International Relations
The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan by Robert D. Crews and Amin Tarzi (eds)
by Riaz Hassan •
Rivals by Bill Emmott & The New Asian Hemisphere by Kishore Mahbubani
by Nick Bisley •
Australian Security After 9/11: New and old agendas edited by Derek McDougall and Peter Shearman
by Michael Wesley •
The Rise of Anti-Americanism edited by Brendon O'Connor and Martin Griffiths
by Peter Haig •
Divided Korea: Toward a culture of reconciliation by Roland Bleiker
by Anthony Burke •
From Under a Leaky Roof: Afghan refugees in Australia by Phil Sparrow
by Jo Case •
A Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass violence in East Timor by Joseph Nevins
by Richard Broinowski •
The Third Try by Alison Broinowski and James Wilkinson & Australian and US Military Cooperation by Christopher Hubbard
by Daniel Flitton •
Vaclav Havel and Nobel Laureates Call for the Release of Imprisoned Burmese Writers
by Hidden Author •
Fourteen Nobel Literature Laureates – along with Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic and renowned playwright, and Jiri Grusa, acclaimed Czech writer and President of International PEN – have urged Senior General Than Shwe of the Burmese Military Junta to release Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and other imprisoned Burmese writers. These include 74-year-old editor U Win Tin, who is serving twenty years’ hard labour, and poet and journalist U Aung Myint, who was condemned to twenty-one years’ imprisonment. In a letter delivered to Burmese embassies in Bangkok, Berlin, London, New Delhi, Tokyo, Washington DC and other cities on April 13, Havel and the Laureates wrote:
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