Joseph Camilleri
Joseph Camilleri is Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, Convener of Conversation at the Crossroads, and Co-Convener of SHAPE (Saving Humanity and Planet Earth)
Joseph's recent articles
JOSEPH A. CAMILLERI: Australias China policy mired in phobia and confusion.
Australias handling of its relations with China is rapidly descending into farce. Geoff Rabys excellent piece (30 April) makes abundantly clear the principal factor at work, namely a nostalgic attachment to the US-led regional and global order of earlier years.
Many are thinking: we can surely do better as a nation
Across the country there is much amusement, and a good deal of bewilderment. People are asking: how can our subservience to Washingtons bidding hit such an all-time low? How can a government think it can shape Australias future security and prosperity by mouthing one inanity after another?
JOSEPH CAMILLERI. For our misdeeds in Korea we shall pay dearly
The result of the recent snap election called by Shinzo Abe and Japans steady military build-up are a portent of things to come. The Korean crisis, which owes at least as much to Washingtons flexing of military muscle as to Pyongyangs misguided nuclear antics, holds the key to many of these ominous developments.
JOSEPH A. CAMILLERI. Australia's engagement with Asia and the world has fallen on hard times.
In the vain hope of minimising the catastrophic consequences of Americas 16-year long military intervention, Donald Trump has just announced yet another surge in its military presence in Afghanistan. Australia, like other allies, will also be asked to do more, and will almost certainly agree to the request. This is part of the now familiar pattern that has seen Australia despatch military forces to Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. It is a reminder of the same reflexive mindset that has prompted Malcolm Turnbulls recent comments linking ANZUS to the Korean crisis. In this case, the response is so ill-informed...
JOSEPH CAMILLERI. The Politics of Paralysis: Australian style
It is hard not to conclude that our major parties have been the primary stumbling block. They seem singularly ill equipped to envisage, let alone manage, the institutional changes called for by a globalising and increasingly interdependent world. If innovation holds the key to the future, we would do well to look elsewhere for leadership or inspiration.
JOSEPH CAMILLERI. New series. We can say 'no' to the Americans.
Australia at the crossroads of time and imagination Can Australia rise to the challenge of a rapidly transforming world or is it bound to the myths of a bygone age?
JOSEPH CAMILLERI. The election of Hillary Clinton promises a more dangerous world.
In a long and often exasperating presidential campaign, Americans and the world have been subjected to Donald Trumps odious and often incoherent rhetoric, and from both sides much vitriol and endless accusations of deceit, crookedness and sexual misconduct. In this largely policy-free contest, Hillary Clintons approach to the immense challenges facing the United States has escaped serious scrutiny. Yet, how America views its place in a rapidly transforming world has far-reaching implications not only for security at home and abroad, but for the economy, financial markets, the environment and much else.