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Inflection point: The Australian Defence Force after Afghanistan

In every era there are inflection points which require long-established institutions to re-evaluate their goals, strategy, structure and resource allocations to ensure their…

By Alan Dupont

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The 2012 national elections in Papua New Guinea: Averting violence

The 2012 general elections in Papua New Guinea are likely to be marred by violence. The increased financial bounty at stake, the enhanced value of political office, the…

By Scott Flower, Jim Leahy

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Launch of Antarctica Policy Brief

In the Food for Thought event in Canberra on 8 August 2011, National Security Fellow Ellie Fogarty launched a report that analyses what Australia’s national interests in…

By Donald Rothwell, Ellie Fogarty, Brett Biddington

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Antarctica: Assessing and protecting Australia national interests

Long-term threats to Australia’s dormant claim to 42 per cent of Antarctica include growing interest in the continent’s resource potential from such major powers as China and…

By Ellie Fogarty

Policy Briefs

Enduring ties and enduring interests?

Largely as a consequence of military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, Australia has developed strong defence ties with key GCC countries. But with these deployments coming to…

By Rodger Shanahan

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Turning the tide: improving access to climate financing in the Pacific Islands

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commits developed countries to provide climate financing to developing nations, to address climate impacts on…

By Nic Maclellan

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Living with the dragon: why Australia needs a China strategy

In this Policy Brief, Lowy Institute Non-resident Senior Fellow, Professor Alan Dupont argues that Australia has failed to grasp the full implications of China’s meteoric rise or…

By Alan Dupont

Policy Briefs

Policy overboard: Australia increasingly costly Fiji drift

In this Policy Brief, Jenny Hayward-Jones, Director of The Myer Foundation Melanesia Program at the Lowy Institute, argues that Australia should redefine its relationship with…

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

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China in the Pacific: the new banker in town

This is the fourth Lowy Institute report on China’s aid program in the Pacific. The series, covering the period 2005-2009, offer the most detailed picture available of China’s…

By Fergus Hanson, Mary Fifita

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