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Is 'Manis' the sweet deal that brings Australia & Indonesia together?
Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia featured prominently 75 years ago for Australia when our troops deployed and fought there in the Pacific War. We do well to commemorate their efforts and the losses...
Australia must be dexterous in its ties with Trump's America
The most important quality in statecraft is imagination. The capacity to imagine consequences of actions, as well as inaction, and devise a path through what are often a range of unappetising...
Risk and imagination in the Trump era
The most important quality in statecraft is imagination. The capacity to imagine consequences of actions, as well as inaction, and devise a path through what are often a range of unappetising...
Dr Amy King receives 2017 Westpac Fellowship & DECRA
The ANU recipient of the 2017 Westpac Fellowship says she hopes to use the next three years to pursue extensive research on China that will help Australia strengthen its understanding of its Asian...
The fall of Singapore: the land campaign
In December 1941 the Japanese established complete air and naval dominance in the region, sinking the British capital ships the Prince of Wales and the Repulse on 8 December and capturing all British...
Trump Pushes Australia Toward China
The phone call last week between Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, in which the president denounced a refugee deal made between the United States and Australia under President Obama,...
With Donald Trump in the White House, what now for the Asia-Pacific?
Will Trump slap tariffs on Chinese imports, sparking a trade war between the world’s two largest economies? Will he forge a new great power alignment with Moscow, leaving Beijing out in the...
Berlin attack: security intelligence has limits in preventing truck-borne terror
How could such events be allowed to happen? Why weren’t intelligence agencies in Germany and France able to stay one step ahead of the perpetrators? After all, we have become used to hearing stories...
Fourty years of ASIO's unclassified history
Dr John Blaxland takes us through 40 years of Australian spy history, from KGB moles in ASIO to political activism in the 60s to the sophistication of espionage. His book ‘The Secret Cold War: The...
Trump's picks: Drain what Swamp?
Dr Bates Gill is interviewed on CNBC to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet decisions. Dr Gill says that Trump is unable to represent the common man. Watch the full interview Trump...
