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Rudd’s war preparations will damage our key relationships

May 2, 2009 – 12:26 pm

It’s a Latham-like achievement, Rudd’s disgraceful Defence White Paper has succeeded only in damaging our two key strategic relationships; with the US and China. Brian Toohey has an excellent piece in the AFR today pointing out that we are now at odds strategically with the USA, which rates the likelihood of a war with China [...]

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Rudd’s horrible Defence mistake

May 2, 2009 – 6:46 am

In deciding on a massive arms buildup, Kevin Rudd has made one of the worst decisions of any ALP Prime Minister. The reasons are stark, and obvious:

Stupid strategy. The China-rising argument is fallacious. Thus the whole white paper is deeply flawed. The US, as the paper admits, will remain the dominant military power in the [...]

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The yellow peril is back

March 31, 2009 – 11:37 am

Former AusAID manager, Mark Thomson writes:
The tiny coterie of regular readers of this blog will know I’m no fan of the ruling regime in China. I am a strident critic of China’s human rights record and its colonial repression of Tibet. However, the recent foray of senior Opposition politicians into the realms of fear and [...]

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Why you should learn to love the GFC

November 24, 2008 – 5:08 pm

The GFC (global financial crisis) is a vital part of this great system of capitalism that we all seem to love, love in spite of ourselves or accept because we are simply at a loss to think of a workable alternative. Way back when this was a little downturn, George Bush said: “In a market [...]

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