mired-in-despair-20100816-126v7.html.

Sajiad Tarakzia, “Pakistan’s Orphans Now Face Their ‘Most Bitter Days’”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 August, 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/pakistans-orphans-now-face-their-most-bitter-days-20100816-126w3.html.

‘Palestine’

AFP, Palestinians Gain UNESCO Membership”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/palestinians-gain-unesco-membership-20111101-1msrj.html.

Qatar

Library of Congress background 11) Qatar
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/qatoc.html.

Saudi Arabia

Ghazanfar Ali Khan, “Iran Seeks To Boost Defence Ties with India”, Eurasian Review, 14 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/14022012-iran-seeks-to-boost-defense-ties-with-india/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Pepe Escobar, “House of Saud ‘Liberates’ Bahrain”, Asia Times Online, 16 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MC16Ak03.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d7fe9c5ca0066cf%2C0.

Michael Birnbaum, “Saudi Troops Enter Bahrain as Violent Clashes Continue”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/saudi-troops-enter-bahrain-as-violent-clashes-continue-20110314-1bujp.html.

John Garnaut, “ China Inc Goes Off the Railsin Saudi Arabia While Building Mecca Monorail”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/china-inc-goes-off-the-rails-in-saudi-arabia-while-building-mecca-monorail-20101115-17ud1.html.

BBC Profile of Saudi Arabia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/791936.stm.

Library of Congress background Saudi Arabia
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/satoc.html.

Syria

Colum Lynch, “Russia, China Veto Syria Resolution at the United Nations”, The Washington Post, 5 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russia-china-block-syria-resolution-at-un/2011/10/04/gIQArCFBML_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Turkey

Jackson Diehl, “Turkey’s Government is the New Normal in the Middle East”, The Washington Post, 23 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/turkeys-government-is-the-new-normal-in-the-middle-east/2012/01/19/gIQA5GRaJQ_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions,

Sinan Ülgen, “From Inspiration to Aspiration: Turkey in the New Middle East”, Carnegie Endowment, December 2011.  Available at: http://carnegieendowment.org/files/turkey_mid_east.pdf.

Reuters, “Turkish Warships Will Escort Gaza Aid Vessels, Pledges Turkish PM”, The Guardian, 8 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/08/turkey-gaza-warships-escort.

Yemen

AFP, Yemeni President Sacks Government”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/yemeni-president-sacks-government-20110321-1c2vm.html



Region 3


3. China/Japan - East Asia

China

John Garnaut, “Mystery Surrounds Collapse of Feared Double act”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/mystery-surrounds-collapse-of-feared-double-act-20120210-1skgh.html.

Yukon Huang, “China in 2012: Fixated on Stability as the Pressures Grow”, Financial Times, 27 December 2011.  Available at: http://carnegieendowment.org/2011/12/27/china-in-2012-fixated-on-stability-as-pressures-grow/8ql1

http://blogs.ft.com/the-a-list/2011/12/27/china-in-2012-fixated-on-stability-as-the-pressures-grow/#axzz1oVNQa1XN

Bloomberg, “China Accused of Massive Economic Espionage”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 December 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/china-accused-of-massive-economic-espionage-20111214-1otni.html.  See also Siobhan Gorman, “US Homes In on China Spying”, The Wall Street Journal,13 December 2011.  Available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204336104577094690893528130.html.

Keith B. Richburg, “In Debt-Ridden City, Some See China’s Future”, The Washington Post, 27 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/in-debt-ridden-city-some-see-chinas-future/2011/10/23/gIQAzgCOLM_story.html?hpid=z3.

Michael Wines, “China Takes a Loss to Get Ahead in the Business of Fresh Water”, The New York Times, 25 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/world/asia/china-takes-loss-to-get-ahead-in-desalination-industry.html.

Jeffrey Frankel, “The Renminbi’s Rise as an International Currency: Historical Precedents”, East Asia Forum, 19 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/10/19/the-renminbi-s-rise-as-an-international-currency-historical-precedents/.

David Barboza, “In Cooling China, Loan Sharks Come Knocking”, The New York Times, 13 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/business/global/as-chinas-economy-cools-loan-sharks-come-knocking.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2.

John Garnaut, “Chinese Pendulum Swings to the Left”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinese-pendulum-swings-to-the-left-20111008-1leu7.html.

Arvind, Subramanian, “The Inevitable Superpower: Why China’s Dominance Is a Sure Thing”, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 90, No. 5 (September/October 2011), pp. 66-78.  Reprints may be purchased at: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68205/arvind-subramanian/the-inevitable-superpower.

Reuters, “China Vows To Keep Interest Rates Tight”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 2011. Availale at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/china-vows-to-keep-interest-rates-tight-20111001-1l27r.html

Spiegel Staff, “German Solar Firms Eclipsed by Chinese Rivals, Spiegel Online, 7 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,784653,00.html.

Keith Bradsher, Hybrid in a Trade Squeeze”, The New York Times, 5 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/business/global/gm-aims-the-volt-at-china-but-chinese-want-its-secrets.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25.

Keith Bradsher, “In Reversal, China Now Tries to Tamp Down Car Sales”, Herald-Tribune, 4 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110904/ZNYT01/109043003/-1/news?Title=In-Reversal-China-Now-Tries-to-Tamp-Down-Car-Sales

John Garnaut, “Ng’s Defiance Place China on Defensive”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/ngs-defiance-places-china-on-defensive-20110813-1iryj.html.

Amitav Acharya, “Beyond the Chinese Monroe Doctrine”, East Asia Forum, 11 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/11/beyond-the-chinese-monroe-doctrine/.

Matt Chambers, “China Plans to Invest US$1 trillion Overseas, Including Australia, The Australian, 13 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/china-plans-to-invest-us1-trillion-overseas-including-australia/story-e6frg8zx-1226093401346.

Associated Press, “China’s Central Bank Says Debt Risks for Local Governments ‘Controllable’”, The Washington Post, 12 July 2011, with link to text of statement (in Chinese) by the People’s Bank of China at the bottom of the article.  Available at:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/chinas-central-bank-says-debt-risks-for-local-governments-controllable/2011/07/12/gIQAu5UFAI_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Malcolm Moore, “Chief Auditor Warns Mounting Local Government Debt a Risk to Economy”, The Telegraph, 24 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/7851504/Chinas-chief-auditor-warns-mounting-local-government-debt-a-risk-to-economy.html.

Tom Orlik, “China Probes Economic Data Leaks”, The Wall Street Journal, 22 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/china-probes-into-economic-data-leaks/story-e6frg90x-1226079757827

Owen Fletcher, “Bubble Worries Spread to China’s Giant Internet Industry”, The Wall Street Journal, 16 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/bubble-worries-spread-to-chinas-giant-internet-industry/story-e6frg90x-1226076214655.

Peter Hartcher, “The Present Is No Time to Meet Lama”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 2011.  Available a: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/the-present-is-no-time-to-meet-lama-20110613-1g0g2.html.

Rowan Callick, “The Business of Ideology in China”, The Australian, 11 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/the-business-of-ideology-in-china/story-e6frg7e6-1226072949852

John Garnaut, “The Truth Buried Under Deng’s Creation Myth”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-truth-buried-under-dengs-creation-myth-20110606-1fp9t.html.  Comment by Michael C H Jones is available at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonGarnaut4.pdf.

Keith B. Richburg, “The Chinese Can Be Tough Customers for American Retailers”, The Washington Post, 10 May 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/for-american-retailers-chinese-can-be-tough-customers/2011/04/28/AF6VJegG_story.html?hpid=z3.

Anonymous, “Business: Bamboo Innovation; Schumpeter”, The Economist, 7 May 2011.  Available with subscription at: http://www.economist.com/node/18648264?story_id=18648264.

 

Michael Baker, “Tapping Into China’s Mind-Boggling Boom”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/growing/tapping-into-chinas-mindboggling-boom-20101124-186hh.html.

 

Paul Dibb, “If China Bullies on the High Seas, It May Need to be Taught a Naval Lesson”, The Australian, 6 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/if-china-bullies-on-the-high-seas-it-may-need-to-be-taught-a-naval-lesson/story-e6frg6zo-1225949105866.

 

Fareed Zakaria, “President Obama, Asia is Calling”, The Washington Post, 2 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110103432.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.

 

Michael Sainsbury and Rick Wallace, “China Threatens Action on Japan”, The Australian, 23 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/china-threatens-action-on-japan/story-e6frg6so-1225928043682.

 

Reuters, “Chinese Magazine Breaks Zhao Taboo”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/chinese-magazine-breaks-zhao-taboo-20100708-1022g.html.

Lynette Ong, “What’s Really at Stake with Rising Local Government Debt in China?, East Asia Forum, 5 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/07/05/whats-really-at-stake-with-rising-local-government-debt-in-china/.

Michael Sainsbury, “Beijing Raises the Stakes”, The Australian, 27 February 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/beijing-raises-the-stakes/story-e6frg6ux-1225834605748.

 

Text of commentary entitled “History” focuses in several significant events since 1998 at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/08/content_6599692.htm.

 

John Garnaut, “China Insider Sees Revolution Brewing”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 February 2010. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-insider-sees-revolution-brewing-20100226-p92d.html.

 

Text of opening address at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2009 by Wen Jiabao,  18 April 2009:  http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/yfgk/t558306.htm.

Lynette Ong, “What’s Really at Stake with Rising Local Government Debt in China?, East Asia Forum, 5 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/07/05/whats-really-at-stake-with-rising-local-government-debt-in-china/.

John Garnaut, “Review for China Race Riot City After Chief Ousted”, The Sydney Morning Heard, 27 April 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/review-for-china-race-riot-city-after-chief-ousted-20100426-tn8h.html.

