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The QDR: a future of hybrid warfare? by Ron Huisken. Read more...
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Connecting the docs: towards an integrated national security strategy by Carl Ungerer. Read more...
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Regional reactions to the Australian Defence White Paper 2009. This online forum contains a range of regional strategic scholars giving their assessments of Australia's recent Defence White Paper.
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Opinion piece by Anthony Bergin on China's interest in the Antarctic resources. The Australian, p.9 The Australian online (1/2/10)
Opinion piece by Dr Anthony Bergin and Gregory Rose titled 'Guantanamo a trial for Obama'. The Australian, p.8 (25/1/10)
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Opinion piece by Anthony Bergin and Kelly O'Hara titled 'Evolving treats to national security mean our spies need to learn to share their secrets'. The Weekend Australian, p.5 (23/1/10)
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Strategic Insights 47 - A long and winding road: Australia's role in building an Afghan National Army. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) mission in Afghanistan is to raise the effectiveness of an Afghan National Army brigade so it can assume primary responsibility for security in Oruzgan Province. This effort is critical to the success of the coalition’s new strategic approach to stabilising the volatile Afghanistan–Pakistan region and denying violent extremists a sanctuary along its borderlands.
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Rational to rationalise? Australia's future naval combat helicopters revisited by Andrew Davies The 2009 Defence White Paper announced that new combat helicopters for the Navy would be acquired ‘as a matter of urgency’. ASPI has long argued that naval aviation is a capability shortfall and welcomes the recognition of the importance of embarked helicopters. More...

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Strategy - A delicate issue: Asia's nuclear future

The world stands on the cusp of a new era in nuclear relations—one in which Asia is likely to become the dominant influence on global nuclear arrangements. The paper, authored by Rod Lyon, argues that Australia’s own policy options will be profoundly shaped by how Asia’s nuclear future unfolds. It looks at how Australia can assist with redesigning nuclear order in a cooperative Asia but notes a darker, more competitive Asian nuclear future would confront Australian policymakers with difficult choices, of hedging rather than ordering.
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Special Report Issue 27 - Time for a fresh approach: Australia and Fiji relations post-abrogation

This Special Report argues that it is time for a fresh approach by the Australian Government to prepare the grounds for a more effective re-engagement with the Government of Fiji. Eliminating some of the negatives in the current bilateral relationship is a necessary first step toward re-engaging positively.This report, authored by Professor Richard Herr, puts forward a number of recommendations.
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