The privacy vs security debate that has been opened up by The Guardian's revalations about NSA snooping reminds me of Scott Adams' unconventional

Big Brother? Not so much. A contrarian take on the NSA online surveillance story.

Cecelia O'Brien responds to last Friday's Defence in Depth video:

Dougal Robinson is a Lowy Institute defence intern.

Nick Alexander, a former UN and Lowy Institute intern, is a University of Sydney Juris Doctor candidate.

Philippa Brant is a Research Associate at the Lowy Institute.

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.

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.

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.

Andrew Selth is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute.

As the Khmer Rouge Tribunal grinds on, a serious assessment of its successes and failures. (Thanks Milton.)

Kate Grayson writes:

Garth Luke leads World Vision's analysis of government aid policies.

The Shangri-La Dialogue wrapped up yesterday with an underwhelming speech from PLA Deputy Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Qi

The Edge Review is a newish weekly on Southeast Asian affairs. There's a registration process to get to the content.

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.

The best stories from the Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's leading informal defence gathering, do not come from the public utterances of

Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program.

Just found this lovely piece of internet history while looking for something else.

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.