Asia: Dangers of extended nuclear deterrence
28 April 2012
Professor Andrew O'Neil comments on the challenges in Asia with respect to progressing nuclear disarmament in an interview with IDN - InDepthNews. Available at: http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/880-asia-dangers-of-extended-nuclear-deterrence
IDN-InDepthNews Online, 28 April 2012
What if the mining boom busts
Dr Vlado Vivoda comments on Australia's resource based economy and the risks associated with commodity prices falling in an interview with thewire. Available at: http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=9069
thewire, 27 April 2012
Kurt Campbell on US-Burma relations
Dr Andrew Selth summarizes the key points made by Kurt Campbell, the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, at the recent US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs meeting. Available at: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/04/27/Kurt-Campbell-on-US-Burma-relations.aspx
The Interpreter, Lowy Institute for International Policy, 27 April 2012
Cuts to government spending will help economy
20 April 2012Recent questioning of the need for a budget surplus next financial year has exposed several fiscal falsehoolds comments Professor Tony Makin in an article in The Australian. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/cuts-to-government-spending-will-help-economy/story-e6frgd0x-1226333737221
The Australian, 20 April 2012
North Korean missile launch dubbed a failure
North Korea's long awaited missile launch has been dubbed a failure by international commentators after the rocket broke into pieces and crashed a few minutes after takeoff. Professor Andrew O'Neil, director of the Asia Institute at Griffith University says the failure is only a momentary setback for the regime in Pyongyang. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-13/north-korean-missile-launch-dubbed-a-failure/3948740
ABC News Online, 13 April 2012
Burma and WMD: Nothing to report?
For nearly four years, activists, journalists and sundry other Burma-watchers have been waiting with keen anticipation for the US State Department to issue the annual reports on Burma that were formally mandated by an Act of Congress in 2008. Available at: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/03/29/Burma-and-WMD-Nothing-to-report.aspx
The Interpreter, 29 March 2012
China's currency imbalancing act should end
A Comprehensive World Bank report on China recently confirmed it as the world's second-largest economy, the world's biggest manufacturer, and its biggest exporter. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/chinas-currency-imbalancing-act-should-end/story-e6frgd0x-1226309700212
The Australian, 26 March 2012
China slowdown chills Australian surplus hopes
Australia's mining exports to China saw it all but shrug off the financial crisis, but talk of the Asian giant slowing shook the market this week, casting a pall over Canberra's surplus hopes. Available at: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/business/13240312/china-slowdown-chills-australian-surplus-hopes/
Channel 7 Yahoo News, 22 March 2012
Defending the mantra brings many pitfalls
Wayne Swan's approach to defending the billions of dollars spent on stimulus programs is to keep repeating the same mantra and hope the people believe it. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/defending-the-mantra-brings-many-pitfalls/story-fnbkvnk7-1226306617805
The Australian, 22 March 2012
Griffith embarks on South Pacific voyage
17 March 2012
South Pacific studies, once a strong field in Australia, gets renewed emphasis at Griffith University next week with the launch of a new research group. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/griffith-embarks-on-south-pacific-voyage/story-e6frgcjx-1226300638071
The Australian, 17 March 2012
China's leadership transition: a fight behind the closed doors
Once in a decade leadership transfer in China according to research fellow Dr Jeff Reeves in an article in The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/chinas-leadership-transition-a-fight-behind-closed-doors-5855
The Conversation, 19 March 2012
Loss of Indonesia expertise poses a security risk
The collapse of Indonesian studies puts Australia's security at risk according to PhD candidate Ms Greta Nabbs-Keller in an article in The Australian. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/loss-of-indonesia-expertise-poses-security-risk/story-e6frgcjx-1226302018267
The Australian, 19 March 2012
Kony 2012
In an interview on ABC Radio Triple J Hack Program Dr Sara Davies comments on the Kony 2012 campaign. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s3450155.htm
ABC Triple J Radio, 8 March 2012
North Korea suspends nuclear tests
In an interview with ABC Radio National Professor Andrew O'Neil comments on North Korea's decision to suspend nuclear testing and uranium enrichment in return for food aid from the United States. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/north-korea-suspends-nuclear-tests/3863250
ABC Radio National, 1 March 2012
Return to surplus essential if we're to tame the rampant dollar
The trade-weighted value of the exchange rate is now 20 per cent above its average value since the Australian dollar was floated by the Hawke-Keating government in 1983 according to Professor Tony Makin in an opinion piece in The Australian. Available at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/return-to-surplus-essential-if-were-to-tame-the-rampant-dollar/story-e6frgd0x-1226285513160
The Australian, 1 March 2012
