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National Observer Home > No. 78 - Spring 2008 > Contents EDITORIAL COMMENTIf deep in debt, should I spend and borrow more? The Mumbai attacks and the use of torture Barack Obama: merited nemesis of the "neocons" ARTICLES The future of Mr Kevin Rudd Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may not lead Labor to the next election, predicts John Stone. The rule of lawyers, not law Australians are likely to get a bill of rights by stealth because the Left is afraid of a referendum or a popular vote, argues Paul Sheehan. Global jihad and the evolution of terrorist-training doctrines Western democracies must recognise that global terrorism has evolved into fourth-generation warfare (4GW), writes Mervyn F. Bendle. The global power shift: defending Australia’s independence China, with its huge government-controlled sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), may find itself in a position to buy out Australia’s biggest strategic industries, warn Peter Westmore and Patrick J. Byrne. How the Liberal Party can rebuild itself The Liberal Party should neither be ideologically driven nor try to copy Labor, writes David Flint. Scoring high grades by mirroring the teacher’s mistakes Despite what most people would ideally like to be the case, you are likely to be rewarded for reflecting your teacher’s mistakes and penalised for correcting them, writes Mark Lopez. BOOK REVIEW Antony Loewenstein, The Blogging Revolution. Reviewed by R.J. Stove. Orlando Figes, The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia. Reviewed by Bill James. National Observer No. 78 - Spring 2008 |
