Commentary / World May 26, 2021
Our responsibility to South Asia
by Kevin Rudd
Beyond inflicting agony on the sick, the coronavirus outbreak in the world’s most populous democracy is now robbing victims of their dignity in death, too.
Asia Pacific / Politics | FOCUS Sep 8, 2020
Australia faces down China in high-stakes strategic shift
by Kirsty Needham
The relationship is no longer shaped just by trade, but by a stark view that Beijing poses a threat to Australia's democracy and national sovereignty.
World Oct 19, 2018
Current U.S.-China frictions do not amount to a new 'cold war': ex-Australian PM Kevin Rudd
by Cory Baird
As tensions ratchet up between the U.S. and China over trade and security issues, many major news organizations around the globe have given a platform to commentators trumpeting the arrival of a new "cold war" between the world's two largest economic superpowers. But former Australian ...
Commentary / World Aug 2, 2016
Refusal to nominate Rudd betrays Turnbull's weakness
by Ramesh Thakur
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of Kevin Rudd's quest to lead the U.N. is a sorry reminder of the creeping U.S.-style partisanship of Australian politics.
Commentary | COUNTERPOINT Aug 24, 2013
Gay marriage in Japan? Only over the reactionary LDP's cadaver
by Jeff Kingston
Tokyo Disneyland is an odd place to make a political statement, but the theme park now hosts same-sex wedding ceremonies. When a lesbian couple tied the knot there at a commitment ceremony in its Cinderella Castle in 2012, what was dubbed Japan's first gay wedding ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Aug 24, 2013
Australia's opposition Liberal-National coalition has widened its lead over the Labor government in an opinion poll, signaling leader Tony Abbott may replace Kevin Rudd as prime minister after the Sept. 7 election. Support for the coalition rose to 53 percent on a two-party preferred basis ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Aug 17, 2013
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is on the brink of defeat in next month's national elections, with a poll indicating that his ruling Labor Party will lose seven of the eight most marginal electorates. An analysis of the seats, four of which are held by ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Aug 10, 2013
Australia's opposition has regained the lead over Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government, with 52 percent of respondents in an opinion poll published Saturday saying they will support the coalition in the Sept. 7 national election. The ruling Labor Party had a 48 percent share of ...
Commentary / World Jul 2, 2013
by Ramesh Thakur
Even by the standards of a sports-mad country in which politics is a blood-sport, the events leading to the comeback of Kevin Rudd have been extraordinary.