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Tony Parkinson

Tony Parkinson is a journalist with three decades of experience across a range of newspapers in Australia, including The Age, The Australian, and The Herald Sun.

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Liberty & Diplomacy: The challenges for Australian foreign policy in the 21st century

BOOK | Tony Parkinson

In this important work, Australia's leading foreign affairs analyst Tony Parkinson assesses the Howard government's record on foreign policy. By positioning Australia as a key player in the War on Terror and as a regional bulwark for stability and...

The Iraq Factor

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Tony Parkinson

Stripped to the rawest of logic, Barack Obama's gameplan was to win the White House on the back of defeat in Iraq. Heading into the presidential election campaign, the same ‘troops home' formula that allowed the Democrats to gain control of...

Kevin Rudd's Asia hypocrisy

IPA REVIEW ARTICLE | Tony Parkinson

Contrast and compare the grandstanding of the Rudd government over Japanese whaling to its relative quiescence on the human rights crackdown in Tibet. Consider it from the viewpoint of Tokyo, and you begin to understand why there might be rising...

In Defence of More Freedom

OCCASIONAL PAPER | Tony Parkinson

The wild-eyed diatribes of Irans Mahmoud Ahmadinejad register as extreme even by the hothouse standards of the Middle East.