Ian Buruma, “Chinese Party Thrives on Faith”, The Australian, 11 January 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/chinese-party-thrives-on-faith/story-e6frg6zo-1225817862467.

John Garnaut, “Economy Sets the Pace for Beijing’s Corruption Boom”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 January 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/economy-sets-the-pace-for-beijings-corruption-boom-20100108-lyw8.html.

No author cited, “China Jails Dissident Liu for 11 Years”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 2009.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-jails-dissident-liu-for-11-years-20091225-lf23.html.

Rowan Callick, “Is China Too Big to Negotiate?” The Australian, 24 December 2009.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/is-china-too-big-to-negotiate/story-e6frg6zo-1225813288687.

Associated Press, “Diplomats Kept Out as China Tries Dissident”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 December 2009.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/diplomats-kept-out-as-china-tries-dissident-20091223-ldf6.html.

Lenore Taylor, “China’s Climate Stonewall”, The Australian, 21 December 2009.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/chinas-climate-stonewall/story-e6frg6z6-1225812228240.

Tony Wang and Grace Tian, “Why Chinese Banks Survived the Crisis?” China Knowledge, 16 December 2009.  Available at: http://www.chinaknowledge.com/Newswires/CA.aspx?cat=&ID=215

Wendy Dobson, Gravity Shift: How Asia’s New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-first Century, University of Toronto Press, 2009.  A useful review of the book is available at: http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=8076.

A recent commentary on the state of the Chinese economy is available from East Asia Forum (Australia National University) by Liqing Zhang entitled: “Is the Pessimism About the Chinese Economy Warranted?”  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2009/02/18/is-the-pessimism-about-the-chinese-economy-warranted/

Paul Glasson, “Regional Focus to China’s Global Push”, The Australian 4 March 2009.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25135033-643,00.html.

Ma Wenluo, “China Overseas Investments Shifting to Real Assets”, ChinaStakes.com, 15 February, 2008.  Available at: http://www.chinastakes.com/story.aspx?id=207

Dennis Pamlin and Long Baijin, “China’s Outward Investment Flows, April 2007.  This is a 74 page document focusing on China’s outward investment to secure natural resources and is published as part of WWF-China’s program.  Available at: www.wwf.com.cn/wwfpress/publication/policy/rethink.pdf

Deutsche Bank Research, “Global Champions in Waiting: Perspectives on China’s Overseas Direct Investment”, 4 August 2006.  Available at: http://www.dbresearch.ru/PROD/DBR_INTERNET_EN-PROD/PROD0000000000201318.pdf.

Eunsuk Hong and Laixiang Sun, “Go Overseas via Direct Investment:  Internationalisation Strategy of Chinese Corporations in a Comparative Prism”, January 2004. Available at: http://www.cefims.ac.uk/documents/research-28.pdf.

Full text of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference, updated 13/04/2008 is available at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-04/13/content_6612499.htm.

 

Text of the speech by His Excellency Ambassador Zhang Junsai entitled ‘Australia and China: New Directions in Learning Connections’ presented at the China Education Centre, University of Sydney, 26 September 2008: In PDF.

 

William Pesek, “Debt-Fuelled Booms: Soaring China Should Be the Last One to Throw Stones”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/debtfuelled-booms-soaring-china-should-be-the-last-one-to-throw-stones-20100721-10l97.html.

 

Malcolm Turnbull, “Chinese Debt Binge Is Fuelling a Dangerous Property Bubble”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/chinese-debt-binge-is-fuelling-a-dangerous-property-bubble-20100615-yd1a.html.

 

Peter Hartcher, “As China Rises, It Demands a Deference We Should Be Wary to Give”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 June 2010.  http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/as-china-rises-it-demands-a-deference-we-should-be-wary-to-give-20100531-wr8w.html.

Spencer Swartz and Shai Oster, “China World’s Biggest Energy Consumer, Says International Energy Agency”, The Wall Street Journal, 20 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/china-worlds-biggest-energy-consumer-says-international-energy-agency/story-e6frg90x-1225894449698.

Hu Shan, “China Fears Overlook the Drive for Harmony”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/china-fears-overlook-the-drive-for-harmony-20100701-zqgp.html.

AP, “China Jails American Over State Secrets, as Comparisons Are Drawn with Stern Hu Case”, The Australian, 5 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/china-jails-american-over-state-secrets-as-comparisons-are-drawn-with-stern-hu-case/story-e6frg6so-1225888057153.

Shen Dingli, “Great Power, Great Responsibility”, South China Morning Post, 31 May 2010.  Available at: http://ussc.edu.au/news-room/Great-power-great-responsibility.

John Garnaut, “China Race to Invest in Australian Resources”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/china-race-to-invest-in-australian-resources-20100405-rn22.html.

Tony Wang and Grace Tian, “Why Chinese Banks Survived the Crisis?” China Knowledge, 16 December 2009.  Available at: http://www.chinaknowledge.com/Newswires/CA.aspx?cat=&ID=215

Wendy Dobson, Gravity Shift: How Asia’s New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape the Twenty-first Century, University of Toronto Press, 2009.  A useful review of the book is available at: http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=8076.

East Asian Summit

Peter Hartcher, “Asia Finds Voice in Test of Wills with China”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/asia-finds-voice-in-test-of-wills-with-china-20111121-1nqzi.html.

Liu Weidong, “East Asia Summit Agenda” China Daily, 16 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/16/content_14101950.htm.  See also commentary by Michael C H Jones a: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonEAS.pdf.

Hong Kong, SAR

Kevin Drew, “Scandals in Hong Kong Raise Fears About China”, The New York Times, 5 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/world/asia/hong-kong-election-raises-fears-about-china.html?_r=1.

Associated Press, “New Hong Kong Think Tank to Look at Economic Issues from Asian Viewpoint”, The Washington Post, 26 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-hong-kong-think-tank-to-look-at-economic-issues-from-asian-viewpoint/2011/08/26/gIQACmlHfJ_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Japan

Sourabh Gupta, “US-Japan and ‘Common Strategic Objectives’: Consolidating Alliance Gains”, East Asia Forum, 4 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/04/us-japan-and-common-strategic-objectives-consolidating-alliance-gains.

Peter Hartcher, “Battle of Pacific Rim Reshapes the World”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/battle-of-pacific-rim-reshapes-the-world-20110314-1bue3.html.

Hamish McDonald, “The Economic Miracle Falls Behind”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/the-economic-miracle-falls-behind-20100827-13vx7.html.

Ryo Sahashi. “Japan’s Vision: Building an East Asian Community”, East Asian Forum, 5 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/08/05/japan’s-vision-building-an-east-asian-community/.

North Korea

Chico Harlan, “In a North Korean Port City, Foreign Investment Starts to Flow”, The Washington Post, 27 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/in-a-north-korean-port-city-foreign-investment-starts-to-flow/2011/09/24/gIQAM4R8yK_story.html.

South Korea

AP, “High-Seas Stabbing of Korean Officer Worsens Ties with China”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/highseas-stabbing-of-korean-officer-worsens-ties-with-china-20111213-1os2g.html.

Park Geun-Hye, “A New Kind of Korea”, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 90 No. 5 (September/October 2011).  Reprints may be purchased at: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68136/park-geun-hye/a-new-kind-of-korea.

Aidan Foster-Carter, “Inter-Korean Relations Nosedive Over Secret Talks Disclosure”, East Asia Forum 15 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/15/inter-korean-relations-nosedive-over-secret-talks-disclosure/

Byung Min, “Corporate Governance Reform in Korea”, East Asia Forum, 8 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/08/corporate-governance-reform-in-korea/.

John Garnaut, “China Preparing for Collapse of N. Korea Regime, Cable Say”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-preparing-for-collapse-of-n-korea-regime-cables-say-20101130-18fed.html.

No author cited, “South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Calls for ‘Unification Tax’”, The Australian, 17 August, 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/south-korean-president-lee-myung-back-calls-for-unification-tax/story-e6frg6so-1225906057426.

No author cited, “China Takes Aim at US Drill in Yellow Sea”, The Australian, 23 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/china-takes-aim-at-us-drill-in-yellow-sea/story-e6frg6so-1225895816553

Taiwan

No author cites, “Republic of China Presidential Election, 2012”, Wikipedia, undated.  Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_presidential_election,_2012.

Steve Tsang, “Taiwan’s Journey from Troublemaker to Peacemaker”, Project Syndicate, 14 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/stsang2/English.


Region 4


4. Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam - ASEAN

ASEAN Region

Alan Chong and Emrys Chew, “Asian Diplomatic Ambiguity: Calming the South China Sea – Analysis”, Eurasian Review, 8 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/08052012-asian-diplomatic-ambiguity-calming-the-south-china-sea-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Koh Swee Lean Collin, “Indonesia’s New Submarines:  Impact on Regional Naval Balance – Anaysis”, Eurasian Review, 30 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/30012012-indonesia%E2%80%99s-new-submarines-impact-on-regional-naval-balance-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29

Peter Hartcher, “Full Steam Ahead for China’s Territorial Ambitions”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/full-steam-ahead-for-chinas-territorial-ambitions-20100712-107sp.html.

Indonesia

Damien Kingsbury, “A Better Understanding of Indonesia Will Forge Closer Ties”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-better-understanding-of-indonesia-will-forge-closer-ties-20120130-1qp7f.html.  See also the commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonIndonesia.pdf.

 

Tom Allard, “Indonesia Nods Off on Road to Democracy”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/indonesia-nods-off-on-road-to-democracy-20111212-1orgk.html.

 

Greg Sheridan, “If Only Mubarak Resembled Suharto”, The Australian, 17 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/if-only-mubarak-resembled-suharto/story-e6frg6zo-1226007168512.

 

AFP, “Bali Democracy Forum Officially Opened by Indonesian President, Jakarta Globe, 10 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/bali-democracy-forum-officially-opened-by-indonesian-president/346647.

