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By Robert Merkel on October 20, 2010
From Tony Abbott’s Parliamentary speech (PDF, page 29) on the Afghanistan war: As things stand, each bereaved family knows that the Australian people respect their loss and value their sacrifice. We have honoured their deaths by continuing their campaign. How [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Politics, War | Tagged Afghanistan, sunk cost fallacy, Tony Abbott |
By Kim on August 13, 2010
That’s a question worth posing, and it’s posed by Jacinda Woodhead of Overland at The Drum this morning.
Posted in Afghanistan, federal election 2010, International, War | Tagged Afghanistan, Federal Election 2010, jacinda woodhead, overland, the drum, War, Wikileaks |
By Guest Poster on July 27, 2010
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]
Posted in Australiana, federal election 2010, Foreign policy, Immigration, International, War | Tagged Afghanistan, asylum seekers, CPD, Federal Election 2010, Foreign policy, human rights, identity, leaders debate, phil lynch, Thinking Points, Timor, UN Security Council, values, War |
By tigtog on July 27, 2010
Afghan, Pakistani Reactions at Odds Over Leaked US Documents, US says Afghan Wikileaks ‘could put lives at risk’
Posted in Afghanistan, Politics, USA | Tagged Afghanistan, pakistan, roundtable, whistleblowers, Wikileaks |
By tigtog on April 7, 2010
Leaked video shows gunship killing journalists. The attack took place in Eastern Baghdad in 2007, the US military has always claimed that the civilians were insurgents. Some military whistleblowers leaked video and audio to Wikileaks.
Posted in Crime, Ethics, Imperialism, Policy, War | Tagged Afghanistan, alleged insurgents, Baghdad, friendly fire, military fratricide, Rules of Engagement, Wikileaks |
By Helen on August 20, 2009
Some people think our intervention in other countries (and “regime change”) is good for women.
Posted in Afghanistan, Feminism, International, Politics, War, Women | Tagged Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 20, 2009
If you’re staying up to watch Barack Obama’s inauguration as 44th President of the United States of America, Crikey has a good guide to coverage and commentary on tv, live streaming, live blogging and twitter. Locally, Hoyden About Town is [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Blogging, Economics, Film, TV, Video etc, Foreign policy, International, Iraq, Media, Middle East, Nationalism, Politics, The Web, USA | Tagged Afghanistan, America, Australia, barack obama, coverage, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, global financial crisis, global politics, healthcare, inaugural address, inauguration, Iraq, live blogging, Martin Luther King, Robert Gates, US alliance, us economy, US politics, War, world politics |
By Idiot/Savant on December 16, 2008
Crossposted from No Right Turn Oh dear. Drivers in Pakistan are refusing to transport supplies across the Northwest Frontier to NATO and US troops in Afghanistan. 75% of US and NATO supplies go that way. Which means they’re either going [...]
Posted in Afghanistan, Imperialism, International, War | Tagged Afghanistan, war & conflict |
By Guest Poster on November 5, 2008
Director of the Centre for Policy Development Miriam Lyons writes: Barack Obama’s victory represents a watershed in American history, but it will also have ramifications around the world. Before I head out to celebrate I thought I’d just bash out [...]
Posted in Australiana, Climate change, Developing world, Economics, Environment, Foreign Elections, Foreign policy, Government, Immigration, International, Markets, Policy, Politics, Sociology, USA | Tagged Afghanistan, aid, Australian implications, barack obama, behavioural economics, center for american progress, Climate change, copenhagen negotiations, CPD, Democrats, economic policy, Foreign policy, Garnaut, green jobs, green Keynesianism, international development, john podesta, Miriam Lyons, multilateralism, public policy, think tanks, UN, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 |
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