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India-Australia Poll 2013
Polling
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…
Thursday links: Taiwan, Thatcher, Falklands, North Korea and more
Taiwan is an Asian success story, but it needs serious reform, says the FT. Walter Russell Mead: 'Beijing, which from the very beginning saw Washington’s pivot as an effort to…
Wednesday links: South China Sea, IEA, Bakrie, sequestration and more
Taiwan and China continue to enhance their presence in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Thanks Malcolm.) The International Energy Agency is proposing the biggest…
Monday links: Mega FTA, Indonesia's artists, Bob Carr, JSF and more
WikiLeaks outs Bob Carr as a US 'informant'. Based on the evidence presented, that seems like a stretch. (Thanks James.) ASEAN's proposed mega-regional FTA would be the largest…
India links: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi metro, defence corruption, rape laws and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations. A good primer on the…
Thursday links: China growth, North Korea's ICBM, drones, Iraq and more
Thanks to Business Insider for linking to my North Korea missile piece, but a teensy correction: I wrote about North Korea getting ready to deploy an ICBM, not launch one. Yikes…
Wednesday links: East China Sea, Korea, global warming, Elvis and more
Taiwan beefs up its East China Sea naval capabilities. What would happen if a Chinese and Taiwanese vessel tangled in waters claimed by Japan? (Thanks Malcolm.) New Secretary…
Tuesday links: One-child policy, Star Wars, Mali, big data, nukes and more
The 25 least visited countries in the world. North Korea is not as high on this list as you might think, but no.1 is a familiar name in the Australian media. (H/t Kottke.) A…
Manila's South China Sea gambit
Commentary
Manila's South China Sea gambit
In this article on The Diplomat's Flashpoints blog, Rory Medcalf looks at the implications of the Philippines' legal challenge to China on the South China Sea under the…
Tuesday linkage: Xi Jinping and Tony Blair in Africa, Sesame Street and more
Roger Pielke: 'Looking to the energy future, one is necessarily either pro-nuclear and pro-gas (fracking) OR one is pro-carbon dioxide and pro-pollution.' Nuke wonk nirvana:…