 

The Hon Kevin Rudd, Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs, “Speech at the Bali Democracy Forum”, 9 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/kr_sp_101209.html.

 

Tom Allard, “Obama Reinforces Links with Indonesia”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-reinforces-links-with-indonesia-20101110-17mak.html.

 

Greg Sheridan, “Feel-Good Show Lacked Depth”, The Australian, 11 March 2010.  Commentary on the speech before the Australian Parliament by Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/feel-good-show-lacked-depth/story-e6frg6zo-1225839324692

 

Link to a map of the provinces of Indonesia that relates to President's Sydney Business Speech re the Australia/Indonesia decision to concentrate on the six eastern provinces of Indonesia re the Wallis Line or the Melanesia part of Indonesia.  Available at: http://www.indonesiamatters.com/images/indonesia-map.gif.

 

Text of speech by Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia at a business forum in Sydney, 11 March 2010.  Available at http://www.presidenri.go.id/index.php/eng/pidato/2010/03/11/1355.html.

Andrew Higgins, “Some in Indonesia Praise, Seek to Replicate China's Fight Against United States”, The Washington Post, 29 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/28/AR2010032802879.html.

Yuli Ismartono, “We Are So Close, But So Far Apart”, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/we-are-so-close-but-so-far-apart-20100310-pz74.html.

Malaysia

Nurhisham Hussein, “Malaysia’s Economic Transformation”, East Asia Forum, 12 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/08/12/malaysia-s-economic-transformation/.

Tom Allard, “Malaysia Plans Amnesty for Illegal Migrants”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/malaysia-plans-amnesty-for-illegal-migrants-20110607-1fr7h.html.

Dustin Roasa, “Malaysia at Economic Crossroads as It Fights the Great Brain Drain”, The Guardian, 21 April.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/21/malaysia-fights-brain-drain.

Myanmar (also known as Burma)

Hamish McDonald, “US Scrambles Back into Burma in a Race for Influence”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-scrambles-back-into-burma-in-a-race-for-influence-20120205-1qznl.html.

Lindsay Murdoch, “China Nervous as Burma Starts To Look West”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-nervous-as-burma-starts-to-look-west-20111129-1o58u.html

Hamish McDonald, “Junta Subverts Sanctions with Australian Radios”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/junta-subverts-sanctions-with-australian-radios-20100815-1258b.html.

Philippines

Andrew Jacobs, “Philippines’ Rocky Relations With China”, The New York Times, 15 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/world/asia/philippines-navigates-rocky-relations-with-china.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&ref=asia.

Singapore

Yang Razali Kassim, “Singapore’s Growing Role in Asian Food Security”, East Asia Forum, 7 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/09/07/singapore-s-growing-role-in-asian-food-security/.

Seth Mydans, “In Singapore, the Party in Power Offers New Faces”, The New York Times, 18 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/world/asia/19iht-singapore19.html.

Thailand

No author cited, “Thailand’s New Government: Swept Away”, The Economist, 15 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.economist.com/node/21532337?fsrc=nlw|wwp|10-13-2011|politics_this_week.

Pongphisoot Busbarat, “Thailand’s Foreign Relations Under the New Government”, East Asia Forum, 7 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/07/thailand-s-foreign-relations-under-the-new-government/.

Lindsay Murdoch, “Big Brother Is Watching Political Novice Take on the Top Job”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/big-brother-is-watching-political-novice-take-on-the-top-job-20110704-1gz8e.html#ixzz1RTObR0iz.

Ben Doherty, “Red Shirt Leaders Deny Terrorism Charges”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/red-shirt-leaders-deny-terrorism-charges-20100816-126w6.html.

Vietnam

Associated Press, “Vietnam Announces New President as Country Wrangles with Economy, China”, The Washington Post, 25 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/vietnam-announces-new-president-as-country-wrangles-with-economy-china/2011/07/25/gIQArnb8XI_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.



Region 5


5.  United States - North America (Canada and Mexico)

Canada

Philip Bethge, “Canada’s Environment Succumbs to Oil Sands”, Spiegel Online, 17 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,791008,00.html.  Note also report on divided opinion in Washington, DC by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, “Obama Allies’ Interests Collide Over Keystone Pipeline”, The Washington Post, 17 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-allies-interests-collide-over-keystone-pipeline/2011/10/11/gIQAr09cpL_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

USA

Paul Woodward, “The Pentagon’s Addition to Failed Wars – OpEd”, Eurasian Review, 7 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/07052012-the-pentagons-addiction-to-failed-wars-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Greg Miller, “CIA Seeks New Authority to Expand Yemen Drone Campaign”, The Washington Post, 19 April 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-seeks-new-authority-to-expand-yemen-drone-campaign/2012/04/18/gIQAsaumRT_story.html.

Sudarsan Raghavan, “In Africa, US Troops Moving Slowly Against Joseph Kony and His Militia”, The Washington Post, 17 April 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/in-africa-us-troops-moving-slowly-against-joseph-kony-and-his-militia/2012/04/16/gIQAtwMKMT_story.html.

Sari Horwitz and Peter Finn, “Holder Expected to Explain Rationale for Targeting US Citizens Abroad”, The Washington Post, 5 March, 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/holder-expected-to-explain-rationale-for-targeting-us-citizens-abroad/2012/03/04/gIQACz41qR_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Walter Pincus, “Questions for the Intelligence Community”, The Washington Post, 31 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-for-the-intelligence-community/2012/01/28/gIQAYvQPdQ_story_1.html.

Justin Randle, “US Steps Outside the Law as the War on Terror Drones on”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/us-steps-outside-the-law-as-the-war-on-terror-drones-on-20120123-1qdsu.html.

Walter Pincus, “Has Obama Taken Bush’s ‘Preemption’ Strategy to Another Level?”, The Washington Post, 10 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/has-obama-taken-bushs-preemption-strategy-to-another-level/2012/01/06/gIQAHDImmP_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Michael Pascoe, “America Goes for Broke”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/america-goes-for-broke-20111118-1nm9n.html.

Reuters, “APEC Summit, a Chance for US to Strengthen Asia Role”, CNBC, 7 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.cnbc.com/id/45186679.

 Mary Swire, “Study Points to Mutual Benefits for APEC and TPP”, Tax-News.com, 28 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.tax-news.com/news/Study_Points_To_Mutual_Benefits_For_APEC_And_TPP____52151.html.  See also commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonAPEC.pdf.

AFP, “Obama to Host North American Summit in Hawaii”, Google.com, 28 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i0dYgHNYri-phde7Oq8QKNlxawZg?docId=CNG.aaafedefb5f4c55f06fdb80fa4f8a4ad.421.

Zachary A. Goldfarb, “FHFA Announces New Program to Help ‘Underwater’ Homeowners”, The Washington Post, 25 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fhfa-announces-new-program-to-help-underwater-homeowners/2011/10/24/gIQAxvDSCM_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboPNE. Note that background information is supplied by the link immediately below.

Zachary A. Goldfarb, “Obama’s Efforts to Aid Homeowners, Boost Housing Market Fall Far Short of Goals”, The Washington Post, 24 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obamas-efforts-to-aid-homeowners-boost-housing-market-fall-far-short-of-goals/2011/09/22/gIQAoJdeAM_story.html.

Nick Davies, “Wall Street Journal Circulation Scam Claims Senior Murdoch Executive, The Guardian, 12 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/12/wall-street-journal-andrew-langhoff.

Dan Balz, “Mitt Romney Prospers in Republican Debate”, The Washington Post, 12 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/romney-prospers-in-republican-debate/2011/10/11/gIQALtqAeL_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Rosalind S. Helderman, “Senate to Vote on Obama’s Jobs Bill”, The Washington Post, 11 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-to-vote-on-obamas-jobs-bill/2011/10/10/gIQAl1L2aL_story.html.

Mark Landler and Binyamin Appelbaum, “US Pushed Europe to Act With Force on Debt Crisis”, The New York Times, 23 September 2011.  Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/business/us-pressures-europe-to-act-with-force-on-debt-crisis.html.

Helene Cooper and Steven Lee Myers, “.Obama Rebuffed as Palestinians Pursue UN Seat”, The New York Times, 21 September 2011, Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/world/obama-rebuffed-as-palestinians-pursue-un-seat.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2.

Spiegel’s Interview with Former FBI Agent Ali Soufan, “We Did Exactly What Al-Qaida Wanted Us to Do”, Spiegel Online, 11 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,785558,00.html.

Joseph R. Biden, Jr, “China’s Rise Isn’t Our Demise”, The New York Times, 7 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/opinion/chinas-rise-isnt-our-demise.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1.

Carl Hulse, “Federal Austerity Changes Disaster Relief”, The New York Times, 30 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/politics/31disaster.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23.

Helene Cooper and Steven Lee Myers, “US Tactics in Libya May Be a Model for Other Efforts”, The New York Times, 28 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/29/world/africa/29diplo.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world.

Eric Dash, “Banking Sector Punished Over European Debt”, The New York Times, 10 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/business/financial-stocks-plunge-in-us-as-anxiety-rises-over-european-bank-crisis.html?amp.

David Barboza, “China Tells US It Must ‘Cure Its Addiction to Debt”, Herald-Tribune, 6 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110806/ZNYT01/108063002/-1/living?Title=China-Tells-U-S-It-Must-x2018-Cure-Its-Addiction-to-Debt-x2019-

Zachary A. Goldfarb, “S&P Downgrades US Credit Rating for First Time”, The Washington Post, 6 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sandp-considering-first-downgrade-of-us-credit-rating/2011/08/05/gIQAqKeIxI_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Editorial on Failure of Leadership, “Political Roots in US Economic Crisis”, The New York Times, 5 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/06/opinion/americas-economic-crisis-has-political-roots.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211.

