Asia
Reader riposte: The real Iraq question
US Army Major Matthew Cavanaugh writes:
I think Rodger Shanahan is taking The Interpreter's distinguished readers on a bit of a wild-goose chase with the Iraq War violence…
Korean Peninsula: Holding firm
As Rory Medcalf suggested in his contribution, the reactions of countries threatened by North Korea's latest nuclear-tipped bombast are playing out better than in previous…
Korean War II? Maybe, but not likely
Are we headed for a new Korean War? Not just skirmishes, sabre-rattling or a torpedo in the night, but a full-blown armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula?
You would be…
DPRK 'almost ready' to deploy ICBM?
Yesterday on Radio National, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said the following about North Korea:
In terms of military intelligence, it appears the country is almost ready to…
North Korea's permanent war footing
When your country is always on a war footing, how do you know you are on the brink of war? When your political leadership and government propaganda constantly remind that your…
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…
The Iraq insurgency: A response to Michael Ware
Derek Woolner is a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre ANU.
Fascinating as Michael Ware's post is, it remains a fantasy. Its narrow focus on the Sunni…
Reader ripostes: Zombie institutions and Iraq
Below, Iraq commentary from Alison Broinowski and Richard Broinowski. But first, Tony Grey responds to Malcolm Cook's post on Zombie-like international institutions:
According…
Commentary
Yudhoyono's hypocrisy in U-turn on death penalty
In an opinion piece in the South China Morning Post, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae says Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's human rights record…
China links: Peng Liyuan, ocean dragons, foreign policy, Brzezinski, economic data and more
Joel Wing-Lun is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program.
The Global Times published an interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski in which he says that China's…