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The Hague Tribunal's South China Sea ruling: empty provocation or slow-burning influence?
Commentary
The Hague Tribunal's South China Sea ruling: empty provocation or slow-burning influence?
Last month’s ruling by a tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on the dispute brought by the Philippines against China has earned its place in maritime legal…
We must not be bullied out of South China Sea
Commentary
We must not be bullied out of South China Sea
Originally published in The Australian.Euan Graham
Ruling says no state is an island
Commentary
Ruling says no state is an island
Originally published in The Australian Financial Review.Euan Graham
Turning back? Philippine security policy under Duterte
Analysis
Turning back? Philippine security policy under Duterte
The incoming Duterte administration in the Philippines promises to be very different from the Aquino administration. Security policy will be more inward-looking. Military…
The lion and the kangaroo: Australia’s strategic partnership with Singapore
Analysis
The lion and the kangaroo: Australia’s strategic partnership with Singapore
While Canberra is enhancing its economic access to Southeast Asia in return for granting Singapore greater access to military training areas in Australia, Singapore’s strategic…
China’s new tactic: playing by the rules at sea
Commentary
China’s new tactic: playing by the rules at sea
Originally published in The AustralianAshley Townshend , Rory Medcalf
Shifting waters: China’s new passive assertiveness in Asian maritime security
Report
Shifting waters: China’s new passive assertiveness in Asian maritime security
In this Report, Ashley Townshend and Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow Professor Rory Medcalf examine China’s evolving maritime security conduct. They argue that China’s less…
Tokyo and Canberra need to pick up the pieces
Commentary
Tokyo and Canberra need to pick up the pieces
Originally published in the Nikkei Report.Euan Graham
Regardless of Defence White Paper, we are being out-spent and out-built by China
Commentary
Regardless of Defence White Paper, we are being out-spent and out-built by China
This piece was originally published in The Australian Financial Review.Euan Graham