Sourabh Gupta, “US-Japan and ‘Common Strategic Objectives’: Consolidating Alliance Gains”, East Asia Forum, 4 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/04/us-japan-and-common-strategic-objectives-consolidating-alliance-gains.

Peter Oborne, “America’s Afghan Exit Foretells a New and Formless World”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/americas-afghan-exit-foretells-a-new-and-formless-world-20110626-1glly.html.

Rowan Callick, “Henry Kissinger’s Miscalculation May Have Kept Mao Zedong in Power”, The Australian, 26 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/henry-kissingers-miscalculation-may-have-kept-mao-zedong-in-power/story-e6frg6ux-1226081596457.

Dana Milbank, “Jon Huntsman’s First Step Toward Oblivion”, The Washington Post, 22 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jon-huntsmans-first-step-toward-oblivion/2011/06/21/AGgt0qeH_story.html?wpisrc=xs_sl_0001.

Patrick Kingsley, “Phones Next as Hackers Hike Up Invasion”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/phones-next-as-hackers-hike-up-invasion-20110617-1g7xw.html.

Bradlley Davis and Simon Constable, “US Faces ‘Substantial’ Probability of Recession, Warns Yale Economist Robert Shiller”, The Australian, 16 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/us-faces-substantial-probability-of-recession-warns-yale-economist-robert-shiller/story-e6frg926-1226076116462.

 

Jacob Weisbert, “The Republican Presidential Field Is Much Less Wacky Than Expected”, Slate, 14 June 2001.  Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2296924/?wpisrc=newsletter_rubric.  Comment by Michael C H Jones is available at: http:/www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonRepublicans.pdf.

 

Susie Madrak, “Anonymous Leaks Indicate Widespread Insurance Fraud -- and Show How Banks Made More Money Dragging out Foreclosures”, Crooks and Liars, 17 March 2011.  Available at: http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/we-can-track-widespread-insurance-fra.

 

Maureen Dowd, “War Hawks’ Plans for Libya Just Won’t Fly”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/war-hawks-plans-for-libya-just-wont-fly-20110315-1bvup.html.

Dan Eggen, “Democrats Call for an Investigation of Law Firm, 3 Tech Companies”, The Washington Post, 28 February 2011.  Available at:

Jacob Weisberg, “Obama’s War on Inequality”, Slate, 26 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2278914?wpisrc=newsletter.

 

“The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform”, The White House, Washington, DC, December 2010 (59 pages).  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/TheMomentofTruth.pdf.    For a shorter commentary see: Lori Montgomery and Brady Dennis, “Commission’s Final Deficit Report Preserves Controversial Spending Cuts”, Washington Post, 1 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113005968.html?wpisrc=nl_natlalert.

 

Peter Hartcher, “Booming China Model Has Its Ups and Downs for Others”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/booming-china-model-has-its-ups-and-downs-for-others-20101115-17ual.html.

 

“Transcript from Obama’s Speech on the Midterm Election Results”, Globe and Mail Update, 3 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/transcript-from-obamas-speech-on-the-midterm-election-results/article1784538.

 

Karen Tumulty, “Americans Again Appear Poised to Kick a Political Party Out of Power”, The Washington Post, 2 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110207118.html?hpid=topnews.

 

Aaron David Miller, “Go Small and Stay Home: With an opposition Congress coming soon, Obama would be wise to resist the temptation of becoming a foreign policy president”, Foreign Policy, 2 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/11/01/go_small_and_stay_home?wpisrc=xs_wp_0003.

 

James Surowiecki, “Second Helpings”, The New Yorker, 20 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2010/09/20/100920ta_talk_surowiecki.

 

Bernard K. Gordon, “Obama’s Visit to Indonesia and Australia and the TPP”, East Asia Forum, 30 May 2010.  Available at:  http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/05/30/obamas-visit-to-indonesia-and-australia-and-the-tpp/.

 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, transcript of Kerry O’Brien interviewing President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House,15 April 2010.  Available at: http://resources.news.com.au/files/2010/04/15/1225854/268451-100415-obama-transcript.pdf.

http://www.slate.com/id/2259796/pagenum/all/#p2

 

John Tozzi, “Maryland Passes ‘Benefit Corp.’ Law for Social Entrepreneurs”, Bloomberg Businessweek, 13 April, 2010.  Available at: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/2010/04/benefit_corp_bi.html

 

Robert Kagan, “On Foreign Policy, Obama and the GOP Find Room for Agreement”, The Washington Post, 5 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030402271.html?wpisrc=nl_pmopinions.

Editorial, “Report Details Violence and Lost Freedoms in Venezuela”, The Washington Post, 1 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/28/AR2010022803492.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.

Tom Hayden, “What Obama Must Do, and Cannot”, The Huffington Post, 27 January 2010.  Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-hayden/what-obama-must-do-and-ca_b_439163.html.

 

USA President Obama addresses first meeting of US-China 'Strategic and Economic Dialogue’ (G2) on the key questions of the next decade.  At: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/07/27/obamas-remarks-on-the-us-china-relationship/.

 

An article in the Wall Street Journal by Hillary Clinton and Timothy Geithner indicating that few global problems can be solved by either the USA or the PRC acting alone.  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204886304574308753825396372.html.

 

John Tozzi, “Maryland Passes ‘Benefit Corp.’ Law for Social Entrepreneurs”, Bloomberg Businessweek, 13 April, 2010.  Available at: http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/2010/04/benefit_corp_bi.html

Peter Hartcher, “Terrorists’ Biggest Bonus Was Gained When the US Invaded Iraq”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/terrorists-biggest-bonus-was-gained-when-the-us-invaded-iraq-20100913-1598b.html.

Christopher Hitchens, “White Fright: Glenn Beck’s rally was large, vague, moist and undirected – the Waterworld of white self-pity”, Slate 30 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2265515/pagenum/all/#p2.

David Weigel, “A Mosque You Can’t Believe In”, Slate, 16 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2264113/pagenum/all/#p2.

David Weigel, “Five Myths About the Tea Party”, Slate, 9 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2263063/pagenum/all/#p2.

Related to the two links above is Kate Phillips, “Blogrolled: Why David Weigel Left the Post”, The New York Times, 28 June 2010.  Available at: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/blogrolled-why-david-weigel-left-the-post/.

Niall Ferguson, “Decline and Fall of the US”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/decline-and-fall-of-the-us-20100728-10w1x.html

Paul McGeough, “McChrystal Couldn’t Match the Myth”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/mcchrystal-couldnt-match-the-myth-20100625-z9m5.html.

AFP, “Top US Military Commander Mike Mullen to Reaffirm Afghanistan Strategy”, The Australian, 25 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/top-us-military-commander-mike-mullen-to-reaffirm-afghanistan-strategy/story-e6frg6so-1225884304361.  See also comment by Michael C. H. Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/AfghanistanComment.pdf.  An alternative view is available from Fred Kaplan, “Who’s in Charge Here”, Slate, 22 June 2010, at: http://www.slate.com/id/2257818/pagenum/all/#p2.  The link to the article in Rolling Stone, referred to in the commentaries, is given above under Indauspac Maritime Community Countries in India-West Asia, Afghanistan.

Dana Priest and William Arkin, “Blinded By Information Overload”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/blinded-by-information-overload-20100719-10i02.html.  Second part at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/the-temps-who-protect-a-superpower-20100720-10jht.html.  Final part at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/its-a-company-town--where-the-trade-is-in-intelligence-20100721-10l4j.html

Edward McClelland, “Obama Made Me Do It: How Rod Blagojevich Plans to Turn His Trial into a Political Spectacle”,Slate, 9 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.slate.com/id/2256494/pagenum/all/#p2.

Daniel J. Ikenson, “Manufacturing Discord: Growing Tensions Threaten the US-China Economic Relationship”, Cato Institute, Trade Briefing Paper No. 29, 4 May 2010.  Available at: http://www.cato.org/publications/trade-briefing-paper/manufacturing-discord-growing-tensions-threaten-uschina-economic-relationship

Brad Norington, “Times Change in Fine Print War in New York”, The Australian, 1 May 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/times-change-in-fine-print-war-in-new-york/story-e6frg6so-1225860801235.

Human Rights Watch (an international non-governmental organisation), “US: Investigate and Prosecute Those Responsible for Torture”, 16 April 2009, reporting four memos released by the US Justice Department.  Available at: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/16/us-investigate-those-responsible-authorizing-torture.

The newly emerged USA-PRC G2 meetings are obviously critical for Australia's Economic Relations with China. Hence their respective domestic policies also require examination. The following is a summary in The Washington Post of President Obama's campaign promises and policy implementations during his first year. They may be ‘guidance’ for the thinking of the Rudd Australian Government as we move towards the Federal Election at the end of 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/obamas-promises/.

 


Region 6


6. Brazil - Latin America (excluding Mexico)

Augusto Varas, “Latin America’s Integration Muddle”, Project Syndicate, 9 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/varas1/English.

Text of paper presented to the Council of Australia Latin America Relations by Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 8 April 2010 entitled “Australia and Latin America: Charting the Course Ahead” is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/100408_coalar.html

Organisation of American States

The OAS is an inter-governmental organisation (IGO) with member in the Indauspac Maritime Community Countries in North American and the Indauspac Maritime Community Countries in Latin America, but is placed with the latter as a result of that region’s major importance for Special OAS missions.  On 30 December 2009, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the OAS issued a report entitled:  “Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela”, that was critical of its parent organisation for neglecting human rights conditions in Venezuela.  The report is available at: http://cidh.org/pdf%20files/VENEZUELA%202009%20ENG.pdf.

South America

Fabiani Frayssinet, “Latin America: Testing Ground for Chinese Yuan”, Eurasia Review, 1 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/01032012-latin-america-testing-ground-for-chinese-yuan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Argentina

Alexei Barrioneuvo, “Argentine President Overcoming Doldrums”, The New York Times, 13 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/world/americas/14argentina.html?ref=world.

