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China to America: Not in our backyard
Last week was a heckuva week for China's rising power: tussling with Vietnam in the South China Sea (all about America, supposedly), signing a US$400 billion gas deal with Russia …
Four things the Economist did not explain about US 'credibility'
The Economist this week stepped into the widening debate about US credibility, provoked by Obama's caution in the Middle East and (less so) in East Asia. Unfortunately, like so…
Military & strategy links: Container missiles, the nuclear triad, civil-military divide and more
A Russian arms exporter has displayed a disturbing mock-up of the Club K Container Missile System, which allows a range of modern anti-ship and cruise missile systems to be…
Mearsheimer's big question: Can China rise peacefully?
The University of Chicago's famed international relations theorist John Mearsheimer has generously updated, and posted free of charge, the epilogue to his legendary realist book…
Think20 2014: Progress report on Australia’s G20 presidency
Reports
Think20 2014: Progress report on Australia’s G20 presidency
Leading analysts from influential think tanks from 11 countries across the world provide their interim assessment of the Australian G20 presidency in this report. They all…
A bigger, more Asia-focused Interpreter
Over the last few months, you might have noticed that The Interpreter has gotten busier. The Lowy Institute made a decision late last year to invest in a bigger, more ambitious…
Military & strategy links: Snowden, Russia sanctions, Huawei, Iran's fake carrier and more
 According to the latest Snowden documents, concerns regarding the maintenance of US offensive and defensive advantages in cyber capabilities have motivated NSA targeting of the…
G20 2014: perspectives from business, civil society, labour, think tanks and youth
Reports
G20 2014: perspectives from business, civil society, labour, think tanks and youth
G20 engagement partners from Business (B20), Civil Society (C20), Labour (L20), Think Tanks (T20) and Youth (Y20) have each provided a contribution for this issue of the Monitor…
Interrupted Email Digest service
Just a quick note to apologise to our Email Digest subscribers about the recent interruptions to your service. Thanks to those of you who have let me know that you are not getting…
1997 all over again? Not quite
Commentary
1997 all over again? Not quite
1997 all over again? Not quite Dr Stephen Grenville AONikkei18 March 2014Stephen Grenville