Andrew Carr – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 The long winter ahead https://www.openforum.com.au/the-long-winter-ahead/ Sun, 07 Mar 2021 00:46:28 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32047 The recent freeze in relations between Australia and China seems set to continue, with uncertain results for this country.

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The illusion of a ‘middle power moment’ https://www.openforum.com.au/the-illusion-of-a-middle-power-moment/ Thu, 21 May 2020 00:01:10 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=28053 Middle ranking powers such as Australia are finding themselves squeezed by increasing tension between the super powers, and may be forced to choose pragmatism over idealism as a result.

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All planned out https://www.openforum.com.au/all-planned-out/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:06:19 +0000 http://www.openforum.com.au/?p=19918 The Defence Department faces the choice of either sticking with the certainty of insufficient funding or undertaking the whole planning process once again and hoping the next ‘certain’ figure will be more meaningful.

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