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Chief of Navy speaks at the National Gallery of Australia
Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Ray Griggs spoke at a dinner hosted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Read more...

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Australian Foreign Policy
10 November 2011. Mr Dennis Richardson AO, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Read more...

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Policy Analysis

Taiwan election result—questions answered, questions raised by Roslyn Richardson. Read more...
US counter-radicalisation strategy: the ideological challenge by Lydia Khalil. Read more...
The phantom of the Pacific: reconsidering Russia as a Pacific power prior to APEC—2012 by Alexey Muraviev. Read more...
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Strategic Policy Forums

China's international norms
China is a rising power on the world stage. Its approach to issues involving international norms is therefore an important indicator of its future role. In this Strategic Policy Forum a range of contributors discuss Beijing's thinking about international norms, and what that thinking means for China, the Asia-Pacific region and the world. Read more...

News and Opinion Pieces

Our fatally flawed policy on Fiji
We should give Frank Bainimarama some credit for his steps towards democracy, write Anthony Bergin and Richard Herr. The Australian, 13 January, International News section, p6.
Managing the Indian Ocean
Anthony Bergin takes a look at the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) in this blog post. The Diplomat, 5 January.
So much for helping the island states
Anthony Bergin argues that eliminating red tape and raising the profile of the Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme would help. Australian Financial Review, 5 January, p47.
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Featured Publication

Our near abroad: Australia and Pacific islands regionalism
This report by Richard Herr and Anthony Bergin suggests that with Chinese influence in the region rising, the US appears to doubt that Australia can deliver on South Pacific issues. This report provides recommendations for Australia to re-gather the threads of regional leadership in the South Pacific. Read more...

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Australian Defence Almanac 2011-2012. The Almanac brings together a wealth of information across the full-range of Defence activity in a single, easy-to-use reference source. Read more...

Beyond bin Laden: Future trends in terrorism

This Strategy report, by Carl Ungerer, examines the shifting patterns of global terrorism. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the geographic, operational and ideological trends that are driving the current wave of jihadist terrorism around the world, and argues that new patterns of global terrorism will require more agile and effective policy responses. For Australia, the focus of counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation efforts must shift towards the three areas most at risk from the influence of al-Qaeda’s ideology – individuals, institutions and the internet. Read more...

Special Report Issue 44 - Japan's strategic outlook

Japan has endured a difficult couple of decades, but probably confronts another. It confronts a daunting array of domestic challenges. The great East Asian earthquake of March has only added to its problems. These challenges mean Japan will probably remain an introverted strategic player during the next decade or so.

For Australia, the challenge is how to partner with that inward-looking Japan over the next ten-to-fifteen years. Australia wants an Asia with a range of engaged great powers—and Japan is an important part of that future Asia. This paper, by Rod Lyon, discusses the need for Australia to ‘work with’ Japan, and why a ‘work around’ strategy might also be needed. Read more...

Strategic Insights 54 - Keeping the home fires burning: Australia's energy security

In this report, Andrew Davies and Edward Mortimer examine Australia's vulnerability to interruptions in oil supply, mechanisms by which Australia and other developed economies can adjust to the new realities in world energy markets, and the potential for renewable energy to meet a substantial proportion of Australian and global energy requirements. Read more...

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