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Clare O’Neil: Howard’s Terrifying Lack Of Reflection

by Clare O’Neil

In March, John Howard visited Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where I am a Master of Public Policy student.

Howard began his visit with a formal address on Australia/China relations. About 250 Harvard students and staff assembled in the school’s famous John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum to listen.

O'NeilHoward reflected on his term as a period of deepening integration between Australia and China, evidenced by growing trade between the two countries. He framed the relationship in pragmatic terms, which drew a contrast to the familial bonds he described between Australia and the US. [Read more…]