Asia
Solomons' gun amnesty: A stunning achievement
Nick Warner, now the Director-General of ASIS, was the first Special Coordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (2003-2004). This post is drawn from a…
Is the 'far enemy' off the agenda for Indonesian terrorists?
Solahudin's book, The Roots of Terrorism in Indonesia (trans. Dave McRae) has just been published by UNSW Press in association with the Lowy Institute.
In the eyes of Indonesian…
Movie trailer: The Wind Rises
The Wind Rises has been a box office sensation in Japan, and this new trailer with English subtitles has just appeared.
The politics of this movie are fascinating. The Wind…
China links: Concert of powers, Hayek in China, hukou, Armitage and more
According to Paul Kennedy, China and the other great powers already form a kind of concert of powers.
When the label reads 'Made in China', what does that actually mean?
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Should the US cut military aid to Egypt?
Bob Bowker is a former Australian ambassador to Jordan and Egypt. He is now an Adjunct Professor at the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies.
In the aftermath of the bloodbath…
Commentary
Politics clouds progress on India-Pakistan tensions
In this article on The Diplomat's The Pulse blog, Danielle Rajendram looks at the interplay between domestic politics and foreign policy in India's relations with Pakistan…
Nagl: Drones precluded US invasion of Pakistan
Douglas Fry is a Fairfax Media writer.
'Were it not for drones, the United States would probably have had to have invade Pakistan.' So declared Dr John Nagl at a public lecture…
Views across the Pacific: Xi Jinping
Two weeks ago we shared with you the first video from the Lowy Institute—Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Views Across the Pacific video partnership. The…
Egypt links
For the latest, just follow the #Egypt hashtag on Twitter.
'Reconciliation now seems hopeless; Egypt is shattered'. The US is complicit, says Ali Gharib, so it's time to cut…
Afghanistan and Iraq, both failures
Former US Army colonel and now visiting fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Gian Gentile tells it like it is in the LA Times:
Many years ago the British historian and…