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John Mccarthy

John Mccarthy

The Australian

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Trump is forcing Australia to fundamentally alter the way it views the world

As Australia’s newly re-elected government seeks to navigate the shoals of President Donald Trump’s new world, it will behove us to think beyond...

10.05.2025 7

InDaily

John Mccarthy

In Donald Trump’s ‘new world’, Australia needs to shift its focus from tariffs and AUKUS

09.05.2025 10

The New Daily

John Mccarthy

Brave new world

06.05.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Trump’s tariff war risks losing South-East Asia to Beijing

The South-East Asian nations are likely to suffer both directly from Trump’s tariffs and their impact on China. This will affect their regional and...

01.05.2025 6

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

After the Trump inauguration

11.01.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Buckle up. The ‘Trump tendency’ in foreign policy is on its way

The eccentricities of the Republican’s dogma were apparent in his first administration. However, they mattered less because the world was more...

08.01.2025 7

Financial Review

John Mccarthy

Trump Redux: what matters to foreign relations

As the novelty of Donald Trump’s win wears off, we have moved beyond the superficialities of the views of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and...

18.11.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy

Corporate Australia shuns reform in workplace

On a trade mission to Asia in the 1990s I was part of a delegation that visited a factory that seemed to produce everything from televisions to...

03.10.2024 5

The New Daily

John Mccarthy

Promise of social media alters political landscape

There was a time when Twitter (now called X) appeared to be an enormous power for democracy. The Arab Spring revolution of 2011 was written and...

21.08.2024 10

The New Daily

John Mccarthy

Rediscovering Australia’s Asian destiny

Australia must awaken a spirit of enquiry and zest about our region and the belief that our destiny as a nation rests there. Australia differs from...

07.08.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

John Mccarthy