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...Randall, he might have run,” says Alexander “Zander” N. Li ’08, a former FiCom chair. Former UC Treasurer Benjamin W. Milder ’08 calls the selection of Sarafa “a safe choice—solid if unexciting...
...know we have the alliance," Mackerras says. "The fact that Howard was so pro-American was not a plus. A withdrawal from Iraq is likely to please the Chinese." A perception that Australia is too close to China, however, could displease Australia's Asia-Pacific allies. "I'm rock solid on the alliance with the U.S." Rudd has said. "I have never seen that as being mutually exclusive of a strong relationship with the People's Republic of China." His Washington trip is likely to take place a few months before he takes up Hu's invitation to Beijing. There...
...foreign policy, Rudd is expected to stick largely to Howard's way. Australia will remain a "rock solid" friend of the U.S. but reserve the right to act "independently." It will be more deferential to the U.N., and may also be more alert to the sensitivities of China. Rudd has criticized Beijing's human-rights record, but when the Howard government advocated an alliance between Australia, the U.S., Japan and India, he rejected the idea, saying it would make China feel encircled...
...achieve anything might actually trigger a final descent into a darkness. Yet, there are reasons to hope that Annapolis instead could be the peace conference to end all peace conferences, if success is defined as the launching of a serious new round of comprehensive negotiations based on a solid consensus for realistic solutions...
Australia under Labor will remain a "rock solid" friend of the U.S., Rudd has said, but reserve the right to act "independently." Rudd, who spent eight years as a diplomat in Beijing, has criticized China's human-rights record but appears more sympathetic to the People's Republic than Howard. Rudd rejected the Howard government support of a potential alliance between the U.S., Australia, Japan and India, saying China would feel encircled...