Australia must use what leverage it has with the US to urge a cogent, measured and co-ordinated response to Russia’s Syrian intervention, writes Alan Dupont.
UN Special Adviser and former foreign minister Alexander Downer is among many high profile speakers taking part in a major student diplomacy conference at UNSW this weekend.
Australia will need to stake out an independent position on matters that come before the Security Council while developing a national approach to the global agenda, writes Anthony Burke.
