• Foreign Policy

China’s much lauded ‘charm offensive’ is hitting a wall
John LeeApril 4, 2009The Sydney Morning Herald

Chinese soft power – the ability to get what it wants through persuasion and attraction...

China Inc’s March debacle
John LeeApril 3, 2009

March has been a terrible month for the China Inc brand in Australia and enormously...

Reforming Welfare in a Recession
April 3, 2009

New Zealand’s recently-elected government made election promises to reform welfare.  The government looks to have...

The recession will be a good time to reform welfare
April 1, 2009

If there was any doubt that welfare in New Zealand needed reforming, a recent picture...

Should Keynes have a seat at the G20 table
Stephen KirchnerMarch 28, 2009NZ Business Roundtable

If the leaders of the G20 nations and the International Monetary Fund are to be...

Beware of Cargo Cult Handouts
Greg LindsayMarch 13, 2009

There is more to the South Pacific than just Australia and New Zealand. The vast...

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