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The G20 Leaders’ process five years on: an assessment from an Asian perspective
Speeches
The G20 Leaders’ process five years on: an assessment from an Asian perspective
One of the most significant developments in global economic leadership in recent years has been the development of the G20 Leaders’ Summit.After a positive start,…
Whose Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States in the regional maritime security order
Speeches
Whose Indo-Pacific? China, India and the United States in the regional maritime security order
On 21 May 2013, International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf made a presentation at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies Workshop on Maritime…
Australia’s changing outlook on China: from strategic threat to strategic partner
Commentary
Australia’s changing outlook on China: from strategic threat to strategic partner
Writing on cogitASIA, the blog of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, Thawley Scholar Jack Georgieff writes on the current broadening…
Spanner in the defence works
Commentary
Spanner in the defence works
In an opinion piece in The Australian, James Brown writes that when it comes to properly funding the ADF, big-ticket buys are only half the story.James Brown
Australia, America's too-frugal ally
Commentary
Australia, America's too-frugal ally
In this opinion article in the Wall Street Journal (Asia), International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf and Military Fellow James Brown argue that the 2013 Australian…
Sweet and sour in defence take on China
Commentary
Sweet and sour in defence take on China
In an opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review, Rory Medcalf, Director of the International Security Program, writes that the 2013 Australian Defence White Paper takes a…
Defence White Paper squibs key questions
Commentary
Defence White Paper squibs key questions
There's lots to like in today's Defence White Paper, but some big questions still remainJames Brown
Senator the Hon. David Johnston: speech to the Lowy Institute
Speeches
Senator the Hon. David Johnston: speech to the Lowy Institute
On 29 April 2013, Shadow Defence Minister Senator David Johnston gave a lecture to the Lowy Institute on the Coalition's defence policy in the lead-up to the release of the…
We stood by the U.S. as it erred grievously in Iraq
Commentary
We stood by the U.S. as it erred grievously in Iraq
In an opinion piece in The Australian, Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove examines the costs of the war in Iraq to the United States and the implications for…