Category: Indonesia

Bear to Jakarta, Kangaroo to Kyiv

Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Riot police and protesters — Kyiv

Australia’s Jakarta-focused diplomacy should lead us to Kyiv.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Australia, Indonesia, International Relations, Russia, Ukraine

The ABC of unintended consequences

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Gary Scarrabelotti

How to drop yourself in it.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Time to sink or swim

Posted by
Lyle Dunne

Indonesians need to know that Australians won’t be played for suckers.

By Lyle Dunne

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Our problem with “No”

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Gary Scarrabelotti

Our culture of No to no is an invitation to a form of low-level unarmed invasion. 

 By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Global good guy in want of survival skills

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Gary Scarrabelotti

If we want to beat the people smugglers, we need cojones more than we need neighbours.

By Gary Scarrabelotti*

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