Asia/Pacific

The United Nations System: How Australia can Punch Above its Weight

Scott Limbrick • Aug 7 2012 • Essays

Engagement with the UN should be prioritised in Australia’s foreign policy, requiring a rethink of diplomatic capacity and the development of a broad platform for engagement.

China’s Growing Cyber War Capacities

Mattia Nelles • Jul 29 2012 • Essays

Given growing Chinese cyber-assets and activity, cyber foreign policy and espionage could pose a threat to US interests and Sino-American relations.

Partition: Everyday Lives and Loyalties in West Bengal

Ella Moore • Jul 26 2012 • Essays

After partition, many local and familial loyalties remained but for most, and particularly for the East Bengali refugees, lives and loyalties were changed irrevocably

The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine

Robbie Murray Fergusson • Jul 23 2012 • Essays

China is rapidly expanding into the Western Hemisphere. While this is a challenge, treating it as a threat may be detrimental to American security and interests via the creation of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Riots in India: A Consequence of Democracy?

Kalathmika Natarajan • Jul 18 2012 • Essays

Political motivations offer only a partial explanation for Indian riots. They do not take into account religious mobilization, extremist ideologies, or perceptions of ‘the other’ that lead to participation in, or approval of, violence.

Towards Presidentialism in Australia?

Habiba Fadel • Jul 17 2012 • Essays

Australia has undergone a wide range of changes, impacting on the traditional role and image of its politics.

Unraveling the Mystery of People Smuggling Networks

Marie Ngiam • Jul 11 2012 • Essays

People smuggling networks targeting Australia have a number of common elements, such as flexibility and adaptability, wide range of actors and branching out into other organised crimes.

Labour Movements: A Prominent Role in Struggles Against Globalisation?

Joe Sutcliffe • Jul 11 2012 • Essays

Neoliberal globalisation creates opportunities for new forms of organisation and resistance, even as it attempts to undermine existing strategies.

An Analysis of Contemporary US-China-India Relations

Annemarie Detlef • Jul 7 2012 • Essays

The US-Sino-India triangle is one of the most important strategic relationships of contemporary foreign affairs. The increasing economic ties between China and India outweigh the likelihood of realist war.

Can Gazprom be a Reliable Central Asian Gas Supplier to Europe?

anon • Jul 5 2012 • Essays

The EU’s interests in Central Asia are best served through cooperation with Gazprom rather than competition.

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