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John MccarthyThe Australian |
On a trade mission to Asia in the 1990s I was part of a delegation that visited a factory that seemed to produce everything from televisions to tennis...
There was a time when Twitter (now called X) appeared to be an enormous power for democracy. The Arab Spring revolution of 2011 was written and...
Australia must awaken a spirit of enquiry and zest about our region and the belief that our destiny as a nation rests there. Australia differs from...
Scan the business pages each day and you will see a plethora of companies that have tied their reputations to a stake and lit a match. Star...
When the Hinkley nuclear power station in the UK was first proposed it was expected to cost about $17 billion and would generate enough power for six...
It would be a tragedy and have adverse implications for the West if India’s struggle for internal harmony were to founder on the rocks of...
The conclusion of a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” by two states leads few observers to experience frissons of excitement. However, the...
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...
On 14 February, Indonesia holds simultaneous elections for the presidency and national and regional legislatures. The runes suggest the current...
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.
The revelations in recent weeks of Indian government involvement in the assassination in Vancouver of a Sikh separatist – and in a conspiracy 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...