Daniel Flitton
Daniel Flitton is senior correspondent for The Age covering foreign affairs and politics. He is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian government and was at one-time a university lecturer specialising in international relations.
A bland defence posture that may be just right for our times
Daniel Flitton Stephen Smith tried to pass the Goldilocks test on Friday when serving up Australia's latest military blueprint.
Australians must realise the future is not all about China
Daniel Flitton Australia must find its place in a world with the rising powers of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
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Send the G20 leaders to Uluru
Daniel Flitton Forget Brisbane. The red centre is the go for the G20 meeting. Imagine the world's most powerful leaders gathered together in front of Uluru, having diagnosed the ills in the global economy and...
Daniel Flitton
Why North Korea is again taking aim
Daniel Flitton The regime deludes itself that it will outlast the South, and the US.
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Smith ready to do battle
Daniel Flitton Stephen Smith had a boss once who liked to compare him to a racing car driver, the kind that flies around the track with his foot on the brake.
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Why 2010 won't be such a good year
Daniel Flitton Just when you thought things were improving, there's trouble looming.
