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*Stop Press* In the still developing story of NSA’s Prism program (see Toby Feakin on The Strategist earlier this week ...
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Kevin Rudd has used his first trip as Prime Minister to the Australia–Indonesia Annual Leader’s meeting in Jakarta to launch ...
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Japan has released Defence Of Japan 2013, its annual defence white paper—ASPI’s Ben Schreer had a piece on it earlier in the ...
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The normalisation of tension on the Korean Peninsula is settling onto its foundations, with South Korea pledging US$7.3 million of ...
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T.X. Hammes has a new article in The National Interest, ‘Sorry, AirSea Battle Is No Strategy’ in which he argues ...
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Mixed defence news for India this week: the county’s first indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine was activated days before an incident in ...
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Following what was probably a chemical weapon attack in Syria last week, the White House appears to be moving closer ...
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This week defence issues have been a bigger part of the election campaign than they were previously. The two big ...
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The big story this week is still Syria, and expectation has reached a fevered pitch. The Economist writes that …The ...
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Last week’s Australian election has raised the question of how the new Abbott government will manage our foreign and security ...
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US Secretary of State John Kerry finds it hard to focus on Asia, writes Robert Kaplan. John Kerry has made ...
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The US and Japan agreed to expand defence cooperation during Secretaries Kerry and Hagel’s visit to Tokyo this week. Hagel ...
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How does the region perceive the US pivot? Here’s one perspective from Jakarta: Asia would welcome a US policy that will, of necessity, ...
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Further revelations of US intelligence activity, including tapping of friendly world leaders phones, has put Washington’s intelligence community on the ...
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There’s been a lot of commentary this week on Australia–Indonesia relations. For a seasoned Indonesian perspective, watch this Fairfax interview ...
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There was heartache this week after a near miss in talks with Iran. On a similar note, this article in The National Interest suggests ...
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The story of the week has been, of course, the deterioration of Australia–Indonesia diplomatic ties in the wake of a ...
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has travelled to Jakarta to meet with her counterpart Marty Natalegawa to help mend a rift ...
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It’ll be an awkward Christmas in Pyongyang. North Korea said today that Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, Jang Song Thaek, has been ...
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Welcome back to our weekly round-up of new reports and updates in the defence and security realm. The Institute for ...
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