Asia
Phnom Penh violence: A turning point for Cambodia?
It's too early to say whether the violence resulting in at least four deaths that occurred in Phnom Penh on 3 January, as police and military dispersed protesters in the city's …
Mike Green on Abe's security strategy and the Abbott Government in Asia
This week Japan released its first overarching national security strategy, a sign of the troubled times in North Asian geopolitics as well as a marker of where Prime Minister…
Spying on Kristiani Herawati: A loss of judgement
The Weekend Australian carried a ‘well-sourced’ article defending our listening in on Kristiani Herawati, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's wife. Quoting the usual …
The purge: What happened in North Korea?
This isn't the first time I've highlighted the views of North Korea analyst BR Myers. I haven't read his book, The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It…
Australia-Indonesia relations: How bad is it?
At the beginning of last week it appeared that the row with Indonesia over intelligence issues had quietened down. Prime Minister Abbott had sent what was doubtless a carefully…
Reading Abe's national security strategy
On 17 December the Japanese government issued three national security documents: the first-ever National Security Strategy (which explains overall foreign policy strategy), the…
Indo-Pacific security links: Japan is back, South Asian missiles, aircraft carriers and more
William Hobart is an intern in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program.
Rationalist explanations for war in the East China Sea.
India’s expertise at maintaining the…
Jokowi marches on in Indonesia's polls
Two recent reputable public opinion polls in Indonesia provide further confirmation of the rise of Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) as the clear front runner for next year's…
Can China win by opting out?
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There's so much discussion out there about China's rise, its territorial quarrels with neighbours and the risk (some would say inevitability) of…
Analyses
Japan is back: Unbundling Abe’s grand strategy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is determined to keep Japan a tier-one power in Asia and the world. Through strengthening the economy and reforming national security institutions, as…