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James Curran is Professor of Modern History at Sydney University. His most recent book is Australia’s China Odyssey: From Euphoria to Fear, published by Newsouth. A former analyst with the Office of National Assessments, Curran was a Fulbright Scholar at Georgetown University and in 2013 held the Chair of Australian History at University College Dublin. He was previously a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute.
Commentary
Malcolm Turnbull's ANZUS offer on North Korea was premature
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.James Curran
Rhetorical arthritis won’t sell an Australian republic
It is one thing to recognise the realities of current sensibilities; quite another to let them mask the more substantial arguments required to win a greater measure of popular…
The Trump/Turnbull transcript: The PM’s parting gift
It is one thing to be a valued and trusted ally; another matter entirely to be taken for granted.
When will Australia acknowledge a changed America?
There is a whiff of blind faith being employed by some Australian ministers in their responses to these kinds of American sentiments.
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Australia’s foreign policy explored in Allan Gyngell’s Fear of Abandonment
Originally published in The Australian.James Curran
The allure of orthodoxy and the peril of sentimentality
It would be difficult to imagine Turnbull arriving in New York with nothing to offer Trump.
Where India fits in an activist Australian foreign policy
Australia’s regional engagement in the years ahead can never be conceived within the US/China framework alone.
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India and Australia eye the world according to Trump
There's a momentum towards greater cooperation among India, Japan, and Australia, writes James Curran in CFR's Asia Unbound blog on 9 March. Photo: Flickr/Us State Department…
Joe Hockey and the limits of mateship
Australia can do better than this. Now is not the time to be retreating into wilful sentimentality.