Brazil

No author cited, “Dealing with the Real: The Government Feels the Manufacturers’ Pain”, The Economist, 6 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.economist.com/node/21525439?fsrc=nlw|wwp|08-04-11|politics_this_week.

Caribbean Sub-Region

Editorial, “New Paper Finds Jamaican Economy Held Back by Pro-Cyclical Conditions Demanded by IMF, Creditors”, Eurasian Review, 7 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/07052012-new-paper-finds-jamaican-economy-held-back-by-pro-cyclical-conditions-demanded-by-imf-creditors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

W. Alex Xanchez and Lynn Tu, “China Vs. Taiwan: Battle for Influence in the Caribbean – Analysis”, Eurasia Review, 16 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/16032012-china-vs-taiwan-battle-for-influence-in-the-caribbean-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Chile

Hon Kevin Rudd MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, “Launch of the Australia Americas Awards”, 18 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/kr_sp_101219.html

“Library of Congress background
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cltoc.html.

Ecuador

Luis Ángel Saavedra “Ecuador: Mega-Mining Takes Off”, Eurasia Review, 16 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/16032012-ecuador-mega-mining-takes-off/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Library of Congress background
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/ectoc.html.

Mercosur

Hon Kevin Rudd MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, “Remarks at Mercosur Council of Foreign and Trade Ministers”, 16 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/kr_sp_101216.html

Peru

Library of Congress background
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/petoc.html.



Region 7


7. Australia - Oceania (including New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and Samoa)

Australia

Craig Whitlock, “US, Australia to Broaden Military Ties Amid Pentagon Pivot to SE Asia”, The Washington Post, 27 March 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-expand-ties-with-australia-as-it-aims-to-shift-forces-closer-to-se-asia/2012/03/19/gIQAPSXlcS_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

Adam Gartrell and Paul Osborne, “PM Cuts Parliament Short for G20 Summit”, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 November 2011.  Available at: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/pm-cuts-parliament-short-for-g20-summit-20111101-1mso4.html.  See also commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonG20.pdf.

Toshi Yoshihara, “Resident Power: the Case for an Enhanced US Military Presence in Australia”, Lowy Institute, July 2011.  Available at: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=1630.  For commentary:  Ron Huisken, “US Military Bases in Australia: Don’t Circle the Wagons Yet”, East Asia Forum, 17 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/17/us-military-bases-in-australia-don-t-circle-the-wagons-yet.

Ian Verrender, “Italy’s Woes Could Put Reserve Bank in a Spin”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/italys-woes-could-put-reserve-bank-in-a-spin-20110713-1he4r.html.

Yuko Narushima, “Unis Fail the Test to Disclose ‘Slush’ Ties”, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 29, 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/unis-fail-the-test-to-disclose-slush-ties-20110628-1gp4k.html

Matt Chambers, “Greens Would Shut a Coal Industry Worth $60bn in Export Revenues”, The Australian, 28 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/greens-would-shut-a-coal-industry-worth-60bn-in-export-revenues/story-e6frg906-1226083073173.

Michael Stutchbury, “Back to the Banana Republic”, The Australian, 28 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/back-to-the-banana-republic/story-e6frg9p6-1226083032934

Natasha Bita, “Chinese Mine Giant Snaps Up 43 NSW Farms”, The Australian, 27 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/chinese-mine-giant-snaps-up-43-nsw-farms/story-e6frg6nf-1226082387428.

Glen da Korporaal, “Overall Economy in Pretty Good Shape but Higher Dollar Is Forcing Structural Changes”, The Australian, 16 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/overall-economy-in-pretty-good-shape-but-higher-dollar-is-forcing-structural-changes/story-e6frg926-1226075928612.

 

Eric Knight, “Lack of Self-Belief Forces Great Aussie Ideals Abroad”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/lack-of-selfbelief-forces-great-aussie-ideas-abroad-20110606-1fp4f.html.

 

Hon Kevin Rudd MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, “Statements on Indulgence: National Sorry Day”, Speech to the Main Committee, Parliament House, 1 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2011/kr_sp_110601a.html.

 

Hon Kevin Rudd MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, “Australia’s Foreign Policy Priorities and Our Candidature for the UN Security Council”, Speech to the National Press Club, Canberra, 1 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2011/kr_sp_110601.html.

 

Matt O’Sullivan and Philip Wen, “Australia Stuck on a Road to Nowhere”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/australia-stuck-on-a-road-to-nowhere-20110304-1bhxw.htm.

Jacob Saulwick, “Life Not So Great in the Fast Lane … But Now Labor Wants to Fix Our Cities, Too”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 March 2010.  Available at: http://smh.drive.com.au/life-not-so-great-in-the-fast-lane--but-now-labor-wants-to-fix-our-cities-too-20100304-pls7.html

Matthew Franklin and Ewin Hannan, “Union War on Rio Tinto Draws Cabinet Fire”, The Australian, 17 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/union-war-on-rio-tinto-draws-cabinet-fire/story-fn59niix-1226007221147.

 

Paul Maley and Amos Aikman, “Chris Bowen Unveils New Strategy on Multiculturalism”, The Australian, 17 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/chris-bowen-unveils-new-strategy-on-multiculturalism/story-fn59niix-1226007226044.

 

Matthew Franklin and Ewin Hannan, “Union War on Rio Tinto Draws Cabinet Fire”, The Australian, 17 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/union-war-on-rio-tinto-draws-cabinet-fire/story-fn59niix-1226007221147.

 

Paul Howes, “China’s Free Trade Cheating Threatens Our Jobs”, The Australian, 17 February 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/chinas-free-trade-cheating-threatens-our-jobs/story-e6frg6zo-1226007170647.

 

Philip Dorling, “Rudd’s Man Criticised Hasty Asia-Pacific Community Plan”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/rudds-man-criticised-hasty-asiapacific-community-plan-20101223-196ln.html.

 

Paul Kelly, “Gillard Must Clearly Make Case for Afghan War”, The Australian, 6 October 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/gillard-must-clearly-make-the-case-for-afghan-war/story-e6frg6zo-1225934567944.  See comments by Michael C H Jones at http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonKelly.pdf.

 

Geoffrey Garrett, “A New Pacific Triangle Looms”, The Australian, 8 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/a-new-pacific-triangle-looms/story-fn59niix-1225925204990.  See also comment by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonGarrett.pdf.

 

Paul Kelly, “Pact Puts Labor Brand and Gillard Leadership on Line”, The Australian, 2 September, 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/pact-puts-labor-brand-and-gillard-leadership-on-line/story-e6frg6zo-1225913036640.

 

Particia Karyelas, “Greens Secure Concessions in Accord with Gillard”, The Australian, 2 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/greens-secure-concessions-in-accord-with-gillard/story-fn59niix-1225913014500.

 

MIchael Stutchbury, “Potpourri of Policies to Make a New Political Blend”, The Australian, 26 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/potpourri-of-policies-to-make-a-new-political-blend/story-e6frg9p6-1225910121978.

 

Letters dated 25 August 2010 pertaining to request for information:

From the three independent members of the incoming Australian Parliament - http://images.smh.com.au/file/2010/08/25/1856007/letter-to-gillard.pdf?rand=1282735527824.

Plus cover letter to the above: http://images.smh.com.au/file/2010/08/25/1855979/Cover_letter.pdf?rand=1282736272973.

From the Caretaker Prime Minister, Julia Gillard: http://images.smh.com.au/file/2010/08/25/1855977/Letter_from_pm.pdf?rand=1282736293895.

Plus associated letter to the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott: http://images.smh.com.au/file/2010/08/25/1856009/letter-to-abbott.pdf?rand=1282735503434.

 

Adam Morton, “Sorry State of Play When China Leaves Us for Dead on Climate”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/sorry-state-of-play-when-china-leaves-us-for-dead-on-climate-20100817-128ev.html.

 

Text of speech by Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia, “Let’s Move Forward Together”, The Australian, 16 August 2010.  Available at:  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/lets-move-forward-together-gillard/story-fn59niix-1225905919438.

 

The Hon. Tony Abbott, Leader of the Opposition, “Address to the 2010 Federal Coalition Campaign Launch”, 8 August 2010.  Available at: http://resources.news.com.au/files/2010/08/08/1225902/663927-aus-news-file-abbott-speech.pdf.

 

Michael Kroger, “Despite the Gloss, Julia Gillard is Just Another Phony”, The Australian, 26 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/despite-the-gloss-julia-gillard-is-just-another-phoney/story-fn59niix-1225896765834.

 

Simon Mann, “Democrats on the Ropes in the Only Poll that Counts in the US”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 July 2010.  Available at:  http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/democrats-on-the-ropes-in-the-only-poll-that-counts-in-the-us-20100720-10jg3.html.  Also relevant:  E.J. Dionne Jr. “Going Back or Forward? Australian Vote Leads the Way”, The Washington Post, 22 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072104064.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions.

 

Patricia Edgar, “Hazel Hawke Written Out in Biased History”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/hazel-hawke-written-out-in-biased-history-20100720-10jg2.html?autostart=1.

 

Nick Dyrenfurth, “Rise of the Greens Could Spell the Strange Death of Labor Party”, The Australian, 20 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/rise-of-the-greens-could-spell-the-strange-death-of-labor-party/story-e6frgd0x-1225894260227.

 

Mungo MacCallum, “May the Least Loathed Win, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 July 2010.  Available at:  http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/may-the-least-loathed-win-20100719-10hp1.html.

 

Nick Ralston, “A Daughter Enraged: ‘If Only Hazel Could Speak for Herself’”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/a-daughter-enraged-if-only-hazel-could-speak-for-herself-20100716-10egy.html.

