When it comes to electoral reform, I am a true conservative. I voted for a minimalist republic, and would vote against a directly elected President. Our system has served well, with Australia being one of the world’s oldest continuing democracies. An electoral system should not be tampered with unless there is a genuine need. I [...]
Archive | August, 2010
We have a problem with Pakistan
It’s one thing to shame one of humanities greatest achievements (Test cricket, of course), it’s another thing entirely to undermine Western hemisphere strategy in Afghanistan. This NY Times article is a must-read. It paints a very dim future for the current strategy in Afghanistan. While one may accept that it the prosecution of the war [...]
Challenges for American hegemony
I came across this on the ABC website during a bout of jet lag-induced insomnia. It’s Niall Ferguson’s recent lecture at the Centre for Independent Studies. I had read excerpts in the papers at the time, but the full speech is fantastic. It is a compelling argument about the need to start addressing the structural issues [...]
Writing the history of the GFC
Over the coming years, we will no doubt be subjected to a new history wars – one battling over the final word on the GFC and the fiscal policy response to it. Time will allow it all to be played out, but there are some troubling trends that I hope are eventually discussed honestly and [...]
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The next phase for the Euro
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The ersatz parliament
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McNamara’s lessons for today’s war
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Swan’s amazing chutzpah
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Vale, Neil Armstrong
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