Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
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In this year-end analysis, former foreign minister Gareth Evans assesses the contest within Australian politics – and the foreign policy, defence and intelligence communities – over how to face a growing array of regional security challenges in 2024 and beyond.
Gareth Evans on Tuesday launched an Asialink report on the potential for cooperation between Australia and the Republic of Korea in meeting challenges to the international rules-based order. The following is an edited version of his speech.
As the popular backlash against February’s coup in Myanmar produces a mounting death toll, former foreign minister Gareth Evans argues the international community does have options to keep the pressure on the military regime.
Myanmar’s post-coup crisis unequivocally demands the application of R2P principles. However, as Professor Gareth Evans writes, internal dynamics are ultimately more likely to prove decisive than even the most robust available external measures.
You will be acutely aware that, after the ravages of the Trump years, you have a big healing job ahead of you, not only at home but abroad, writes former foreign minister Gareth Evans.