 

Paul Keating, “Paul Keating Hits Back: ‘Hawke Only Survived as PM with My Help”, The Australian, 16 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/keating-hits-back-hawke-only-survived-as-pm-with-my-help/story-e6frgczf-1225891811095.

 

Arthur Sinodinos, “Kevin’s Shadow is Spooking the PM”, The Australian, 15 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/kevins-shadow-is-spooking-the-pm/story-e6frg6zo-1225891819015.

 

Julia Gillard, “Our Security Is at Stake in Afghanistan”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/our-security-is-at-stake-in-afghanistan-20100711-105jz.html.

 

Phillip Adams, “Not the Kevin I Know”, The Australian, 9 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/not-the-kevin-i-know/story-e6frg8h6-1225889693230.

 

Bettina Arndt, “Shacking Up Is Hard to Do: Why Gillard May Be Leery of the Lodge”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/shacking-up-is-hard-to-do-why-gillard-may-be-leery-of-the-lodge-20100628-zexr.html?autostart=1.

 

Dan Oakes, “Former Ambassadors Question Silence on the ‘Excesses’ of Israel”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/former-ambassadors-question-silence-on-the-excesses-of-israel-20100628-zf9t.html.

 

Paul Kelly, “Factions, Patronage and Survival, The Australian, 26 June2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/factions-patronage-and-survival/story-e6frg6zo-1225884478423.

 

Peter Hartcher, “Julia Keneally? PM Must Avoid Being Factional Puppett”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2010.  Available at:

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/julia-keneally-pm-must-avoid-being-factional-puppet-20100624-z3qs.html.

 

Janet Albrechtsen, “Lonely PM Is Not Life of the Party”, The Australian, 16 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/lonely-pm-is-not-life-of-the-party/story-e6frg6zo-1225880108217.

 

Paul Austin, “Baillieu Tells of Sadness After Fraser Quits Liberal Party”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 May 2010.  Available at:  http://www.smh.com.au/national/baillieu-tells-of-sadness-after-fraser-quits-liberal-party-20100526-wbes.html?autostart=1.  See also: Miranda Devine, “A Convert to the Preaching Will Have No Power to Change, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 May 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-convert-to-the-preaching-will-have-no-power-to-change-20100526-wdzt.html.  And from The Australian, “Former PM Malcolm Fraser Quits Liberals”, 26 May 2010, at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/former-pm-malcolm-fraser-quits-liberals/story-e6frgczf-1225871383923.

 

Ross Gittins, “Shonky Advisers Have Led Rudd Badly Astray”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2010.  Available at:

http://www.smh.com.au/business/shonky-advisers-have-led-rudd-badly-astray-20100523-w41x.html.

 

Glenn Milne, “Camera-Shy Rudd Is Exposed by Libs”, The Australian, 26 April 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/camera-shy-rudd-is-exposed-by-libs/story-e6frg75x-1225858120666.  Comment on the article by Michael C.H. Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/ThePandora’sBox.pdf. 

 

David Burchell, “Stubborn Reality a Lesson for Labor”, The Australian, 21 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/stubborn-reality-a-lesson-for-labor/story-e6frg6zo-1225882006141

 

Michael Costa, “Rudd Will Pay for Voodoo Politics”, The Australian, 1 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/rudd-will-pay-for-voodoo-politics/story-e6frg6zo-1225873731673.

 

Philip Ayres, “More Machiavelli Than Small-L Liberal” The Australian, 27 May 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/more-machiavelli-than-small-l-liberal/story-e6frg6zo-1225871762403.

 

Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie, “Sex and Bribes: RBA Exposed”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/sex-and-bribes-rba-exposed-20100523-w41j.html

 

Phillip Coorey, “Abbott’s Straight-Talking Image Takes a Hit”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/abbotts-straighttalking-image-takes-a-hit-20100518-va7s.html.

 

Michael Sainsbury, “Rio Tinto Mops up After China Bribery Mess, The Australian, 17 April 2010. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/rio-tinto-mops-up-after-china-bribery-mess/story-e6frg8zx-1225854714207

 

See also the article by Ian McIlwraith in The Sydney Morning Herald at: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/news-is-on-the-outside-looking-in-and-on-the-inside-watching-out-20100426-tndm.html.

 

Text of “Agreement for a Better Parliament – Parliamentary Reform”, 6 September 2010.  Available at http://resources.news.com.au/files/2010/09/06/1225914/970957-parliamentary-reform-agreement.doc.

 

Text of the request for Information made by the three non-aligned MPs of the incoming Australian Parliament: http://images.smh.com.au/file/2010/08/25/1855981/request_for_info.pdf?rand=1282735548512.

 

Text of speech by before the Australian Parliament, 10 March 2010.  Avalable at http://www.presidenri.go.id/index.php/eng/pidato/2010/03/10/1353.html.

 

Malcolm Colless, “Nothing to Declare after PM’s Foreign Affairs”, The Australian, 23 February 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/nothing-to-declare-after-pms-foreign-affairs/story-e6frg6zo-1225833182722.

 

Gerald Henderson, “Labor’s Loose Cannons Allow Friendships to Turn Frosty”, 23 The Sydney Morning Herald, February 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/labors-loose-cannons-allow-friendships-to-turn-frosty-20100222-ornk.html.

 

Australian PM Rudd proclaims New Left 'Framework' and 'Grand Bargain' for Global Economic Relations and Governance into the 21st Century in an address to the UN General Assembly.  At: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/rudd-speech-to-the-united-nations-20090924-g3nn.html.

 

PM Rudd asserts a social democratic global narrative in his search for leadership - a viewpoint on current ideological debate worldwide.  At: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26089126-28737,00.html.

 

Guy Healy, “Rankings Leap Boosts Melbourne”, The Australian, 18 August 2010.  Available at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/rankings-leap-boosts-melbourne/story-e6frgcjx-1225906504149.  The complete Academic Ranking of World Universities from 2003 to 2010, including rankings by ARWU fields and subjects, is available at www.arwu.org/.  The results of the QS World University Rankings were also reported by The Australian “Australian Universities Slump in QS World University Rankings”, 9 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-ducation/australian-universities-slump-in-qs-world-university-rankings/story-e6frgcjx-1225916323313.  The full set of 200 rankings by QS are available at: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/results.

 

Ted Mack, “Electoral System Provides Only An Illusion of Democracy”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 August 2010.  http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/electoral-system-provides-only-an-illusion-of-democracy-20100819-12rxt.html.

 

Marie Dela Rama, “Only Global Body Can Sideline Saboteurs”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 August, 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/only-global-body-can-sideline-saboteurs-20100809-11tzo.html.

 

Mark Aarons, “Focus Groups and Factions Tear Hear Out of Labor”, The Australian, 10 August, 2010.  Available at:  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/commentary/focus-groups-and-factions-tear-heart-out-of-labor/story-e6frgd0x-1225903163255.

 

Kate Legge, “Myth of the Bloodless Coup”, The Australian, 7 August 2010.  Available at:  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/myth-of-the-bloodless-coup/story-fn59niix-1225901933484.

 

Paul Kelly, “Post-Election, We’ll Be Heading for a Train Wreck”, The Australian, 7 August 2010.  Available at:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/commentary/post-election-well-be-heading-for-a-train-wreck/story-e6frgd0x-1225902293275.

 

Jennifer Hewett, “Real Policy Differences Mean a Real Election Impact on Business”, The Australian, 3 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/real-policy-differences-mean-a-real-election-impact-on-business/story-e6frg9if-1225900239165.

 

Michael C H Jones comment on invitation from Lowy Institute.  Available at: http://www.accci.com.au/Comment_on_invitation.pdf.

 

Text of ministerial statement by the Hon. Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Australia-India Relationship dated 9 February 2010: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/100209_australia_india.html.

 

Text of media release from the Hon. Simon Crean, Australian Minister for Trade entitled “Strengthening the Australia-Africa Partnership”, dated 5 February 2010 is available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2010/sc_100205a.html.

 

Text of speech by the Hon. Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs at the South African Institute for International Affairs, Pretoria, on 26 January 2010 entitles “Multilateral Engagement: Priorities for Australia and South Africa”: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2010/100126_saiia.html.

 

Text of media release by the Hon. Simon Crean, Australian Minister for Trade, entitled, “Congratulations to Chile for Joining the OECD”, dated 16 December 2009.  Available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2009/sc_091216.

 

Rowan Callick, “Dysfunctional Diplomacy”, The Australian, 15 January 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/dysfunctional-diplomacy/story-e6frg6z6-1225819421164.

 

Keynote Address by the Hon Simon Crean MP Australian Minister for Trade to the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee Conference in Tokyo on 26 October 2009 is available at http://www.trademinister.gov.au/speeches/2009/091026_keynote_ajbccc.html.

Speech by the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs entitled “Australia-China Relations: A Long-Term View” was delivered on 26 October 2009 at Australian National University’s China Institute.  It is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/091026_aus_china.html.

 

Joint Media Announcement with the Australian Prime Minister from the Hon Simon Crean MP entitled “Largest Australian Free Trade Agreement to Begin in 2010” is dated 25 October 2009.  Available at http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2009/sc_091025_jpr.html.  A speech by Hon Simon Crean on 19 March 2009, giving more information about the trade agreement, is available at http://www.trademinister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090317_aanzfta.html.

 

“Outcomes Document” pertaining to the Special Forum Trade Ministers Meeting 23 – 24 October 2009 from the Hon Simon Crean MP Australian Minister for Trade is available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2009/sc_091024-outcomes.html.

 

Speech by the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs entitled “Australia and India: A Convergence of Interests given in Mumbai to the Asia Society on 15 October 2009 is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/091015_asia_society.html.

 

Speech by the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs is entitled “Australia: Looking Anew at Latin America and the Caribbean” at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile on 27 August 2009.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090827_uneclac.html.

