Ramesh Thakur is Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; adjunct professor, Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University, and editor-in-chief of Global Governance from Jan. 1, 2013. He began writing for The Japan Times in 1998 as Vice Rector of the United Nations University.
For Ramesh Thakur's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Australians debate the pros and cons of a constitutional amendment that aims to give special rights and representation to the nation's Indigenous people.
A bitterly divided and fractured America lacks the necessary common purpose, principle and the requisite national pride and strategic direction to execute a robust foreign policy.
South Korean nuclearization could destroy all efforts to denuclearize North Korea and could also kill its alliance with the U.S.
The subversion of India’s media through public institutions, tax authorities and enforcement agencies is a legacy that started long before the BJP came to power.
It’s doubtful that Australia would have contemplated buying U.S. and British-built nuclear-powered submarines but for the sense of the threat from China.
Prudent nations would do well to prepare for peace even in the midst of the Ukrainian conflict.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has the resume and qualifications to serve Canberra well in Washington.
Whether or not a constitutional monarchy makes sense in theory, with the British Commonwealth, it worked in practice.
A tragic "might-have-been" of modern times is the West’s failure to seize then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s offer of full partnership to forge a new nuclear world order.
Hiroshima gathering affirms the importance of nuclear disarmament amid nuclear-armed Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
