Smiling assassins: rows and kowtows with Kevin Rudd • Mark Baker

Smiling Assassins: Kevin Rudd

Author's summary: Kevin Rudd's diplomatic career.

The ambassador proves easy prey for hacks in the hunt for headlines. Mark Baker writes about Kevin Rudd, the twenty-sixth prime minister of Australia.

In 2015, Kevin Rudd was appointed inaugural president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, a self-described "think-do tank". The institute aims to assist governments and businesses in resolving policy challenges within Asia and between Asia and the West.

The New York-based institute was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller III. By 2021, Rudd added the titles president and CEO of the Society to his CV.

using second-track diplomacy to assist governments and businesses in resolving policy challenges within Asia, and between Asia and the West.

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