Commentary

PakistanCarnage and attempted assassination marks Bhutto’s return to Pakistan The attack marks beyond any doubt seepage between Pakistan’s political and security woes. Serious doubts must now shroud the practical feasibility of Pakistan holding its parliamentary elections in three months time.
19 Oct 2007
China's Taiwan 'Peace Overture': Old wine, new bottle Progress over the cross-strait issue can only proceed with new thinking from Beijing; the current offer has been heard before.
18 Oct 2007
RUSImotifAustralia's Security Dilemmas The next Australian government will face some tough dilemmas in international policy, especially in defence and security.
15 Oct 2007
New Developments in Japanese Security Policy The Implications of the Hyuga on Regional Security
15 Oct 2007
China’s Seventeenth Party Congress: Military reshuffle focuses PLA sights on Taiwan Reshuffle of top PLA officers, and expectations of a stern warning from the Communit Party leadership at this years party congress suggest a turbulent year ahead for cross strait relations
12 Oct 2007
Cross-strait tensions rise: Taiwan flexes (some) of its military muscle Taiwan's first military parade in sixteen years was designed to demonstrate the island's ability to defend itself. But there was one important omission.
10 Oct 2007
Myanmar: Fake Calm, Real Storm A brutal crackdown by the ruling junta in Burma has extinguished the mass protests. However, the crisis is far from over.
4 Oct 2007
Myanmar: Junta crackdown on popular uprising 27 Sep 2007
Japan's New Cabinet Fukuda's Choices: Who and Why.
27 Sep 2007
Taiwanese referendum on UN entry 'intolerable by law' China's President Hu Jintao has warned that a plan by the Taiwanese government to promote a referendum on the island’s entry into the United Nations is ‘intolerable by law’.
26 Sep 2007
Burma protestsMyanmar: Demonstrators march towards showdown with military junta Fears grow for violence in Myanmar as protests continue and the military deploys riot police.
25 Sep 2007
China's Shang-class submarine surfaces Photos of China's latest nuclear submarines have appeared online in a continuing effort by Beijing's to manage international perceptions of its military.
21 Sep 2007
Political Shakedown at China's Party Congress The most important event in China's political calendar is fast approaching. What developments can be expected at the seventeenth party congress?
20 Sep 2007
A New Japanese Prime Minister: Yasuo Fukuda? Foreign Policy Implications of Fukuda's Candidacy
17 Sep 2007
The End of Abe Which way will Japanese Foreign Policy go in the Weeks Ahead?
13 Sep 2007
What Japan is doing in the Indian Ocean The domestic upheaval caused by Abe's dramatic loss of the Upper House 29 July is set to affect Japan's overseas missions.
8 Aug 2007
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation military exercise 9-17 August Between 9-17 August 2007, Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan carried out a series of joint military exercises.
3 Aug 2007
Japanese Upper House Elections: The End of Abe? Effects on the Relationship with the US?
1 Aug 2007
Book Review Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behaviour - by Scott Snyder is reviewed by John Hemmings
23 Jul 2007
China poised to liberalise its defence industry In a recent paper: 'Future Trends in Chinese Defence Spending', Jane's Defence Economics analyst Matt Smith outlines the growing space for private companies in the Chinese defence market in addition to the status of and prospects for the current EU arms embargo.
16 Jul 2007
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