Category: Policy

Last week’s Fifth Xiangshan Forum in Beijing demonstrated just how difficult it will be to resolve disputes in the South China Sea as long as key parties believe history must arbitrate the veracity of...

Staunton, November 25 – The unwillingness of Russians to make a sharp break with the Soviet past and accept that Russia today is “a new independent state” and the efforts of Vladimir Putin and...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday slammed US ‘impertinence’ on the Syrian conflict, exposing the extent of strains between Washington and Ankara days after his key meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden....

The Indo-Pacific is a strategic system encompassing the Indian and Pacific oceans, reflecting the expanding interests and reach of China and India as well as the enduring role of the US. The Lowy Institute’s...

NATO’s top military commander warned Wednesday that Russia’s ‘militarization’ of the annexed Crimea region could be used by Moscow to exert control across the whole Black Sea region. …read more

Staunton, November 25 – Some draftees in the Russian army are inflicting injuries on themselves in order to avoid being sent to the fighting in southeastern Ukraine, an indication of their fears about what...

Michele Flournoy, the front-runner to replace Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. Secretary of Defense, wasted no time in removing herself from the race. Just one day after Hagel announced his resignation, Flournoy bowed...

The topic I was given at the recent Submarine Institute of Australia conference was ‘The Strategic Environment in the period 2020-2050′. That gave me a chance to reprise in part a lecture I gave...

Staunton, November 25 – The Circassians and Crimean Tatars are linking up as part of a broader plan orchestrated by Turkey and the West to undermine Russian influence in the Middle East and to...

Staunton, November 25 – Yevgeny Vitishko, who is currently serving a three-year sentence in the Russian camps for exposing Moscow’s destruction of the environment around Sochi in the run-up to the Olympics, has continued...

America’s adversaries are increasingly harnessing fast-moving, commercial and defense technologies to counter US capabilities.To stay ahead of rising adversaries, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently unveiled the Defense Innovation Initiative. …read more

Staunton, November 25 – The Russian-Ukrainian war now going on could have begun in 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed. The fact that it didn’t says a great deal about the attitudes of Russian...

How did the speaker respond to a GOP-led report that supported the Obama administration? He reappointed his own select inquiry into the 2012 terrorist attacks. …read more

Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here. An archive of our liveblogs can be found here. For an overview and analysis of this developing story see our latest podcast. Please...

During the ASEAN Plus Three Summit in Myanmar last week, South Korean President Park Geun-hye proposed a trilateral summit with China and Japan following a meeting of their foreign ministers. read more …read more

This month’s edition of the International Security Program’s electronic publication includes: Leveraging Industry to Support U.S. Security Cooperation Objectives: Opportunities and Challenges By Andrew Hunter Do ISIL and Russia Challenge the Priorities of the...

The economic and security conundrum posed by Indonesia’s archipelagic geography is not new. The combination of 17,000 islands with an underfunded navy and poor port infrastructure results in widespread piracy, illegal fishing, and smuggling....

‘You can always count on China to be good to its neighbours this time of year’, observes Carl Thayer. ‘The money is meant to send a message that China is the big sugar daddy...

South Korea is set to absorb its Cyber Command into its military apparatus over the next two months, formalising a decision taken earlier in the year to alter the focus of the organisation from...