Asia / Comment
Terrorism in Southeast Asia: Australia as part of the problem
04/02/2005 By David Wright-Neville
During the time that has elapsed since 11 September 2001, Australian Prime Minister John Howard has drawn significant political mileage from the well-worn cliché that the ‘world changed’ on that tragic day.
This is, of course, nonsense. The world is always changing, the events in New York and Washington on that awful day simply made clear to people like Howard the dangerous directions in which this change had been occurring.
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Bio author: David Wright-Neville
David Wright-Neville teaches Terrorism: Violence and Identity at ANU. He is also consulted widely by Australian and foreign government agencies on terrorism-related issues.
