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12 Jun 2013 09:06
Reader riposte: Taxing Aussies abroad
Janet Magnin, who resides in France, writes: -
11 Jun 2013 16:06
PRISM: Less privacy = more freedom?
The privacy vs security debate that has been opened up by The Guardian's revalations about NSA snooping reminds me of Scott Adams' unconventional -
11 Jun 2013 15:06
Counter-terrorism: Why meta-data matters
Simon Palombi is a Master of Laws candidate at the University of Sydney. -
11 Jun 2013 14:06
Tuesday links: NSA, Hillary on Twitter, China's middle class and more
Big Brother? Not so much. A contrarian take on the NSA online surveillance story. -
11 Jun 2013 11:06
IMF's Greece mea culpa does not go far enough
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre. -
11 Jun 2013 11:06
Reader riposte: China-US surprises
Cecelia O'Brien responds to last Friday's Defence in Depth video: -
10 Jun 2013 22:06
Obama-Xi: Good tone, but challenges ahead
Michael Green served on the US National Security Council staff from 2001-2005 and is now Senior Vice President for Asia at CSIS and a non-resident fellow at the Lowy Institute. -
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07 Jun 2013 17:06
Defence in depth: Strategic partners
Dougal Robinson is a Lowy Institute defence intern. -
07 Jun 2013 14:06
What is China's most important bilateral relationship? Perhaps not who you think
See below for important updates to this story. -
07 Jun 2013 14:06
Taxing Aussies abroad
Nick Alexander, a former UN and Lowy Institute intern, is a University of Sydney Juris Doctor candidate. -
07 Jun 2013 11:06
India links: Bollywood, Narendra Modi, Japan, naval build-up, Australia ties and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program. -
07 Jun 2013 10:06
Aid after 2015: New donors show muscle
Philippa Brant is a Research Associate at the Lowy Institute. -
07 Jun 2013 09:06
Iran: Presidential election preview
Dina Esfandiary is an Iran specialist and a Research Associate in the Non-proliferation and Disarmament programme at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. -
06 Jun 2013 17:06
Why has China's president forsaken protocol?
Much has been made of the fact that the Chinese and American presidents are meeting in informal surroundings on Friday at the Sunnylands retreat, the former estate of Walter Annenberg in Rancho Mirage, California. -
06 Jun 2013 14:06
In conversation: Fullilove on US envoys
On Monday I talked with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove about his new book Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America Into the War a -
06 Jun 2013 12:06
Self-reliance: Mere lip service to a bygone notion?
Jack Georgieff is the 2013 Thawley Research Scholar in International Security at the Lowy Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC. -
06 Jun 2013 11:06
Thursday links: Donilon, Power, Rice, Chinese cars, IMF, Poso and more
Just two days before the summit with Xi Jinping, the White House announces a big staff change: -
06 Jun 2013 09:06
US Embassy in Pakistan the first to pass 1 million Facebook fans
The US Embassy in Pakistan has just cracked a diplomatic milestone, becoming the first mission in the world to pass 1 million fans on Facebook. -
05 Jun 2013 17:06
Reader riposte: US surveillance in China's EEZ
Mark Valencia responds to Is China 'Reciprocating' -
05 Jun 2013 15:06
Burma: Conspiracies and other theories
Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute. -
05 Jun 2013 13:06
Why China is beating America to Middle Eastern oil. Or not.
A few days ago the New York Times ran a rather breathless story about how China has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of Iraq's post-Sadd -
05 Jun 2013 11:06
Wednesday links: US media, Korea's dark side, Khmer Rouge and more
As the Khmer Rouge Tribunal grinds on, a serious assessment of its successes and failures. (Thanks Milton.) -
05 Jun 2013 10:06
The rebalance and the sequester
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in full reassurance mode at the Shangri-La Dialogue over the weekend. -
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04 Jun 2013 16:06
Self-determination on Pacific agenda
Nic Maclellan is co-author of La France dans le Pacifique and -
04 Jun 2013 15:06
Post-MDG development framework emerging
Garth Luke leads World Vision's analysis of government aid policies. -
04 Jun 2013 12:06
Tuesday links: Solar, AirSea Battle, Turkey, Japan, Iran, America and more
Life expectancy is declining for some American women. -
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03 Jun 2013 17:06
'I guess it's more international'
Marília Garcez, a volunteer steward at the game, said she had mixed feelings. "It's more beautiful but somehow less Brazilian," she said. "I guess it's more international." -
03 Jun 2013 16:06
The China presence at Shangri-La
The Shangri-La Dialogue wrapped up yesterday with an underwhelming speech from PLA Deputy Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Qi -
03 Jun 2013 14:06
Structural reform: Are we slow learners?
Mike Callaghan is Director of the Lowy Institute's G20 Studies Centre. -
03 Jun 2013 13:06
Monday links: ASEAN, Shangri La Dialogue, FIFA, SE Asia and more
The Edge Review is a newish weekly on Southeast Asian affairs. There's a registration process to get to the content. -
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02 Jun 2013 15:06
Polite gloss on maritime disputes
Along with cyber security, the other cut-through issue here at the Shangri-La Dialogue has been the territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea. -
02 Jun 2013 11:06
Shangri-La missile defence
As Rory Medcalf said yesterday, often the most memorable things to come out of big events like the Shangri-La Dialogue are from the working groups rather than the big -
01 Jun 2013 20:06
Is China 'reciprocating' US maritime surveillance?
The best stories from the Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's leading informal defence gathering, do not come from the public utterances of -
01 Jun 2013 17:06
Shangri-La snippets
One of the talking points so far has been how vocal the Chinese delegation has been from the floor. -
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31 May 2013 09:05
Afghanistan: More asylum seekers coming
Dr Khalid Koser is a Lowy Institute Non-Resident Fellow and Deputy Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. -
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31 May 2013 08:05
The Interpreter this weekend
Usually we observe strict radio silence on weekends here on The Interpreter, but do check in with us tomorrow and Sunday for analysis and (I hope) some interviews from the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore, a think -
31 May 2013 07:05
India links: China in Pakistan, cricket, women in work, Japan, Maoists, elections and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program. -
31 May 2013 06:05
In conversation: Philippa Brant on China's aid to the Pacific
Earlier this month, Myer Melanesia Program Director Jenny Hayward Jones released a new paper, Big Enough for all of us: Geo-Strategic Competition in the Pacific Isl -
30 May 2013 17:05
The internet circa 1991
Just found this lovely piece of internet history while looking for something else. -
30 May 2013 15:05
Reader ripostes: Uranium, robots and terrorism
Steve Weintz responds to Michael Angwin's piece on the normalisation of Australia's uranium trade: -
30 May 2013 13:05
Carbon pricing: Let the jury decide
Nicholas Gruen is CEO of Lateral Economics, Chairman of the Australian Centre for Social Innovation, an entrepreneur involved in a number of internet startups, and a regular Fairfax columnist. -
30 May 2013 10:05
Thursday links: Sexism in Japan, Syria, Indonesia, Hannah Arendt and more
I really wish I had flagged this earlier, but the ABC's Waleed Aly has been broadcasting his drivetime program from Jakarta all week. (Thanks Steve.)