25 Mar 2013 10:03
Reader riposte: Iraq casualties reconsidered
US Army Major Matthew Cavanaugh is a course director and instructor at the US Military Academy at West Point:
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22 Mar 2013 17:03
India links: Indian Ocean, education, development index, tourism, Egypt, Mauritius and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations. -
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22 Mar 2013 13:03
Reader riposte: Describing the alliance
Nick Bisley, Head of the Department of Politics, Philosophy and Legal Studies at La Trobe University, responds to Sam Roggeveen's piece noting -
22 Mar 2013 11:03
MSG disaster response force? Not likely
Donald Gumbis is a lecturer in political science at the University of Goroka and an intern at the Lowy Institute. -
22 Mar 2013 09:03
Foreign media on Labor leadership farce
Contrary to my dark mood yesterday about Australia becoming an international laughing stock, it looks like the whole thing was something of a non-event for the foreign media, pa -
22 Mar 2013 09:03
Reader riposte: political violence on film
Alex Burns responds to Sam Roggeveen's post on political violence in film: -
22 Mar 2013 08:03
Iraq an intelligence failure? Not quite
The worst mistake we can make in the aftermath of the ill-conceived decision to invade Iraq in 2003 is to draw the wrong lessons from it. -
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21 Mar 2013 11:03
Thursday links: Iraq, Myanmar, China, Syria, India's cruise missile and more
Kenneth Roth, head of Human Rights Watch and speaking at the Lowy Institute on Friday: the Iraq wa -
21 Mar 2013 09:03
Reader riposte: Jim Molan and the Iraq debate
Sue Wareham from the Campaign for an Iraq War Inquiry writes: -
21 Mar 2013 08:03
Rule 303 and political violence on film
Political Violence at a Glance is an excellent blog and they have produced a post which I am powerless to resist: -
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20 Mar 2013 14:03
Deconstructing reconstruction
Naima Lynch was a researcher for MSNBC and worked in media and communications in Yemen and Afghanistan. -
20 Mar 2013 11:03
What if the Iraq war never happened?
Michael Ware was a war correspondent for TIME Magazine and CNN. He spent six years in Iraq. -
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20 Mar 2013 09:03
Wednesday links: human rights, Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, ASEAN and more
Once again the Vanuatu parliament is in turmoil... (Thanks Danielle.) -
19 Mar 2013 14:03
For Australia Network, it's never safe
You've got to feel sorry for Australia's public international television service, Australia Network. -
19 Mar 2013 12:03
Reader riposte: Still more on Reagan and Gorby
Gregory MacCallion responds to two earlier posts: -
19 Mar 2013 12:03
The decline of consent in international law
Marie-Eve Loiselle is a member of the Security Council Analysis Network, a research group focused on the work of the UN Security Council during the period of Australia's membership 2013–2014. -
19 Mar 2013 09:03
Tuesday links: Emerging airports, new nukes, arms exports, Iraq and more
Russia, India and China investing in new-generation 'fast' nuclear reactor designs. -
18 Mar 2013 17:03
Reader riposte: More on Reagan and Gorbachev
Simon Gladman responds to Sam Roggeveen's post: Regarding the Reagan-Gorbachev image... -
18 Mar 2013 16:03
Iraq: The real intelligence failure...
...was not the failure to uncover certain facts, but a failure to consider alternative hypotheses. Here's Bush Administration National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley (my emphasis): -
18 Mar 2013 15:03
The Iraq Syndrome
One of the oddest parties I have ever attended was held at 'Ground Zero', the courtyard in the heart of the Pentagon so named because it was a key target for the Soviet nuclear arsenal in the event that the Cold War suddenly turned hot. -
18 Mar 2013 13:03
Monday links: Poverty, Lady Gaga, rebuilding Iraq, Tocqueville and more
World poverty is shrinking rapidly, says the latest Oxford Multidimensional Poverty Index. (T -
18 Mar 2013 12:03
Who is to blame for austerity?
The concerted global fiscal stimulus of 2009 is an example of excellent policy-making, the more outstanding because subsequent policies have been ineffectual in addressing the weak recovery in advanced economies. Why did success morph so quickly into the fiscal policy -
18 Mar 2013 10:03
Reader riposte: Reagan and Gorbachev
Gareth Evans responds to a piece flagged in last Thursday's Links: -
18 Mar 2013 08:03
Is the US holding back IMF reform?
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre. -
15 Mar 2013 17:03
Why is hosting the G20 important to Australia?
Hugh Jorgensen is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre. -
15 Mar 2013 14:03
Saddam a tyrant, but war was wrong
Tom Switzer is a Research Associate at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, and editor of Spectator Australia. -
15 Mar 2013 12:03
India links: Indo-Pacific, Indian feminism, broadband, development, federalism and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations. -
15 Mar 2013 10:03
Whaling: Japan does conduct research
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15 Mar 2013 10:03
Reader ripostes: TNI and Bob Carr
Below, a comment from Jorge Bechara on Rodger Shanahan's Bob Carr's Selective Indignation. But first, Andrew Johnson: -
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14 Mar 2013 14:03
Pope Francis I, economic crusader
Crispin Rovere has done research on Australia-Holy See relations and is now a PhD candidate at ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. -
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14 Mar 2013 12:03
Habemus Papam
The Conclave in the Vatican surprised with its election as Pontiff Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Pope Francis represents a number of firsts for the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first Pope from South America, the first non-European in 1200 years, the first Jesuit, and the -
14 Mar 2013 11:03
Burma's fractious polity: The price of democracy?
Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute. The Rangoon street-scene photos below the fold are by the author. -
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14 Mar 2013 09:03
ASEAN's coming-of-age
Katherine Ellena is a Research Associate with the US Naval Postgraduate School and a former New Zealand diplomat. The views expressed here are hers alone. -
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13 Mar 2013 10:03
60 Minutes goes to Baghdad
Major Gen (Retd) Jim Molan is author of Running the War in Iraq. -
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12 Mar 2013 17:03
Emerging countries go with capital flow
It goes without saying that the 2008 financial crisis altered the way capital flows between countries. -
12 Mar 2013 14:03
Tuesday links: Beijing consensus, UAVs, Iraq war, economic wisdom and more
Deepak Lal: 'Despite recent claims that the “Beijing consensus” has now become the best means to promote growth, there is little merit in these views'. -
12 Mar 2013 12:03
Whaling: A sanctuary is a sanctuary
Captain Paul Watson is founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.