Asia and Pacific

Indo-Pacific security links: Kashmir violence, Obama in Asia, Indonesian foreign policy, drones and more
By David Schaefer, an intern in the Lowy Institute's International Security program. The Indo-Pacific is a strategic system encompassing the Indian and Pacific oceans, reflecting…
After ICJ ruling, what's the future for Japanese whaling?
In the US movie Groundhog Day, protagonist Bill Murray finds himself condemned to relive the same day over and over again, until finally managing to break the time loop.   For…
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…
Australia-China relations: Abbott benefits from Australia's MH370 search role
In case you hadn't heard, Prime Minister Tony Abbott is in China this week, telling everyone within earshot that Australia is open for business. To prove the point, he's traveling…
Abbott is playing a well-balanced hand in Asia
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Abbott is playing a well-balanced hand in Asia
Abbott is playing a well-balanced hand in AsiaRory MedcalfAustralian Financial Review10 April 2014Rory Medcalf
Malaysia's next 50 years (part 1): Domestic ethnocratic concerns
The MH370 tragedy has left us with many enigmas, but it has also revealed to the world a fact Malaysians have always known: an administration produced by an ethnocratic system…
Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific way
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Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific way
Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific wayRory MedcalfThe Jakarta Globe31 March 2014Please click here for the online text.Rory Medcalf
Right path must be steered between Tokyo and Beijing
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Right path must be steered between Tokyo and Beijing
Right path must be steered between Tokyo and BeijingRory MedcalfAustralian Financial Review26 March 2014Please click here for the online text.Rory Medcalf
It's not size or ambition holding Australia back
Stephen Grenville has provided an instant answer to Michael Fullilove's recent quest for a larger Australia: the addition of close neighbour New Zealand. This is annexation…
East Asia's maritime disputes: Fishing in troubled waters
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East Asia's maritime disputes: Fishing in troubled waters
East Asia's maritime disputes: Fishing in troubled watersAlan Dupont & Christopher G. BakerThe Washington Quarterly, 2014, 37:1, pp.79-98Alan Dupont ,…