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James Paterson 6 hours ago Australia’s social media ban is only half the solution for online radicalisation Tackling the supply side buys important time – but demand conundrum needs attention too.
Ahmad Rizky M. Umar 8 hours ago Indonesia’s multi-alignment dilemma under Prabowo The president’s ambitious foreign policy agenda relies on already stretched diplomatic and economic capabilities.
Rahman Yaacob 10 hours ago Fighter jets or missiles? Rethinking Brunei’s air defence priorities Small budgets and limited personnel mean prestige purchases deliver less security than ground-based systems.
Henry Storey 17 hours ago Chinese EVs … made in the USA? The fortress built by Washington to keep Chinese electric vehicles out is no longer looking so impregnable.
Mick Ryan 1 day ago Australia’s new National Defence Strategy must embrace adaptation as warfare evolves The foundation to rapidly adapt a military institution and its society to a time of war must be set down in peacetime.
Danielle Watson 1 day ago Pacific women in policing: Seen but still not heard The patriarchal power that has dominated the region’s law enforcement remains alive and well, albeit in a new guise.
Peter Chai , Willy Jou 1 day ago The power of surprise: How Takaichi’s snap election delivered a LDP landslide Japan’s first post-war two-thirds majority was won by avoiding economic debate and overwhelming a fractured opposition.
Alexandre Dayant 1 day ago Solomon Islands faces a graduation it may not be ready for Moving beyond “Least Developed Country” status may be a sign of growing incomes – but not less vulnerability.
Hanif Santoso 2 days ago What Southeast Asia’s platform-based credit boom doesn’t show Automated lending creates exposure faster than traditional risk metrics can detect it.