Bob Carr

Bob Carr is a former Premier of New South Wales (1995–2005), a former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (2012–2013) and the former Director of the Australia–China Relations Institute, the University of Technology Sydney (2014–2019).

Bob Carr was the longest-serving premier of NSW and a federal Labor foreign minister.

Bob's recent articles

Best of 2024: I told you so: No Aussie subs in 2030s, total reliance on the Yanks

Best of 2024: I told you so: No Aussie subs in 2030s, total reliance on the Yanks

Is AUKUS safe under Trump?

Is AUKUS safe under Trump?

Australia needs to hear its tone of voice in our conversations more than ever

Australia needs to hear its tone of voice in our conversations more than ever

"Fragrant, methane-wrapped bullshit": NZ should steer clear of AUKUS

"Fragrant, methane-wrapped bullshit": NZ should steer clear of AUKUS

Dtente: Towards a balance of power between the USA and China

Dtente: Towards a balance of power between the USA and China

I told you so: No Aussie subs in 2030s, total reliance on the Yanks

I told you so: No Aussie subs in 2030s, total reliance on the Yanks

We must do everything in our power to build a comprehensive new dtente between the US and China

We must do everything in our power to build a comprehensive new dtente between the US and China

Dtente: Towards a balance of power between the USA and China

Dtente: Towards a balance of power between the USA and China

AUKUS consensus is collapsing under weight of Labor blunders

AUKUS consensus is collapsing under weight of Labor blunders

Taking the high ground: let kindness have its day

Taking the high ground: let kindness have its day

The Palestinian catastrophe: Occupation, Illegality and Apartheid

The Palestinian catastrophe: Occupation, Illegality and Apartheid

Australias biggest AUKUS risk? America, our dangerous ally

Australias biggest AUKUS risk? America, our dangerous ally

What have you done for US lately?

What have you done for US lately?

Taiwan solution is diplomacy rather than nuclear hell

Taiwan solution is diplomacy rather than nuclear hell

Menzies told the US, ANZUS did not apply on Taiwan. Why not Albanese?

Menzies told the US, ANZUS did not apply on Taiwan. Why not Albanese?

Polarisation and dysfunction in Washington

Polarisation and dysfunction in Washington

Australias real status as a submissive ally

Australias real status as a submissive ally

AUKUS, Assange, and the seething pathologies of the American Security State

AUKUS, Assange, and the seething pathologies of the American Security State

Weve long said no to US. A yes now could be nuclear

Weve long said no to US. A yes now could be nuclear

The one hope for peace in the West Bank

The one hope for peace in the West Bank

Bob Carr - Keep the peace between China and the US: our goal

Bob Carr - Keep the peace between China and the US: our goal

Australia can safely improve its relations with China. Heres how

Australia can safely improve its relations with China. Heres how

If Albanese asks for Assanges freedom, Biden has every reason to agree: Bob Carr

If Albanese asks for Assanges freedom, Biden has every reason to agree: Bob Carr

Is criticism of Israeli settlement policy anti-Semitic?Israeli nationalists insist it is

Is criticism of Israeli settlement policy anti-Semitic?Israeli nationalists insist it is

The Israeli lobby and Labor

The Israeli lobby and Labor

On back of urgency on climate, Australia is tipping centre-left

On back of urgency on climate, Australia is tipping centre-left

I oppose Israel boycott, but laws against it are classic overreach

I oppose Israel boycott, but laws against it are classic overreach

The one word that will stop sleepwalking our way to war over Taiwan.

The one word that will stop sleepwalking our way to war over Taiwan.

Bob Carr: Israel lobby's overreach far exceeded any other diaspora community

Bob Carr: Israel lobby's overreach far exceeded any other diaspora community

Whitlam confirmed great man theory

Where are the grown-ups? The talk about China and war is dangerous

America's silo society has to face its racial demons

World leaders deserve to know about Australia's abysmal climate change policy, so I wrote to them

The US electoral system is a shambles. They could learn a lot from Australia. (The Guardian Oct 29, 2020)

There's an essential starting point for grasping the crisis engulfing US politics

How Australia's climate policy fell victim to the conservatives (SMH Sep 11, 2020)

Joe Biden's bold climate policies would leave Australia behind (The Guardian Sep 2, 2020)

Sinking billions of taxpayer dollars into gas would make Australia an international pariah (The Guardian, August 21 2020)

Coalition toes party line between US and China (SMH, 3 August 2020)

We now know gas is far from the clean fuel it's claimed to be (SMH 16.7.20)

BOB CARR. Hidden Reality of Australia-China Relations

BOB CARR. While the world looked the other way, corporate giants abandoned coal (SMH 15.5.20)

BOB CARR supports Pearls and Irritations.

BOB CARR. Erratic US Pacific policy is leaving Australia stranded (Australian Financial Review 8-11-19)

Vale Paul Francis Patrick Whelan

BOB CARR. Abandoning the Kurds confirms Asia's view that US power is waning (SMH 9.10.2019)

THE HON BOB CARR. Tribute to Graham Freudenberg.

BOB CARR. Making a multilateral Belt and Road (East Asia Forum)

BOB CARR. The China panic and John Fitzgerald.

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