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Article: More Pacific ferment likely, Australian Defence warns.
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- PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association
- Article date:
- November 24, 2006
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Reports from Sydney Morning Herald.
24 NOVEMBER 2006 CANBERRA (Pacnews)- When the outgoing Australian Defence Secretary, Ric Smith, was pondering the valedictory lecture he will give on his retirement next week, he pondered the four biggest international events of his career.
The end of the Cold War, 11September and the rise of China seemed obvious enough. Then he thought of another - the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979.
Think of how different the Middle East would be if that were still a regime friendly to Western interests, he mused yesterday.
During his 40-year career, Mr Smith has served as ambassador to China and Indonesia, and ...