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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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10 November 2011. Mr Dennis Richardson AO, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Read more...
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
We are honoured to host His Excellency Mr Chen Yuming, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China. Read more...
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...
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- ASPI ranks as a Global Go To Think Tank
ASPI has been ranked among the top 30 think tanks on security and international affairs in the world in the Go To Think Tanks index compiled annually by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The latest Go To Think Tanks index was released on 18 January. More than 6000 think tanks from 182 countries were included in the assessment. The project considered the views of 793 experts, 150 journalists and scholars, 55 current and former directors of think tank programs, 40 public and private donors, hundreds of think tanks, 25-30 intergovernmental organizations, and 120 academic institutions. We would like to thank all of the authors, partners, friends and supporters who have contributed to building ASPI’s reputation. Read more about the Go To Think Tanks index here.
- Defence plan a potential minefield
Moving bases to defend resources in the nation's north will be expensive, writes Andrew Davies. Australian Financial Review, 1 February, p55.
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Featured Publication
 Our near abroad: Australia and Pacific islands regionalism
With Chinese influence in the region rising, the US appears to doubt that Australia can deliver on South Pacific issues. Richard Herr and Anthony Bergin provide 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...
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 Beyond bin Laden: Future trends in terrorism - Carl Ungerer
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Two steps forward, one step back: Indonesia's arduous path of reform Indonesia is a country experiencing simultaneously the challenges of political reform, economic development and a shifting regional security environment. As the world is re-examining Indonesia, so too Indonesia is looking afresh at the world—more interested in external issues than it was a decade ago.
This paper, authored by Professor Damien Kingsbury, highlights the importance for Australia to build a better strategic relationship with Indonesia. The two are complementary partners. Australia should be proactive in exploring new opportunities for cooperation with a reform minded Indonesia—it’s in our interests to draw Indonesia into a more important strategic role in regional security. Read more... |
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Beyond bin Laden: Future trends in terrorismThis 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...
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Special Report Issue 44 - Japan's strategic outlookJapan 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... |
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