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  • 25 Jul 2022
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Japan

    Abe Shinzo: Australia’s “best friend” in Asia

    David Walton , Akimoto Daisuke
    Shinzo Abe was a pioneer of Australia-Japan relations in a complicated geopolitical region.
  • 21 Jan 2022
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Japan

    Australia–Japan defence cooperation in the grey zone

    Peter Layton
    Clever use of deterrence techniques, air defence zones and artificial intelligence are critical for the military allies.
  • 21 Sep 2021
    • US Navy
    • Maritime Security
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Navy
    • Asean
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China
    • United Kingdom
    • France

    AUKUS and the CPTPP: It’s all about China

    Ian Hill
    Security deterrence is only one factor in the new and fast-moving geostrategic environment of the Indo-Pacific.
  • 14 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Southeast Asia

    America’s troubles ahead in the Asia-Pacific

    Hadrien T. Saperstein
    A US return to multilateralism can’t reverse a shifting strategic landscape and the fallout of domestic strife.
  • 1 Jul 2020
    • United States
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea
    • Asean
    • China

    After ASEAN summit, little change on the South China Sea

    Mark Valencia
    Despite expectations leaders might collectively rebuke China for its latest actions, the message was more uncertain.
  • 30 Mar 2018
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • China's Military
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea
    • Asean
    • China
    • Vietnam

    Deterrence under the dragon’s shadow: Vietnam’s military modernisation

    Wu Shang-Su
    Vietnam has long sought to calibrate its defence posture in the shadows of great power competition.
  • 25 Jan 2018
    • Asia
    • United States
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • The Trump Presidency

    Asia’s escalating missile race

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
    Last year saw a surge in testing and deployment of both ballistic and cruise missile technology throughout the Indo-Pacific.
  • 6 Dec 2017
    • United States
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Taiwan

    How America can build a durable military balance in Asia

    Michael Beckley
    China’s neighbours are not passive dominoes or feckless pawns in a US-China power contest.
  • 25 Jul 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Talisman Sabre 17: The realisation of defence strategy

    Greg Colton
    For the first time in more than 30 years, Australia has a military strategy that is beginning to truly align ends, ways and means.
  • 27 Feb 2017
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Southeast Asia’s neglected navigational and overflight challenges

    Euan Graham
    The continuing focus on China has taken attention away from the excessive claims and passage restrictions by Southeast Asian coastal states.
  • 16 Feb 2017
    • Asia Pacific Security

    US signals to China from Darwin with F-22s

    Cam Hawker
    How would Canberra respond if Washington wanted to conduct a Freedom of Navigation Operation in the South China Sea using F-22s based at Tindal?
  • 1 Feb 2017
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Australia and South Korea: Time to expand co-operation

    Jaehyon Lee
    Small and medium powers need to go beyond both the existing US-led hub and spoke system and the Chinese alternative.
  • 16 Dec 2016
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Northeast Asia: Five big security shifts in 2016

    Robert E Kelly
    As the year winds down, it is time to look back on the biggest stories in the always-tense northeast Asian region.
  • 17 Oct 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea

    Australia's FONOP debate: A necessary storm in a teacup

    Euan Graham
  • 12 Aug 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    India and China: Playing 'Go' in the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
  • 6 Jul 2016
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Migration

    The migration-security nexus in Asia and Australia (part 4)

    Jay Song
  • 16 Mar 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea as a 'mafia state'

    Robert E Kelly
  • 3 Feb 2016
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    Pacific Island links: Russian arms in Fiji, Vanuatu's election result, PNG drought and more

  • 11 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea diplomacy: Irresistible forces and immovable objects

    Bernt Berger
  • 7 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    North Korea's nuclear test not all bad news for China

    Euan Graham
  • 7 Jan 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Why China's next aircraft carrier will be based on Soviet blueprints

    James Goldrick
  • 20 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Foreign Policy
    • Asia and the Middle East
    • US-China

    Much at stake for Turnbull and the region at East Asia Summit

    Elliot Brennan
  • 12 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea

    Sam Bateman
  • 6 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    China-Taiwan: A rare alignment of interests

    Malcolm Cook
  • 4 Nov 2015
    • Australian Perspective
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?

    Euan Graham
  • 30 Oct 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    As RAN prepares to exercise with China's navy, Australia risks a PR disaster

    Euan Graham
  • 30 Oct 2015
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia-United States Relations

    South China Sea: US Navy mission justified by China's excessive claims

    Bonnie S Glaser
  • 29 Oct 2015
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • South China Sea
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    Why Australia must send its navy to assert the freedom to operate in the South China Sea

    James Goldrick
  • 20 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Waging war in peacetime: Cyber attacks and international norms

    Fergus Hanson
  • 14 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies

    China lays down the cyber law: Play in our space, play by our rules

  • 9 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    The TPP is not a containment strategy

    Aaron L Connelly
  • 9 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    Malabar: Modi Government misses an opportunity as annual exercise slumps

    Shashank Joshi
  • 6 Oct 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Opportunity cost in Australia's future submarine decision

    Stephen Grenville
  • 30 Sep 2015
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Cyber Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations
    • Australia and Asia
    • US-China

    Xi in America: China's poor grasp of public diplomacy on full display

    Kerry Brown
  • 21 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Australia's Future Submarine Project: The urgent need for economic scrutiny

    Stephen Grenville
  • 18 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Open-source intelligence links: Soldiers on Instagram, Russian submarines, Chinese drones, Syria and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 17 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Australia-South Korea 2+2 delivers ambitious agenda

    Euan Graham
  • 17 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    As China marches forward, Japan and Russia watch with worry

    Julian Snelder
  • 11 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Sustainability
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Nuclear energy

    Australia-India nuclear deal: Parliamentary treaties committee recommends tough conditions

    John Tilemann
  • 7 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Why Park Geun Hye attended China's World War Two military parade

    Robert E Kelly
  • 3 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Asia and the Middle East

    Reflections on the 2015 Lowy Lecture: Greater Asia

    Euan Graham
  • 3 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Despite protests, collective self-defence and Abe remain

    Malcolm Cook
  • 2 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • International Relations

    Passive-aggressive rivalry deepens China-Japan tensions

  • 18 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • US-China

    Hegemon: Wargaming the South China Sea

    Julian Snelder
  • 17 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting

    How did Chinese media react to Abe's World War II speech?

  • 13 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Taliban factionalism rises after Mullah Omar's death

    Graeme_Smith
  • 12 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Dredging fleet shores up Beijing's position in South China Sea and beyond

  • 3 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    India's Gurdaspur terrorist attack: Location, timing and method

    Shashank Joshi
  • 30 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships

    Taiwan-China relations (part 2): Beijing is the determining factor

    J. Michael Cole
  • 30 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Taiwan-China relations (part 1): Continuity or renewed tensions?

    J. Michael Cole
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