 

Address by the Hon Simon Crean MP Australian Minister for Trade entitled “Our Pacific Agenda: The Opportunity of PACER Plus” at the opening of the Lowy Institute’s Conference on Pacific Islands in the World, 2 August 2009 is available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090802_lowy.html.

 

Speech to the Hon Stephen Smith MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs to commemorate Africa Day 25 May 2009 is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2009/090525_africa_day.html.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, “East Timor Asylum Plan a Legal Minefield”, The Australian, 7 July 2010.  Available at:http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/east-timor-asylum-plan-a-legal-minefield/story-e6frg6nf-1225888713531.

Clive Hamilton, “We Stand By Meekly as the Rich Greedily Assert Their Power”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/we-stand-by-meekly-as-the-rich-greedily-assert-their-power-20100613-y5ut.html.

Australia-New Zealand issues:
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/a-nation-girt-by-sea--and-divided-by-it-20100329-r85w.html.

Text of media release from Simon Crean MP, Minister for Trade and Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs announcing the appointment of Mr Tim Yeend as Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, dated 1 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.trademinister.gov.au/releases/2010/sc_ss_100301.html.

Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, State of Australian Cities, 2010 (released 5 March 2010) is available from the Major Cities Unit at: http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/mcu.aspx.

Austrade released a booklet Islamic Finance that provides a detailed explanation of the opportunities that booming Shariah-compliant investment and banking offers Australia’s financial services sector.  It is dated 12 February 2010 and is available from www.austrade.gov.au.

East Timor

Brian Knowlton, “World Bank Faults Itself for Slow Progress in East Timor”, The New York Times, 21 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/world/asia/22iht-timor22.html?pagewanted=1

Stephen Fitzpatrick and Paul Cleary, “East Timor Asylum Plan a Legal Minefield”, The Australian, 07 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/east-timor-asylum-plan-a-legal-minefield/story-e6frg6nf-1225888713531.

Damien Kingsbury, “Gas Sparks a New Battle in the Timor Sea”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/gas-sparks-a-new-battle-in-the-timor-sea-20100617-ygxk.htm.

Lindsay Murdoch, “Relations Strained as East Timor Buys Chinese Navy Boats”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/relations-strained-as-east-timor-buys-chinese-navy-boats-20100606-xn5y.html.

Fiji

Philip Dorling, “Failure Puts Fiji on Brink of Ruin”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/national/policy-failure-puts-fiji-on-brink-of-ruin-20101218-191dl.html.

Hamish McDonald, “Fiji Stand a Threat to Security Council Bid”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/fiji-stand-a-threat-to-security-council-bid-20101107-17j0n.html.

Graham Davis, “At the Court of King Frank”, The Australian, 22 July 2010.  Available at:  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/at-the-court-of-king-frank/story-fn622eqs-1225895279691.

Graham Davis, “Fiji Claims Egg on Aussie Faces as Dictator Pulls off PR Coup with Summit”, The Australian, 22 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/fiji-claims-egg-on-aussie-faces-as-dictator-pulls-off-pr-coup-with-summit/story-fn59niix-1225895326255.

Mark Day, “Fiji’s Dictator Mustn’t Get Away with Censorship Attempt”, The Australian, 19 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/fijis-dictators-mustnt-get-away-with-censorship-attempt/story-e6frg996-1225893671822.

AFP/AAP, “Australia’s Top Diplomat Expelled from Fiji”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/australias-top-diplomat-expelled-from-fiji-20100713-108an.html.

Michael McKenna, “Foreign Minister Stephen Smith Condemns Fiji Over Press Crackdown”, The Australian, 29 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/fiji-dictator-frank-bainimarama-cracks-down-on-press-freedom/story-e6frg996-1225885426213.

Recent statements from the Fiji Government online portal:

Australian Foreign Minister’s comments exaggerated, 30 June 2010:
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1775:australian-foreign-ministers-comments-exaggerated&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155.

New Media Decree part of Government reforms, 1 July 2010:
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1783:new-media-decree-part-of-government-reforms&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155.

New Media Decree clear on investment, 1 July 2010.
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1781:new-media-decree-clear-on-investment&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155.

News Limited attacks Fiji economy over media decree, 6 Jul 2010:
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1858:news-limited-attacks-fiji-economy-over-media-decree&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155.

PM Condemns Australian Government statement 7 July 2010:
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1865:pm-condemns-australian-government-statement&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155.

Fiji still honoured to partner the USA, 7 July 2010:
http://www.fiji.gov.fj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1862:fiji-still-honored-to-partner-the-usa&catid=71:press-releases&Itemid=155.

Melanesian Islands

Johnny Blades, “Pacific Politics Revamped from an Island Perspective”, Guardian Weekly, 16 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/16/pacific-islands-reconsider-links-blades.

New Zealand

Peter Hartcher, “NZ Outcome Reveals Hard Truths on Fate of ALP”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/nz-outcome-reveals-hard-truths-on-fate-of-alp-20111128-1o38v.html.

Bettina Wassener, “New Zealand Suffers Double Ratings Downgrade”, The New York Times, 30 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/business/global/New-Zealand-Double-Ratings-Downgrade.html.

Toby Manhire, “Christchurch Welcomes Blueprint for Rebuilsing after Earthquake”, The Guardian, 11 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/11/christchurch-earthquake-rebuild-blueprint.

Gary Hawke, “Strategy More than Commerce: China-New Zealand FTA”, East Asia Forum, 30 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/07/30/strategy-more-than-commerce-china-new-zealand-fta/.

Robert Ayson, “New Zealand, Australia and China’s rise”, East Asia forum 20 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/07/29/new-zealand-australia-and-chinas-rise/.

Pacific Islands

Rowan Callick, “Taiwan Purges Pacific Island Graft”, The Australian, 29 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/taiwan-purges-pacific-island-graft/story-e6frg6ux-1225846599163.

Papua New Guinea

Allan Patience, “Somare Has Left PNG a Broken Nation”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/somare-has-left-png-a-broken-nation-20120202-1qvj0.html.  See also commentary by Michael C H Jones at: http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonSomare.pdf.

Allan Patience, “PNG on Brink of Ruin as Government Hands in the Balance”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/png-on-brink-of-ruin-as-government-hangs-in-the-balance-20111208-1ol9n.html.  See update by Jo Chandler, “Court Delays Verdict on PNG Leader, The Sydney Morning Herald 10 December 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/court-delays-verdict-on-png-leader-20111209-1onnq.html.  A further update with the court’s decision by Eoin Blackwell, “PNG Court Reinstates Somare as PM”, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 December 2011 is available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/png-court-reinstates-somare-as-pm-20111212-1orho.html

Samoa

Hon Kevin Rudd MP Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, media release, “Diplomatic Appointment - High Commissioner to Samoa”, 22 December 2010.  Available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2010/kr_mr_101222a.html.

 


Region 8


8. Antarctica - Southern Ocean

 

AAP, “Greens Raise Antarctica with Obama, “The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/greens-raise-antarctica-with-obama-20111117-1nkrc.html.

 

Andrew Darby, “In the Dark Over the White Continent”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/in-the-dark-over-the-white-continent-20110627-1gn45.html

 

Andrew Darby, “China Flags Its Antarctic Intent”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 January, 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/china-flags-its-antarctic-intent-20100111-m287.html.




Region 9


9. EUROPEAN UNION – EURASIA (INCLUDING RUSSIA)

EUROPE

 

Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative, “A New Euro-Atlantic Security Community”, Press Release by The Carnegie Endowment, 3 February 2012.  Available at: http://carnegieendowment.org/pdf/PressRelease/easi-press-release201202.pdf.

 

EU

 

Gideon Rachman, “Europe’s Zero-Sum Dilemma”, The National Interest, 25 April 2012.  Available at: http://nationalinterest.org/article/europes-zero-sum-dilemma-6800.

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Richard Rousseau, “EU Looks to Central Asia for Energy Security – Analysis”, Eurasia Review, 17 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/17022012-eu-looks-to-central-asia-for-energy-security-analysis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.  Note that this link is also placed in http://www.accci.com.au/G20.htm#european.

 

Boris Johnson, “Don’t Mention the Euro”, The Sydney Morning Herald”’, 1 February 2012.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/dont-mention-the-euro-20120131-1qr94.html.

 

Craig Whitlock, “NATO Allies Grapple with Shrinking Defence Budgets”, The Washington Post, 30 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nato-allies-grapple-with-shrinking-defense-budgets/2012/01/20/gIQAKBg5aQ_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

 

No author cited, “European Commission”, Europa, undated.  Available at: http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-commission/index_en.htm.

 

Greg Jaffe, “2 Army Brigades to Leave Europe in Cost-Cutting Move”, The Washington Post, 13 January 2012.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/army-brigades-to-leave-europe/2012/01/12/gIQArZqluP_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

 

Malcolm Maiden, “Europe’s Dancing on the Brink of a Debt Black Hole – It Must Be Time ‘To Do the Twist”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/europes-dancing-on-the-brink-of-a-debt-black-hole--it-must-be-time-to-do-the-twist-20110927-1kvgi.html

 

John Kornblum, “Without the Euro, Would Europe Have Turned to War”, The Washington Post, 24 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/without-the-euro-would-europe-have-turned-to-war/2011/09/21/gIQAxGpZrK_story.html?hpid=z2.

 

Zoltan Simon, and Simon Kennedy, “EU Welcomes ‘White Knight’ China”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 June 2011. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/business/eu-welcomes-white-knight-china-20110627-1gnef.html.

 

No author cited, “EU Needs an Elected Leader: Blair”, The Times, 10 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/eu-needs-an-elected-leader-blair/story-e6frg6so-1226072609969.

