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  • 30 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Taiwan-China relations (part 1): Continuity or renewed tensions?

    J. Michael Cole
  • 29 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea should dominate South Korean foreign policy, and there's no way around that

    Robert E Kelly
  • 29 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    The growing militarisation of the South China Sea

    Bonnie S Glaser
  • 28 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    Japanese defence normalisation: Progress on three fronts

    Malcolm Cook
  • 20 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Talisman Sabre 2015: Bigger and more amphibious

    Euan Graham
  • 20 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Why Japan hangs tough on the history issue

    Robert E Kelly
  • 9 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    Is China ready for global leadership?

    Kerry Brown
  • 8 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • China-India Relations

    SCO summit marks steady rise of India in China's worldview

    Dirk van der Kley
  • 7 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • US-China

    South China Sea: Why Korea is silent, and why that's a good thing

    Robert E Kelly
  • 2 Jul 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    How the Chinese media covered the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue

  • 2 Jul 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Geo-economics

    Peak box? Global container trade is slackening

    Julian Snelder
  • 19 Jun 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Digital Disruption

    Liberalism, China and the internet

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 16 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • Energy

    Lowy poll: On China and energy, Australia maintains its sunny disposition

    Euan Graham
  • 29 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Shadow boxing on the Korean Peninsula

    Daniel Pinkston
  • 28 May 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy

    A way forward for Indonesia-Australia relations

  • 15 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Geo-economics

    China-Russia: An uneasy friendship

    Julian Snelder
  • 14 May 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Geo-economics

    China's dangerous cyberwar strategy

    Julian Snelder
  • 12 May 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Jokowi hoping for good news from Papua

    Catriona Croft-Cusworth
  • 12 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    North Korea missile test: Seoul must now focus on sub hunting

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 7 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Are peace talks in Afghanistan slowly taking shape?

    Emilia Christoforou
  • 4 May 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    Unquestioned beliefs on both sides of US-China divide

    Merriden Varrall
  • 1 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    New Defence Guidelines re-brand US-Japan alliance

    Euan Graham
  • 1 May 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions

    Burma: Police reforms expand women's roles

    Andrew Selth
  • 29 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Emerging Donors
    • International Relations

    Nepal aid response reflects regional rivalries

    Shashank Joshi
  • 28 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    North Korea's new diplomacy

  • 23 Apr 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Country And Regional Studies
    • Geo-economics

    China's economic march into Pakistan

    Hussain Nadim
  • 22 Apr 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Australia and Asia

    Burma: The return of the 'vigilantes'

    Andrew Selth
  • 20 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    China's dream scenario for Asia

    Julian Snelder
  • 20 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • International Relations

    A note to Congressional Republicans: Why the neocon formula won't work in Asia

    Robert E Kelly
  • 17 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • US-China

    America's China consensus slowly unravels

    Hugh White
  • 15 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Intelligence and security

    Will space and cyber operations affect ADF force structure?

    Derek Woolner
  • 14 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Jihadi recruitment: The Taliban moves to the bottom of the class

    Susanne Schmeidl
  • 13 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Ashton Carter's Northeast Asia visit looks south

    Euan Graham
  • 8 Apr 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • International Relations
    • New Caledonia

    French elections reverberate in New Caledonia

    Denise Fisher
  • 8 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    What Asia's leaders should (but won't) say about the 70th anniversary of the Pacific War

    Robert E Kelly
  • 31 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    The coming nuclearisation of the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
  • 20 Mar 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia

    Shambaugh's China disaster scenario examined

    Kerry Brown
  • 18 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and Asia
    • Intelligence and security

    Do we need 'full-spectrum defence'?

    Hugh White
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Quick comment: Rory Medcalf on Australia's security challenges

    John Gooding
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    Modi builds India's sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
  • 16 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    India is no ally of the US

    Crispin Rovere
  • 13 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    Would India go to war with China to help America?

    Hugh White
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Intelligence and security
    • Foreign Policy

    Australia needs to start thinking globally about national security

    Peter Layton
  • 10 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    The consequences of the strengthening US-India partnership are still uncertain

    Shashank Joshi
  • 26 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    What is New Zealand's mission in Iraq?

    Anna Powles
  • 24 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Is Beijing supporting rebel groups in Myanmar?

    Bernt Berger
  • 16 Feb 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Timor-Leste: New prime minister, new approach

    Gordon Peake
  • 13 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    The US-India convergence

    Shashank Joshi
  • 12 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea's emerging cyber capabilities

    Robert E Kelly
  • 6 Feb 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Syria
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Asia and the Middle East

    Tough choices for Beijing following execution of Chinese ISIS militants

    Simone van Nieuwenhuizen
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