Posted: 8:00 am on 4th May 2012
Australia is sitting between two giants. It is no delusion of grandeur to think our extensive economic connections with China and deep security bond with the United States place us on a fault line between a superpower and a superpower-in-waiting. The arrival of US marines in Darwin and the Gillard government’s decision to bar the Chinese telco Huawei from bidding for the NBN have brought the complications of life on…
Posted: 8:00 am on 31st March 2012
Foreign Minister Bob Carr will no doubt be glad to see the end of his gaffe-prone first month in office. But the toughest part of his job is only just beginning. Until now, Australia’s foreign policy has been pretty cut and dried: Find a great and powerful friend and stick with them. Britain had the first go at the job and passed on the baton to the United States. Life…
Posted: 10:38 am on 29th March 2012
Australians have become used to thinking about the rise of China, the role of America, and what the interplay between these two powers means for us. But we give much less thought to what these changes mean for Southeast Asia: the region inhabited by 600 million people that sits between Australia and China. Research Fellow Jessica Brown discusses this issue in her new paper Southeast Asia’s American Embrace.
Posted: 8:00 am on 29th March 2012
Australians have become used to thinking about the rise of China, the role of America, and what the interplay between the two means for us. But we give much less thought to what this means for Southeast Asia: the region that sits between Australia and China. The rapid emergence of China as a potential global superpower means Southeast Asia is changing fast: The balance of power within the region is…
Posted: 10:00 am on 23rd March 2012
The suspected Toulouse gunman has reportedly bragged to negotiators that he was trained by al-Qaeda on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Although it remains uncertain whether his boasting is truthful, it is a timely reminder that Pakistan must be the focus of global efforts to combat terrorism. Regardless of how successful the International Security Assistance Force is in Afghanistan during the drawdown prior to 2014, Pakistan cannot be ignored by policy makers in…
