Asia and the Pacific

Australia's Collins class submarines

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Biometrics, fraudsters & observers

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Striding the globe

Australia urgently needs a coherent foreign policy narrative. » read more

Responding to terrorism

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Devastation in Aceh from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Photo by US Navy/ Wikimedia commons.

A fistful of dollars

Australia’s aid to Indonesia is a quiet good, until dragged into a fight, writes Ashlee Betteridge.

Time for a new China vision

China is not seeking to break the rules of global order, writes Stuart Harris.

Memories of Mao

Year in Asia student James Wookey takes a look at life inside China’s last Maoist commune.

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Small powers, big difference

How ‘small powers’ can help stop the global spread of landmines, small arms and weapons of mass destruction.

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Admiral Jonathan Greenert. Photo by Kate Hulm/ ANU Coral bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs.

A permanent US naval presence in Australia?

In this lecture at the ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, discusses US naval operations and posture in the Asia Pacific and increased maritime cooperation with Australia.