Issues
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Strengthening the core of the G20: clearer objectives, better communication, greater transparency and accountability
To be the premier forum for international economic cooperation, the G20 will need to strengthen such core features as clarity of objectives, communication, transparency and accountability.
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India-Australia Poll 2013
The India-Australia Poll is a groundbreaking survey of Indian public attitudes towards Australia, with some surprising results. It reveals broadly positive views towards Australia, but lingering...
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Big enough for all of us: geo-strategic competition in the Pacific Islands
China's growing engagement in the Pacific Islands has fueled talk of great-power competition in the region. But viewing China's activities in the region in geo-strategic terms is inappropriate...
Latest Publications
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China no rival in the battle for island influence
In an opinion piece in The Australian, Jenny Hayward-Jones writes that instead of speculating on the hidden intentions of China’s growing engagement with the Pacific Islands region, Canberra's...
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China is no threat to our dominance in the Pacific Islands
Jenny Hayward-Jones writes in an opinion piece for ABC's The Drum that just because Chinese companies are engaged in economic competition in the Pacific Islands does not mean Australia's dominance...
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Big enough for all of us: geo-strategic competition in the Pacific Islands
China's growing engagement in the Pacific Islands has fueled talk of great-power competition in the region. But viewing China's activities in the region in geo-strategic terms is inappropriate...
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Talks are only Syrian solution
In an opinion piece in The Australian, Rodger Shanahan write that US Secretary of State John Kerry's trip to Russia and the subsequent announcement of a peace conference to be attended by Assad...
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The language of Australia's new Defense White Paper: In tune with the US?
In this article on The Diplomat's Flashpoints blog, Bonnie S. Glaser and Jack Georgieff compare the approaches of Canberra and Washington to China following the release of the 2013 Ausralian...
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The Indo-Pacific pivot
In an opinion piece in the Indian Express, Rory Medcalf writes that Australia’s new Indo-Pacific defence policy recognises India’s eastward orientation.
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Gillard has chance to champion rights of women in PNG
In an opinion piece in The Australian, Jenny Hayward-Jones writes that when Prime Minister Gillard visits Papua New Guinea, she could be an effective advocate for PNG's women, who endure...
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Spanner in the defence works
In an opinion piece in The Australian, James Brown writes that when it comes to properly funding the ADF, big-ticket buys are only half the story.
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Australia’s changing outlook on China: from strategic threat to strategic partner
Writin on cogitASIA, the blog of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, Thawley Scholar Jack Georgieff writes on the current broadening and deepening of Australian-...
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Australia, America's too-frugal ally
In this opinion article in the Wall Street Journal (Asia), International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf and Military Fellow James Brown argue that the 2013 Australian defence white paper...