Alumni in the News
Martin Indyk on US Middle East policy: Obama's Michael Corleone moment
02 May 2013
A superb speech this morning at the Lowy Institute from Ambassador Martin Indyk, Director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and a former US Ambassador to Israel. We'll have audio and video soon, but I wanted to give you a few highlights. These are my impressions of the speech, and I might have to revise them when I see the transcript, but I thought some of what he said was pretty dramatic and worth putting down at once.
Publication: The Interpreter
King & Wood Mallesons partner Larry Kwok joins Hong Kong Competition Commission
02 May 2013
King & Wood Mallesons has announced that partner Larry Kwok has joined the Hong Kong Competition Commission, a newly formed independent statutory body.
Publication: The Lawyer
End of mining boom will leave Australian economy "with no clothes": Frank Gelber
02 May 2013
Australia's economy will stay soft for "another year or two" as the mining investment boom peaks and begins an orderly decline leaving the economy "with no clothes", says BIS Shrapnel chief economist Frank Gelber.
Publication: Property Observer
Obama's foreign policy in his second term
02 May 2013
Martin Indyk, Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Bookings Institution and a former U-S Ambassador to Israel discusses the challenges that President Obama faces in dealing with the chaos in Syria and the rise of Iran.
Publication: Lateline
Ridout warns of tough road ahead for manufacturing
23 Apr 2013
Reserve Bank of Australia board member Heather Ridout says manufacturers are face a long road ahead in adjusting to the presistently high Australian dollar, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Publication: Business Spectator