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Stopping a nuclear arms race between America and China

China and America may be at the start of a destabilising nuclear arms race, as China tries to preserve its ability to deter US nuclear attack in the light of US missile defences and nuclear system upgrades. That would undermine hopes that the US and China can build a stable cooperative relationship

By Hugh White

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Design faults: the Asia Pacific’s regional architecture

In a new Policy Brief, Lowy Institute Executive Director Allan Gyngell argues that the Asia Pacific region has too many regional organisations, yet they are still unable to do all the things required of them. This matters at a time when the rising power of China and India presents new challenges

By Allan Gyngell

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Uranium for India: avoiding the pitfalls

Ron Walker, a former Australian Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, warns that selling uranium to India without the same legal obligations and non-proliferation standards that apply to our other customers could undermine our broader foreign policy interests and weaken

By Ron Walker

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A Long Hot Summer

In this Lowy Institute Policy Brief, William Maley and Daoud Yaqub explore the implications of the looming Taliban Spring offensive on the international reconstruction and security effort in Afghanistan

By William Maley, Daoud Yaqub

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Reinventing 'West Asia'

In conjunction with the launch of the Lowy Institute's West Asia program, Anthony Bubalo, Director of the new program, argues why the Middle East and South Asia increasingly comprise one strategically coherent region, 'West Asia', and explores the policy significance of this for Australia

By Anthony Bubalo

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HIV/AIDS: The looming Asia Pacific pandemic

In a Policy Brief on HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific, Bill Bowtell calls for both a doubling of global funding for the response to the HIV pandemic, and a radical overhaul of strategies that have not brought the global pandemic under control. He proposes that the international community must commit

By Bill Bowtell

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China and Taiwan in the South Pacific: diplomatic chess versus Pacific political rugby

In this Lowy Institute Policy Brief, Graeme Dobell looks at how the competition for diplomatic recognition between China and Taiwan is destabilising Island states and undermining Australia's interests in the region

By Graeme Dobell

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New rules for a new 'Great Game'

In this 2006 paper, Anthony Bubalo and Mark Thirlwell look at how energy insecurity, driven by high demand and uncertainty over supply, is fuelling both an intensification of Asian dependence on Middle Eastern oil and a quest for equity oil

By Mark Thirlwell, Anthony Bubalo

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Capital punishment and Australian foreign policy

In this Policy Brief, Dr Michael Fullilove examines how the Australian Government implements its stated opposition to the death penalty. He finds that while Australia is an effective advocate for Australian nationals on death row, we do less than we could in relation to universal abolition.

By Michael Fullilove

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Football diplomacy

While Australian governments have successfully built pragmatic ties with Asian leaders, a popular dimension to our engagement with Asia has in many respects been missing

By Anthony Bubalo

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How to save APEC

In 2007, Sydney hosted the most important and expensive diplomatic meeting ever held in Australia, the APEC leaders' meeting

By Allan Gyngell, Malcolm Cook

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Stopping a nuclear arms race between America and China

Design faults: the Asia Pacific’s regional architecture

Uranium for India: avoiding the pitfalls

A Long Hot Summer

Reinventing 'West Asia'

HIV/AIDS: The looming Asia Pacific pandemic

China and Taiwan in the South Pacific: diplomatic chess versus Pacific political rugby

New rules for a new 'Great Game'

Capital punishment and Australian foreign policy

Football diplomacy

How to save APEC

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