Kevin's eyes on the world THE return of Kevin Rudd to the prime ministership almost certainly means the return of foreign policy to the centre of Australian political debate, even in the presumably brief period between now and the election. Rudd has already said that his choice of timing for the federal election will be influenced by his desire that the Australian PM attend the G20 meeting in Russia in early September, as Australia is to host next year's G20 summit. There are a raft of other big, international meetings Rudd might be tempted by. He might like to go to New York for a session of the UN Security Council when Australia is in the chair of that august body in September, or to the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit, or the East Asia Summit, both to be held in early October.