http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/felix-patrikeeff/ Associate Professor Felix Patrikeeff is Head of Discipline of Politics and Master of Kathleen Lumley College at the University of Adelaide. There he is currently teaching the Comparative Politics of Leadership and Intelligence Studies. He is also the President of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Felix has written widely on warfare and society, with his most recent book (co-authored with Harold Shukman) being Railways and the Russo-Japanese War: Transporting War (Routledge: 2007). en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/north-koreas-dear-leader-is-dead-what-next/ North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is dead. This means both many people watching the famous Team America “I’m So Ronery” clip, and potentially enormous global implications. For all the news see news.com.au’s coverage here. The Punch spoke to Associate Professor Felix Patrikeeff, who is Head of the Discipline of Politics and Master of Kathleen Lumley College at the University of Adelaide, where he is currently teaching the Comparative Politics of Leadership and Intelligence Studies (he is also the President of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs). What do you think will happen now? One of two things will happen. One is that the new leadership under Kim Jong Il’s youngest son (Kim Jong Un) will take shape fairly slowly behind the scenes until such a time as he can actually take power in his own right. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Felix Patrikeeff) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/north-koreas-dear-leader-is-dead-what-next/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/north-koreas-dear-leader-is-dead-what-next/#item7413 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:52:22 +0000 Felix Patrikeeff | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-should-have-listened-more-closely-to-rudd-on-gaddafi/ The situation in Libya is constantly changing. For the latest updates see news.com.au. It is hard to agree with the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on many things these days, but his efforts to effect a no-fly zone over Libya three weeks ago struck a controversial, but important, note. A pity, then, that the usual international politics surrounding the Western alliance and the United Nations bogged down the process to the point that the rebels in Libya were on their last legs when the UN Security Council vote was taken on the matter. Centre after centre of opposition were lost to Gaddafi’s reorganised forces, and his family-led offensives bit into what seemed like a promising revolutionary movement late last month. The Colonel is a seasoned campaigner both within Libya itself, and in global politics. Ronald Reagan tried to take him out by a surprise missile attack on his palace in 1986. The missiles didn’t harm him, but were said to have killed an adopted daughter and some other members of his extended household. He reportedly took to spending his nights in shifting tents from then on, blending traditional culture (he was born in a tent) with forms of security which have been most effective. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Felix Patrikeeff) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-should-have-listened-more-closely-to-rudd-on-gaddafi/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-should-have-listened-more-closely-to-rudd-on-gaddafi/#item5469 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:30:50 +0000 Felix Patrikeeff | Author bios | The Punch