Publications
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Defence update's hidden depths
In an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review, International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf looks at the 2007 Defence Update. He describes it as a welcome effort to explain Australia's growing military power, but notes that it also carries messages and omissions which could raise as many questions as they answer.
Australian Financial Review, 10 July 2007, p. 63 -
Terrorism fight takes back seat in rise of the Asian century
In an opinion piece for The Sydney Morning Herald, Visiting Fellow Hugh White discussed the launch of the Federal Government's new Defence Update released on 5 July.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 July 2007 -
Anzac, our Achilles heel?
In this opinion piece in The Age, Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Hugh White argues that the nation's defence strategy should be about future threats, not past glories.
The Age, 24 May 2007, p. 15 -
Wednesday Lunch at Lowy - Professor Hugh White presentation
On 23 May at the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy, Visiting Fellow Hugh White spoke on the topic 'A nuclear arms race between China and the United States: what Australia can do to stop it'.
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Technology, warfare and the course of history- Max Boot presentation
Mr Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, spoke at the Lowy Institute on 17 May on the situation in Iraq, including the prospects for the current US strategy and the consequences if it fails.
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Time is ripe for investment in Africa
Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Mark O'Neill writes in this opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review that Australia's renewed focus on Zimbabwe should reignite wider interest in Africa.
Australian Financial Review, 16 May 2007, p. 63