Asia
Syria: It's the ground war, stupid
The Syrian civil war is a land battle. Comparisons with Libya and talk of no-fly zones (NFZ) as some kind of low-risk game changer ignore this fact. As the US Chairman of the…
NZ-China: Is integration becoming dependence?
Katherine Ellena is a Research Associate with the US Naval Postgraduate School and a former New Zealand diplomat. The views expressed here are hers alone.
Two milestones occurred…
Indonesia's police: The problem of deadly force
Jim Della-Giacoma is the Asia Program Director for International Crisis Group.
My four year-old daughter recently came home from her Jakarta kindergarten with a story about a…
Commentary
Dicing with death penalties in Indonesia
Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae has published an article in Chatham House's The World Today on the ramifications at home of protecting citizens abroad from the…
Speeches
Indo-Pacific maritime security in the 21st century: Proceedings of an international conference
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference on Indo-Pacific Maritime Security in the 21st Century, which was convened on February 21 and 22, 2011, at the…
Afghanistan's women: Patchy gains under threat
Susanne Schmeidl is co-founder of the Afghan NGO, The Liaison Office.
In 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai enacted, by presidential decree, a law on the Elimination of Violence…
Rouhani: The style/substance divide
Hassan Rouhani's first-round success in the Iranian elections has sent an strong message to the regime.
On the face of it, the process went well. Having ensured that the list of…
Reader riposte: Why tax Aussies abroad?
Paul Harper from Phnom Penh writes:
Further to Janet Magnin's comments and Nick Alexander's article Taxing Australians Abroad, it is unclear to me what services I am receiving…
India links: Afghanistan, hipsters, US-China, economy, Modi, corruption and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program.
C Raja Mohan looks at what closer US-China relations would mean for India…
Commentary
New Zealand-U.S. defense relations: A possible return to the alliance?
In this article on The Diplomat's Flashpoints blog, Lowy Institute Thawley Scholar Jack Georgieff looks at what it might take for a return to ally status between the United…