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New Research

Security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific: volume 2

26 February 2010This report identifies the way the region's physical and geographical characteristics combine with limited human and technological capacity to reduce the ability of states to undertake day-to-day policing and respond effectively to large scale breakdowns in law and order.

Time for a fresh approach: Australia and Fiji relations post-abrogation

28 January 2010This report argues that it is time for the Australian Government  to prepare the grounds for a more effective re-engagement with the Government of Fiji.
Capturing the year 2009. Writing from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Capturing the year 2009. Writing from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

28 January 2010This anual selection of writing from ANU scholars ranges from archaeology, linguistics and history to economics, political science and security policy.
The state of the world's indigenous peoples

The state of the world's indigenous peoples

15 January 2010This report on the state of the world's indigenous peoples reveals alarming statistics on poverty, health, education, employment, human rights, the environment and more.

Digital television in developing countries?

11 December 2009There can be few more exotic locations to gather for a broadcasting conference than the South Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga, where the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) held its Asia-Pacific regional conference in February 2009.

State of world population 2009

01 December 2009How do population dynamics affect greenhouse gases and climate change?

Defence

Trends in US defence spending: implications for Australia

19 March 2010This paper contributes to the important task of keeping an eye on developments in US defence policy and the implications for Australia.

Homeward bound: Australia's new counter-terrorism white paper

19 March 2010This paper offers some ideas on the elements of a more comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy.

Nuclear weapons: Arms control, proliferation and nuclear security

15 March 2010The nuclear arms control agenda currently enjoys a prominence that it has not had since the first half of the 1990s. 

Commentary

We aren't refugees

29 June 2009For people on Kiribati and Tuvalu, the description "refugee" has too many negative connotations, write Jane McAdam and Maryanne Loughry on our partner website, INSIDE STORY

Linking climate and health in the Pacific

23 April 2009  Australia has a key role to play in improving Pacific Islanders' health, writes Lesley Russell

PM overboard

17 August 2004Three years on, the mere mention of boat people won’t necessarily work in favour of the government, argues John Quiggin.

Audio

Liberalism and Australian foreign policy

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15 March 2010From the Vietnam War to the Afghanistan War, from international law to the treatment of refugees, Mr Fraser discusses the meaning of liberalism in the global context.

Rudd's concept of an Asia Pacific Community

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02 November 2009As the new envoy to promote the Rudd Government's Asia Pacific Community, Richard Woolcott speaks about the  concept, the attitudes towards it in the region, and the likely future of debate in the area.

Video

Flight of the Kiwi: Perspectives on migration from Aotearoa/New Zealand

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15 January 2010Why are so many New Zealanders flocking to Australian shores, and what can be done to stop the so-called Kiwi ‘brain drain’?

World disasters report 2009: Focus on early warning, early action

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18 June 2009The World Disasters Report 2009 focuses on disaster risk reduction under the title Early Warning Early Action.

Asia

Rates of return to university education: the regression discontinuity design

15 March 2010This paper develops a model to estimate the value of returning to a university degree and the causal effect of a university education on earnings in China.

Stronger, simpler, smarter ESOS: supporting international students

09 March 2010This final report of the Baird review of the legislation that governs international education in Australia makes a series of recommendations for reform.

Websites

Austral Peace and Security Network

21 September 2009Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Bulletin covers critical national and regional security issues, broadly understood, in Australia and the surrounding region.

Australian Defence College Publications

11 September 2009Australian Defence College publications are produced to foster research on important national and international defence and security matters.

Australian Development Gateway

31 August 2009The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) supports members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region.

Books

TV drama in China

  • Edited by Ying Zhu, Michael Keane, and Ruoydon Bai
  • University of Washington Press
This collection of essays brings together the first comprehensive study of TV drama in China. Examining in depth the production, distribution, and consumption of TV drama, an international team of experts demonstrate why it remains the pre-eminent media form in China. The collection explores industry dynamics, how TV dramas are marketed and consumed on DVD, and China's aspirations to export its television drama rights.
Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

  • Ron Huisken
  • ANU E Press
China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power.

Policy Guides

The handbook, produced by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, contains a compilation of international laws and good practices developed to combat human trafficking.

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