Change – an update

Thursday, 8 November 2012   International relations   2 comments 

It would seem whatever happens internationally, it would have to accompany dealing with the baby boomer psychodrama at home.

If the EU-appointed technocrat governments have no legitimacy, neither do the Parliaments that voted them in.

Going down together

Friday, 18 November 2011   International relations   4 comments 

The irony of all of this is that there is pretty well no two countries with less interest in breaking off with each other than the US and China.

Rudd is using the very fluidity of the situation caused by the decline in US influence, that undermined his Prime Ministership, to now undermine Gillard’s.

Censor what?

Wednesday, 8 December 2010   International relations   7 comments 

It is not nice to see people in positions of power bullying members of the public who make use of the internet. But the content of what is going on has been distorted on all sides.

Perma-war

Friday, 22 October 2010   International relations   8 comments 

A war of invasion only ends because the invaders win, lose or are pulled back home. None of these look set to happen.

Clarity on military conflict is not an option for a Coalition leader.

Stay at home

Thursday, 7 October 2010   International relations   13 comments 

The press are not really making much of this, but Abbott’s gaffe over Afghanistan is probably a major blow to his leadership inside the party.

Rudd had been looking for overseas governments to provide a direction that it has avoided sticking its neck out trying to generate at home.

While Rudd’s Indonesian solution looks like Howard’s Pacific one in practice, in political terms it indicates a shift.

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