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.
Refugee mum, branded 'security threat', has chance at defending herself
Daniel Flitton Tamil refugee Ranjini speaks to an independent reviewer in her bid to escape indefinite detention.
Evans report sounds alarm on lack of will for disarming
Daniel Flitton Nuclear armed countries - including the US - are at best only paying lip service to the promise of President Barack Obama to rid the world of atomic bombs.
China blocks ABC broadcasts as executives head to Beijing
Daniel Flitton A growing electronic blitzkrieg by Beijing - blasted by US President Barack Obama as ''state sponsored'' hacking and now extending to the jamming of Australia's radio news broadcasts in Asia -...
Messages from the war zone
Daniel Flitton The shouting had gone on long enough. "The problem is, the microphone is shoved in front of the face of some person who is going to yell in either broken English or Arabic," despaired Moammar Mashni.
Gillard on a slippery slope with statement
Daniel Flitton JULIA GILLARD'S lopsided statement on the conflict in Gaza and Israel leaves an open question about Australia's support for assassination.
Good relations key to President's second term
Daniel Flitton BREATHE a sigh of relief, Australia - had Mitt Romney won the day, it would have made for an ugly time with our big alliance partner.
Putin looks east to sell Russia to Asia-Pacific
Daniel Flitton VLADIVOSTOK: In some translations the Russian port city ''Vladivostok'' is taken to mean ''power over the east'' and President Vladimir Putin has certainly used a summit of regional leaders and...
APEC leaders sign off green measures
Daniel Flitton, Vladivostok Regional leaders have agreed cut tariffs on solar panels, wind turbine blades, solar hot water systems and a range of other "environmental goods" in what has been hailed as a shift against...
Russia turns gaze east to tap into growth regions
Daniel Flitton Vladivostok JEALOUSY is a very Russian trait, and the green eyes of Moscow are fixed firmly on the runaway economic success of its giant neighbour, China.
Sky's no limit for Putin's soaring Russian ambition
Daniel Flitton Vladivostok BILLIONS of dollars have poured into the Russian port city of Vladivostok for the hosting of this week's three-day summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, only for much of it to be squandered.
Pacific is big enough for all, insists Clinton
Daniel Flitton Hillary Clinton has declared the Pacific ''big enough for all of us'' and laid down a challenge for China and other countries to work together to help the tiny island nations of South Pacific.
Clinton stresses US role in Pacific security
Daniel Flitton Hillary Clinton has declared the Pacific "big enough for all of us" and laid down a challenge for China and other countries to work together to help the tiny island nations of the South Pacific.
Fiji given hope of Pacific family reunion
Daniel Flitton, Rarotonga Moves to bring Fiji back into the Pacific fold are building at a regional leaders' summit, despite Australian and New Zealand opposition to lifting Fiji's suspension sparked by the military regime of...
Islands to play power politics
Daniel Flitton, Rarotonga It might seem brave, but at least a few Cook Islands locals see a chance for the tiny Pacific nation - population barely 12,000 - to 'play off' superpowers China and the United States against one...
Every forum needs a motorcade, even on tiny Rarotonga
Daniel Flitton Rarotonga, Cook Islands It helps that the island is shaped like a squashed baked bean, with the only major road a ring that runs around the coast.
Burma unrest raises fears that religious tension could spread
Daniel Flitton The US has expressed deep concerns over violence in a disputed Burmese province that has flared just days after Australia moved to lift financial sanctions on the country.
Mutiny in PNG as soldiers storm defence headquarters
Ilya Gridneff and Daniel Flitton Australians are being warned to limit travel around Port Moresby after soldiers loyal to ousted prime minister Sir Michael Somare stormed barracks in the PNG capital.
Australian dad flies home after Saudi lash ordeal
Daniel Flitton An Australian man is flying home from a harrowing ordeal in a Saudi Arabia prison after enduring 75 lashes for religious blasphemy.
Ex-Fiji army chief's warning
Daniel Flitton A former top Fiji army commander casts doubt on the island's speedy return to democracy, despite a regime pledge to lift emergency laws.
Economic woes hit US defence ambitions
Daniel Flitton AUSTRALIA is about to confront the biting reality of US military decline as its cash-strapped ally moves to abandon the long-standing doctrine of being ready to fight two wars simultaneously on...
