By Dzirhan Mahadzir, freelance defence journalist based in Malaysia, and Malaysia correspondent for Janes Defence Weekly. Joshua Kurlantzick has a post up on Asia Unbound about a Southeast Asian naval arms race. He argues that countries in the region are…
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ASPI: Southeast Asia Patterns of Security Cooperation
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Executive Summary By Carlye A. Thayer, Professor of Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales and the Australian Defence Force Academy. Australia will face a more complex strategic environment in Southeast…
US involvement remains central to Asia-Pacific
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By Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor of the Australian and Visiting Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars KEVIN Rudd was the right choice. KEVIN Rudd had as much success on his first visit to the US as Foreign…
Taiwan Finds (Trade) Love…in ASEAN
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“the past 2 months have been the most exciting in Taiwan’s economic history since the 1950s – but that is the case. Taiwan is on a roll … “
Breaking News: 2nd US-ASEAN Summit
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Breaking News: The 2nd US-ASEAN Summit will be held on 24 Sept in New York. An extension of the 1st US-ASEAN Summit in Singapore, 2nd summit is scheduled to last 120 minutes, from 1-3pm.* The White House has notified ASEAN…
Australian: We have a Recipe for do-nothing Foreign Policy
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By Greg Sheridan, Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars THIS is a terrible election result for Australian foreign policy. That is not a comment on either Tony Abbott or Julia Gillard, both of whom could possibly become a…
Absent in Danang: Urgent Need for A US Trade Policy in Asia
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The gap in US strategy for intensifying its engagement in Southeast Asia is clearly trade. While the United States is starting to connect the dots diplomatically and on security architecture, our trade professionals, some of the most hard-core, experienced Southeast Asia hands in the Administration, are essentially benched as they wait for political and policy decisions to put the US trade leadership back into the game.
Green Foreign Policy: Feeling Queasy
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By Andrew Shearer, Director of Studies and Senior Research Fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy As the horse-trading continues to see whether Labor or the Coalition can form a government, one thing about this election is clear: the Greens have emerged…
Australian Elections – Will Oz Lose its Clout in Foreign Policy?
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a deadlocked parliament means probable concessions to the Greens by whichever party can form a government and may result in questioning engagement in Afghanistan and reduce Australia’s clout in Asian regionalism in the short term.
Sweet and Sour: Australian Public Attitudes Towards China
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By Andrew Shearer, Director of Studies and Senior Research Fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy Executive Summary The 2010 Lowy Poll shows that Australians are increasingly conscious of China’s rise and are starting to grapple with its implications. Indeed China…