Responsibility to protect?

Posted on May 11, 2008 | Charlie Edwards | More on Asia Pacific, Influence | Comments Off


Cyclone Nargis - Burma

Posted on May 7, 2008 | Charlie Edwards | More on Asia Pacific, Resilience | Comments Off

Before [...]

Water water everywhere (so what’s all the fuss)

Posted on May 6, 2008 | Charlie Edwards | More on Africa, Asia Pacific, Climate Change, Conflict and security, Middle East, Scarcity | Comments Off

Is the lack of fresh water a catalyst for conflict? The scenario has become fashionable of late, with Ban Ki-moon pondering such a future earlier this year, while John Reid made a great song and dance of it when he was Defence Secretary (perhaps he even did a rain dance). But it seems, according to [...]

Australia: not just anyone

Posted on April 23, 2008 | Alex Evans | More on Asia Pacific | Comments Off

Amidst the general swooning over Kevin Rudd (to which even we at Global Dashboard are not immune), the latest convert is David Miliband, who last week penned a blog post that ran thus:
…his travels are now being put to good use as he showed in his speech in London last week, arguing for “creative middle [...]