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...former diplomat and veteran technocrat, he often seems more comfortable roaming the international halls of power than pressing the flesh with laid-off workers or drought-stricken farmers in the Outback. Rudd is the consummate globalized citizen, and makes a point of reaching out to those in other nations who share his sense of international community. "He'll put in a full day in the Parliament and then, because of the time difference, call world leaders way into the night," says Michael Fullilove, director of the global-issues program at the Lowy Institute in Sydney and a nonresident senior fellow...
...geographic remoteness notwithstanding, Australia deserves watching. As both a long and loyal ally of the U.S., and at the same time a nation whose economy increasingly depends on a partnership with China, it has a chance to show the rest of the world the importance of maintaining good relations with both the new century's superpowers. Rudd has positioned himself as the man to pull off that trick...
...polls, he has an enormous lead over Malcolm Turnbull, the leader of the opposition Liberal Party - is at first sight surprising. After more than 17 years of sustained growth, Australia is flirting with recession; the economy grew just 0.4% in the first three months of 2009. And for a nation that often measures a leader by whether he's the kind of bloke with whom you'd want to have a beer, Rudd comes across as more buttoned-up than many of his predecessors. Talking to TIME, he dropped in a casual reference to Burke (that would be Edmund...
...there's his government's defense white paper, released in May. The 140-page document outlines Australia's military aims for the next two decades and specifically mentions China's ascendancy as a reason for an arms buildup. In all, $72 billion will be dedicated to bulking up the nation's armed forces, doubling the submarine fleet and adding up to 100 joint-strike fighter jets to its air force...
...liberation of Ghana from colonial rule, in 1957, had its own effect on American history: It served as a source of inspiration for the American civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Ghana on the heels of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and drew hope from the African nation's experience, which Obama noted in his speech. "Dr. King was asked how he felt while watching the birth of a nation," Obama told the parliament. "And he said: 'It renews my conviction in the ultimate triumph of justice...