Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University
The Australian Financial Review: International Editor (2010-2016), Washington correspondent (2004-2010), Political Editor (2000-2004), Financial Times: Middle East correspondent (1984-1993), Beijing bureau chief (1993-1998), North American correspondent 1998-2000. Publications include Arafat: The Biography (Virgin Books 2004) and The Thomson Five: A golfing legend's greatest triumphs (Melbourne University Press 2016). Graduate Australian National University BA.(1968) Dual Walkley award winner for commentary (2003 and 2007). Paul Lyneham Award Excellence Press Gallery journalism (2003).
Sanctions, a failing economy and coronavirus may cause Iran to change its involvement in Syria
Mar 01, 2020 12:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Irans emergence as a hot zone for the coronavirus further complicates that countrys relationships with its neighbours at a time when its economy is sliding deeper into recession. US President Donald Trumps maximum...
Why the global battle over Huawei could prove more disruptive than Trump's trade war with China
Feb 19, 2020 01:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
Chinas ambassador to Australia, Cheng Jingye, let the cat out of the bag this week when he lambasted Canberra over its decision to exclude Huawei from the build-out of Australias 5G network. In uncharacteristically...
Listen to your people Scott Morrison: the bushfires demand a climate policy reboot
Jan 07, 2020 15:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Frank Jotzo, the director of the Centre for Climate and Energy Policy at Australian National University, has some constructive advice for Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a column today for the ABC: do not waste an...
Dec 10, 2019 05:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
2019 may well go down as the most disrupted year in global politics since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and the subsequent implosion of the former Soviet Union. However, the likelihood is that 2020 will be worse,...
Nov 27, 2019 12:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Not since the Petrov affair in 1954, when a KGB officer sought asylum in Australia with details of Soviet spying activities, has a case been as potentially significant for Australian security as that of Wang Liqiang, the...
Morrison needs to take control of China policy - but leave room for dissent
Aug 15, 2019 17:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Morrison government is at risk of losing control of China policy. Push-back from within its own ranks is complicating its ability to manage relations with Beijing. China policy is being subjected to a buffeting from...
Iran and US refusing to budge as tit-for-tat ship seizures in Middle East raise the temperature
Jul 22, 2019 13:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In a world run ragged by multiple crises and an unravelling of American global leadership, military confrontation in the Gulf poses risks that extend well beyond the region itself. One of the greater risks is to a...
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