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AUSTRALIA

Benefits of Australia's UN Security Council bid
- Benedict Coleridge
- 07 March 2012
5 Comments
Critics of Australia's bid to join the UN Security Council have either a narrow view of what constitutes Australia's national interest, or a view of Australian taxpayers as shareholders who should expect a financial return on every investment.
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AUSTRALIA

Russia's concern for besieged Syrian Christians
- Benedict Coleridge
- 14 February 2012
12 Comments
Russia's opposition to military intervention or orchestrated regime change in Syria runs deeper than mere contemporary strategic interest. Its interest in Syria and the broader Middle East stems also from its historical conception of itself as the protector of eastern Christians.
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AUSTRALIA

'Friendless' Iran loves a fight
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 10 November 2011
2 Comments
Iran's Islamic regime has been showing signs of fatigue. But threats of sanctions and military action by the international community, prompted by reports that Iran has been designing nuclear weapons, could be its saviour. The regime thrives on this kind of tension.
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MEDIA

Syria's hopeless democracy dream
- Ruby Hamad
- 14 October 2011
8 Comments
My family belongs to the same Alawite religious minority as beleagured Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. There are great and legitimate fears that Assad's downfall will result, not in democracy, but in civil war and large-scale massacres of minorities, including the Alawites.
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AUSTRALIA

Sects and power in the Arab revolution
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 07 September 2011
4 Comments
The unfolding events in the Arab world are not simply about finding a path to democracy and political openness, but a maze of sectarian tensions and regional power-plays. There is widespread consensus that the opening up of the political space will benefit Islamist forces.
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AUSTRALIA

Peace in Syria will stop the boats
- Michael Mullins
- 27 June 2011
3 Comments
The international community tends to back 'democratic' revolutions, rather than national unity, in countries of the Middle East. This is good for majority populations, but Christians and other minorities can be the losers. If they're forced to flee, they become part of the 'refugee problem'.
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AUSTRALIA

Why Australia needs the Vatican
- John Warhurst
- 04 November 2009
11 Comments
Tim Fischer, Australian Ambassador to the Vatican, has a vital role in a state he calls a hub of power and intelligence. One can't help but wonder if Cardinal George Pell thinks he, rather than Fischer, should be Rudd's man in the Vatican.
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CONTRIBUTORS

Tony Kevin
- Tony Kevin
- 18 October 2007
Tony Kevin retired from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1998, after a 30-year public service career in DFAT and Prime Minister's Department. He was Australia's ambassador to Poland (1991–94) and Cambodia (1994–97).
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Ozlit's gentle ambassador in Italy
- Brian Matthews
- 22 August 2007
2 Comments
Bernard Hickey devoted his life to the cause of Australian literature and Australian culture in Europe, often at the cost of great personal sacrifice. He was known, loved and profoundly respected wherever Australian writing and literary culture were studied.
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ENVIRONMENT

Zookeeper Irwin preached the wrong message
- Binoy Kampmark
- 24 December 2006
1 Comment
The story of Irwin's life, already being written, will conclude that he was a good conservationist, a global ambassador for protecting 'dangerous' animals. But how can the owner of a zoo be worthy of such a title? Zoos are enclosures that imply a loss of sanctuary and celebrate the subjugation of nature. From 19 September 2006.
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AUSTRALIA

Zookeeper Irwin preached the wrong message
- Binoy Kampmark
- 18 September 2006
70 Comments
The story of Irwin's life, already being written, will conclude that he was a good conservationist, a global ambassador for protecting 'dangerous' animals. But how can the owner of a zoo be worthy of such a title? Zoos are enclosures that imply a loss of sanctuary and celebrate the subjugation of nature.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Roving ambassador
- John Button
- 10 May 2006
John Button travels Twelve cities: A memoir with Roy Jenkins.
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