 

Feature articles in Asia Today Online, November 2010, include:
"EuroAsia Becoming a Two-Way Street,
"Why Europe Is Looking to Asia",
"The Path Ahead: What OECD Says",
"EU-China Dialogue Could See Strategic Partnership".
Available at:
http://www.asiatoday.com.au/.

 

Robert J. Samuelson, “In Ireland’s Debt Crisis, an Ominous Reckoning for Europe”, The Washington Post, 29 November 2010.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/28/AR2010112802910.html?wpisrc=nl_pmopinions.

 

Joe Kelly, Gillard Seeks New Treaty with Europe”, The Australian, 5 October 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/gillard-firms-up-aus-europe-relationship/story-fn59niix-1225934185059.

Ian Traynor, “Gaddafi Wants $7b to Stem Migration”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 September, 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/gaddafi-wants-7b-to-stem-migration-20100902-14rpb.html.

Oliver Marc Hartwich, “Europe Shows the Alternative to Growth Is Decline”, The Australian, 23 July 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/europe-shows-the-alternative-to-growth-is-decline/story-e6frg6zo-1225895851365.

Bruno Waterfield, “Britain Fights EU Call to Vet Budget”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/britain-fights-eu-call-to-vet-budget-20100609-xwyn.html.

Joseph S. Nye, “The Future of Europe”, Project Syndicate, 8 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/nye83/English.

Peppi Kiviniemi, “European Steel Lobby Angry Over ‘Excessive’ Iron Ore Prices”, The Australian, 31 March 2010.  Available at:  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/european-steel-lobby-angry-over-excessive-iron-ore-prices-peppi-kiviniemi/story-e6frg9df-1225847749812.

Duncan Gardham, “US Kept Us in the Dark on Torture: Spy Chief”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-kept-us-in-the-dark-on-torture-spy-chief-20100310-pzdt.html.

Media release by the Hon Stephen Smith, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs announcing the launching of the Australia-European Union Partnership Framework is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s163_08.html.  The text of the Framework is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s163_eu_aust_partnership.html.

France

Louise Story and Liz Aldeman, “Global Jitters Gather Over State of Société Générale”, The New York Times, 12 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/business/global/global-worries-about-the-french-bank-societe-generale.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22.

Kira Kamdar, “Foreign Policy: The End of French Diplomacy”, NPR, 20 October 2010.  Available at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130693426.

Germany

Michael Birnbaum, “Germany’s Angela Merkel, Key to Greek Bailout, Caught Between Opposing Forces”, The Washington Post, 27 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/germanys-angela-merkel-key-to-greek-bailout-caught-between-opposing-forces/2011/09/23/gIQAe9nT0K_story.html.

Spiegel Staff, “German Solar Firms Eclipsed by Chinese Rivals, Spiegel Online, 7 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,784653,00.html.

dsl, “Germany Approves Carbon Capture: Parliament Gives Green Light for Emissions- Friendly Technology”, Spiegel Online, 8 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,773196,00.html.

Fiscal deficit:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/germany-adopts-budget-with-record-debt-20100320-qmlo.html.

Greece

Peter Müller, Christian Reiermann and Christoph Schult, “Greek Debt Restructuring Looks Inevitable”, Spiegel Online, 19 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,756182,00.html.

Helena Smith, “China Rides to the Rescue of Debt-Burdened Greece”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/china-rides-to-the-rescue-of-debtburdened-greece-20100616-ygkg.html.

Italy

Raechel Donadio, “Italy Agrees on US$65 Billion in Austerity Measures”, The New York Times, 12 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/world/europe/13italy.html.

Fiona Ehles, Hans Jürgen Schlamp and Alexander Smoltczyk, ‘Italy’s Downward Spiral Accelerates”, Spiegel Online, 18 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,775092,00.html.

Matthew Campbell, “The Left Under Siege in Europe”, The Australian, 20 September 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-left-under-siege-in-europe/story-e6frg6z6-1225926399084.  See also comment by Michael C H Jones at http://www.accci.com.au/JonesCommentonSimone.pdf.

Portugal

Raphael Minder,”Portugal Praised for Progress on Financial Overhaul”, The New York Times, 12 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/business/global/europe-likes-portugals-progress-on-financial-overhaul.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22.

Alexander Jung, “Seeking a Path Out of the Crisis in Portugal, Spiegel Online, 27 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,776710,00.html.

Russia

Ilya Kharlamov, “Russia’s Kuril Islands Next Investment Paradise – OpEd”, Eurasia Review, 13 May 2012.  Available at: http://www.eurasiareview.com/13052012-russias-kuril-islands-next-investment-paradise-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eurasiareview%2FVsnE+%28Eurasia+Review%29.

Matthew Rojansky, “Putin’s Platform”, Carnegie Endowment, 28 February 2011.  Available at: http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/02/28/putin-s-platform/9yml.

Lynn Berry, “Tens of Thousands Rally Against Putin”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 February 2012.  Available at: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/tens-of-thousands-rally-against-putin-20120204-1qz3m.html.

Jonathan Watts, “Putin Wins Confucius Peace Price for War in Chechnya”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 November, 2011.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/putin-wins-confucius-peace-prize-for-war-in-chechnya-20111116-1nj41.html.

Miriam Elder, “Russia Arrests Chinese ‘Spy’ in Row Over Defence Weapons”, The Guardian, 5 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/05/russia-arrests-chinese-translator-spying.

Kirill Nourzhanov, “Russia’s Strategic Objectives in Asia”, East Asia Forum, 17 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/07/17/russia-s-strategic-objectives-in-asia/.

John Lee, “Watch Out for Russian Wild Card in Asia-Pacific”, The Australian, 29 December 2010.  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/watch-out-for-russian-wild-card-in-asia-pacific/story-e6frg6zo-1225977417402.

Text of joint statement on the occasion of the working visit of the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Stephen Smith to the Russian Federation 27 April 2010 is available at: http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/statements/2010/100422_joint_statement_russia.htm.

Ross Cameron, “Putlin Marks 10 Years of Extraordinary Achievement”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 January, 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/putin-marks-10-years-of-extraordinary-achievement-20100110-m0n1.html.

Spain

Vivek Wadhwa, “What Spain Could Learn from Its Former Colony”, The Washington Post, 19 September 2011.  Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/what-spain-could-learn-from-a-former-colony/2011/09/14/gIQAVwVFcK_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines.

No author cited, “Spanish Politics: Anyone Want to Run This Country”, The Economist, 6 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.economist.com/node/21525461?fsrc=nlw|wwp|08-04-11|politics_this_week

UK

Wolfgang Kaden, “The Failure of a Forced Marriage”, Spiegel Online, 10 December 2011.  Available at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,802933,00.html.

Institute for Government, “Transforming the Civil Service”, list of articles, publications and blogs that are separately dated.  Available at: http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/our-work/c1/8/Transforming+the+civil+service. 

Robert Booth, “Prince Charles Was Asked to Approve Draft Government Planning Legislation”, The Guardian, 31 October.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/31/prince-charles-veto-planning-legislation.

Will Hutton, “Good Capitalism Does Exist. And It’s More Crucial Now Than Ever”, The Observer, 2 October 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/02/will-hutton-ed-miliband-new-capitalism.

Clay Risen, “Is London Burning?”, The New York Times, 12 August 2011.  Available at: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/is-london-burning/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1.

Jill Treanor and Nick Fletcher, “World Stock Markets in Turmoil”, The Guardian, 4 August 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/04/world-stock-markets-turmoil-fall

Patrick Wintour, “Rupert Murdoch Facing BSkyB Defeat as Parties Unite in Call to Drop Takeover”, The Guardian, 12 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/12/rupert-murdoch-bskyb-news-international.

Allegra Stratton and Polly Curtis, “News Corp’s BSkyB Bid Referred to Competition Commission”, The Guardian, 11 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/11/news-corp-bskyb-competition-commission.

Nick Davies and Amelia Hill, “Phone Hacking: Police Probe Suspected Deletion of Emails by NI Executive”, The Guardian, 8 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/08/phone-hacking-emails-news-international.  Also: Sarah Lyall, “Scandal Shifts Britain’s Media and Political Landscape”, The New York Times, 7 July 2011.  Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/world/europe/08britain.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2.

John Vidal, “London – Where the Streets are Paved with Gold, and the Gardens with Cement”, The Guardian, 8 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/08/london-gardens-parks-paved.

Nick Davies, “Phone-Hacking Scandal: Jonathan Rees Obtain Information Using Dark Arts”, The Guardian, 8 June 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/08/phone-hacking-scandal-jonathan-rees.

Hélène Mulholland, “Gordon Brown ‘Not Most Appropriate Person’ to Head IMF, Says Cameron”, The Guardian, 19 April 2011.  Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/19/gordon-brown-not-most-appropriate-imf-cameron

Geoffrey Levy, “London School of Useful Idiots: How a Cadre of Blair Cronies, Ex-MI6 Chiefs and Top Dons at a Top University Supported Gaddafi for His Millions”, Mail Online, 2 March 2011.  Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362029/Gaddafi-supported-Blairs-cronies-ex-MI6-chiefs-LSE-millions.html.  See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSE_Libya_Links.

Greg Sheridan, “Renewed Intimacy Will Reap Benefits”, The Australian, 20 January 2011.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/renewed-intimacy-will-reap-benefits/story-e6frg6zo-1225991308128.

William Rees-Mogg, “David Cameron Has UK Foreign Policy on Right Track”, The Australian, 3 August 2010.  Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/david-cameron-has-uk-foreign-policy-on-right-track/story-e6frg6zo-1225900194169.

James Kirkup and Thomas Harding, “UK Flags Afghanistan Retreat and Troop Cuts”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 2010.  Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/uk-flags-afghanistan-retreat-and-troop-cuts-20100615-ydbs.html.

BBC News, “Q&A: How UK Adopts EU Laws” 21 July 2009.  Available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8160808.stm.

 

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