Caltex reviews future of refining operations
In an interview with ABC News 24 Dr Vlado Vivoda discusses the future of refining operations in Australia. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-27/caltex-reviews-future-of-refining-operations/3856144?section=business
ABC News 24, 28 February 2012
Security in doubt as Australia's aging oil refineries shut down
The looming closure of three Australian refineries will affect the security of liquid fuel supplies in Australia. This is particularly so if the government and the oil industry do not devise a joint strategy with which to respond to potential supply disruptions according to Dr Vlado Vivoda in an opinion piece published on The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/security-in-doubt-as-australias-aging-oil-refineries-shut-down-5553
The Conversation, 27 February 2012
Red tape will hurt growth
Australia needs to adopt an economic 'shock proofing strategy' according to Professor Ross Guest in an article in the Courier Mail. Available at: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/red-tape-will-hurt-growth/story-e6frerdf-1226270202567
Courier Mail (p26 and online), 14 February 2012
Why the EU's oil embargo won't work
The EU vote to ban oil imports from Iran will do little to affect supply and demand or the price of oil according to Dr Vlado Vivoda in an article in Business Spectator and The Conversation. Available at: http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Oil-European-Union-Iran-embargo-US-Europe-National-pd20120201-R2VE3?opendocument&src=rss and http://theconversation.edu.au/half-hearted-iran-embargo-wont-push-up-oil-prices-5063
Business Spectator (p1 and online) and The Conversation online, 1 February 2012
Burma reforms: Foreigners can't take much credit
The remarkable paradigm shift which took place in Burma last year was due mainly to internal developments and a few key local personalities. External factors played a role but they were incidental to the main game. This in itself is noteworthy, however, and with the benefit of hindsight prompts a number of observations according to Dr Andrew Selth in a recent blog on the Lowy Institute's Interpreter. Available at: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/01/30/Burma-reforms-foreigners-cant-take-credit.aspx
The Interpreter, Lowy Institute for International Policy, 30 January 2012
Assessing Burma's reform program
Burma's hybrid civilian-military government is not yet one year old but already it has been the subject of countless blogs, op-eds and academic articles. These works have covered the full spectrum of political opinion, from enthusiastic plaudits to anti-regime diatribes comments Dr Andrew Selth on the Lowy Institute's Interpreter. Available at: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/01/24/Assessing-Burmas-reform-program.aspx
The Interpreter, Lowy Institute for International Policy, 24 January 2012
China upset at US sanctions on oil company
16 January 2012
In an interview with ABC Radio Australia Dr Vlado Vivoda comments on Washington's sanctions on a Chinese state-run oil firm for exporting petroleum products to Iran. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/ra/asiapac/stories/201201/s3409298.htm
ABC Radio Australia, Asia Pacific, 16 January 2012
Romney's divide and conquer strategy hinges on healthy competition
In the aftermath of the New Hampshire Republican primary, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has gone a long way towards securing the nomination. To be sure, he faces continued challenges from an array of ideological positions. Perhaps ironically, Romney is likely to hope that his diverse array of rivals stays in the race for a while. In the American primary system, a balance-of-power logic often guides the struggles. Leading candidates are often happy to see a range of divided opponents, who undercut one another in ways that forestall any serious challenge according to Dr Wes Widmaier in a recent opinion piece in The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/romneys-divide-and-conquer-strategy-hinges-on-healthy-competition-4916
The Conversation, 12 January 2012
Neighbours show how Australia can please two masters
The lesson for Australia provided by Japan and South Korea is that a high dependence economically on China need not conflict with security interests, according Professor Andrew O'Neil and recent Visiting Fellow, Associate Professor Ding Dou, in an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald. Available at: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/neighbours-show-how-australia-can-please-two-masters-20120105-1pmai.html
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 January 2012
An EU oil embargo is unlikely to curtail Iran's nuclear ambitions
The US sanctions and the EU’s proposed embargo on Iran’s oil exports are unlikely to be effective in curtailing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, as Tehran gets closer to Beijing and other states at odds with the West according to Dr Vlado Vivoda in a recent opinion piece in The Conversation. Available at: http://theconversation.edu.au/an-eu-oil-embargo-is-unlikely-to-curtail-irans-nuclear-ambitions-4876
The Conversation, 9 January 2012
Tensions rise as Iran test fires missiles
In an interview with ABC News Radio Sydney Professor Andrew O'Neil comments on Iran's testing routine and nuclear capacity. Available at: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/newsradio/audio/20120102-oneil.mp3
ABC Radio Australia, 2 January 2012
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