Posts Tagged ‘uranium’

Ruddying relations

A closer strategic India-Australia relationship—the “how”
The Lowy Institute has released an excellent policy brief, authored by Rory Medcalf, coinciding with Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s first visit to India. You should read it in full—but the cogent executive summary is worth reproducing on this blog.
What is the problem
Strategic ties between Australia and India keep falling [...]

Uranium reservations

The Rudd government has created a window of opportunity for China to lock in Australia’s uranium supplies
Greg Sheridan writes that Australia’s policy on rejecting uranium sales to India will eventually change, but step by step.
Now, however, Australian policy suffers a serious contradiction. In supporting the deal, Australia is urging all other members of the international [...]

Concerning Australia’s uranium sales

The Rudd government would do well to climb out of an unnecessary hole it has dug for Australia
Greg Sheridan has a very insightful piece on the India-US nuclear deal and the stakes for Australia (linkthanks V Anantha Nageswaran). He gets it right when he argues that Australia can’t hope to enjoy a close relationship with [...]