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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 Mark Thomson saying that after minimalist spending in the 1980's and 1990's, the last decade saw a bonanza for Australia's defence establishment. 
    Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald, p6 (10/2/10)                          
  • Opinion piece by Anthony Bergin saying that that the government's new counter-terrorism white paper hightlights the key role of business in Australia's response to a terrorism situation. Australian Financial Review, p63 (9/3/10)
  • Opinion piece by Anthony Bergin saying that a concerted effort is needed to prevent the radicalisation of home-grown extremists. Weekend Australian, p 13 (27/2/10)
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Featured PublicationsSpecial Report 28 - Here to help: Strengthening the Defence role in Australian disaster management. This paper,argues that it’s time for Defence to more fully incorporate domestic disaster assistance tasks as part of its core business. More....
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Most DownloadedSpecial 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.  More...

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 29 - Nuclear weapons: Arms control, proliferation and nuclear security

The nuclear arms control agenda currently enjoys a prominence that it has not had since the first half of the 1990s. This report, authored by Rod Lyon, explores a range of issues, including President Obama’s Prague commitments, the looming Global Nuclear Security Summit, and the scheduled Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference. Read more

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