Keywords: Dangerous Allies
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INTERNATIONAL
The story of Haiti, even from the earliest decades of its independence,
is one of a downward spiral into debt and underdevelopment. It has been at the short end of the stick, time and time again,
in its relationships with richer and powerful countries. Haiti, it
turns out, never stood a chance.
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AUSTRALIA
- Luke Fraser
- 09 September 2009
The relationship between Australia and Russia is over 200 years old. It
began with great promise, but relations cooled following the Russian
Revolution. The financial crisis presents an opportunity for both
countries to look to each other with optimism once again.
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 11 August 2008
1 Comment
While he was best known for his unrelenting criticism of the Soviet system, Alexander Solzhenitsyn also provided a
devastating critique of the excesses of Western capitalism.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kylie Baxter
- 07 February 2008
The view of the peace process in the West Bank is bleak, but the outlook from the refugee camps of Lebanon is even darker. Palestinians generally believe there is a deliberate Lebanese campaign to destroy the camp.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 03 October 2007
4 Comments
The next year will be scary. There can be no guarantee that the war of words but not bombs with Iran will continue until Bush's term ends. Bush and Cheney have a propensity to recklessness, and Australia should keep a safe distance.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jack Waterford
- 12 September 2007
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AUSTRALIA
- Joseph Camilleri
- 30 October 2006
8 Comments
The North Korean regime is more likely to be loosened from its present grip on power by the slow but persistent attempts to change the economic and psychological landscape inside North Korea, than by the external application of brute force.
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MEDIA
Joshua Puls meets the BBC’s John Simpson, broadcaster and war correspondent.
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AUSTRALIA
- Morag Fraser
- 05 July 2006
At a time like this, when the world—literally the whole world—waits on words, it is bracing to hear hope extolled, and exhilarating to think hard about the foundations of peace and how we might lay them down.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gavan McCormack
- 04 July 2006
Encouraging the North–South relationship offers the best hope for North Korea and the world
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Kristie Dunn
- 04 July 2006
Kristie Dunn reviews Dark Victory by David Marr and Marian Wilkinson.
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AUSTRALIA
Anthony Ham on Iraq and America.
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