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John Mccarthy

John Mccarthy

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Comprehensive upgrade puts Australia in Vietnam’s top tier

The conclusion of a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” by two states leads few observers to experience frissons of excitement. However, the...

07.03.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Comprehensive upgrade puts Australia in Vietnam’s top tier

Diplomatic relations have come a long way from when we opened our first embassy in Hanoi – a bedraggled couple of hotel rooms with lino floors in...

06.03.2024 10

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

2024 Election: Indonesia’s Prabowo will not rule in anyone’s shadow

On 14 February, Indonesia holds simultaneous elections for the presidency and national and regional legislatures. The runes suggest the current...

12.02.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Indonesia’s Prabowo finally steps from the shadows

Prabowo Subianto has been the coming man for a long time. That will shape how the likely winner of Indonesia’s presidential election will govern.

09.02.2024 10

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

State sanctioned killings are not the image of India we are used to

The revelations in recent weeks of Indian government involvement in the assassination in Vancouver of a Sikh separatist – and in a conspiracy to...

12.12.2023 6

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

State sanctioned killings are not the image of India we are used to

It is still to the good that India’s image here of cricket, the Commonwealth and bling is fading. But some sides of that change are not an unalloyed...

08.12.2023 7

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

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