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Book Review: China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017
John Hemmings
John Hemmings review China Matters: Getting it Right for Australia by Bates Gill and Linda Jakobson.
Tags: China, Defence Policy, Pacific
Independent Ally: Australia in an Age of Power Transition
RUSI Journal, 9 August 2017
William Clapton
William Clapton reviews Independent Ally: Australia in an Age of Power Transition, by Shannon Tow.
Tags: Defence Policy, Pacific
India and China: Will the Doklam Row Plateau Off?
Commentary, 2 August 2017
Shashank Joshi
Since mid-June, India and China have been locked in the most serious crisis between the two countries in 30 years.
Tags: China, India, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Britain Needs New Safeguards to Deal with Chinese Investment
Commentary, 1 August 2017
John Hemmings
China’s foreign direct investment is both necessary and welcome. However, it comes with risks, which current legal structures in Britain are ill-equipped to assess.
Tags: China, National Security, Pacific
Is China’s Xi Jinping Removing Possible Successors?
Commentary, 26 July 2017
Charles Parton
President Xi Jinping has moved decisively and unexpectedly against one of the top 25 Communist Party officials in the Politburo, Sun Zhengcai, once seen as a possible successor.
Tags: China, Pacific
""China's naval presence in the Indian Ocean is showing signs of a qualitative shift," Joshi said, noting the mainland's growing patrols and the July 12 dispatch of Chinese troops to a military base in Djibouti — Beijing's first long-term foreign military deployment in almost 60 years.
"This Chinese facility is not just a platform from which China can project initially modest power into the western Indian Ocean, but will also justify and support a greater volume and pace of other patrols through the eastern and central Indian Ocean," Joshi added. "
As India and China face off in the mountains, a new confrontation is growing in the ocean
In The News, 25 July 2017 Tags: China, India, Global Security Issues, PacificPages

Burma Comes in From the Cold
Commentary, 17 May 2012Burma's tentative steps towards democracy and human rights reforms are being rewarded with re-engagement by the West, exemplified most recently by the visit of David Cameron. It vindicates the East's structured engagement, providing a massive boost to the ASEAN group of countries.
Pacific, Central and South Asia
The Dear Leader is dead, will the regime follow?
Commentary, 20 December 2011As North Korea’s leadership transitions, Kim Jong-un will have to contend with a region that is undergoing significant geopolitical change whilst also dealing with possible challenges to his own fledgling regime.
Global Security Issues, Pacific
VIDEO: Perspectives for 2012
Commentary, 16 December 2011RUSI Director General Professor Michael Clarke offers his defence and international security perspectives for the year ahead.
Americas, Global Security Issues, International Institutions, Europe, Pacific, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
China 2012: the Year of the Dragon
Commentary, 16 December 2011In 2012, the Asia-Pacific region will not be immune to transition, and China's dominant role will be emphasised in its relationship with Taiwan and the wider region.
Pacific
Aftershocks and Transitions: an Unashamedly Speculative Look at 2012
Commentary, 15 December 2011If this year brought us an earthquake, then 2012 will be a year of aftershocks and transitions. Speculate as we might, we must still prepare for the predictable but watch for the surprises.
Americas, Europe, Pacific, Central and South Asia, Middle East and North Africa
A Post Mortem of a Disintegrated Review
Revolutions Of War
Strengthening the UK’s National Resilience: The Tasks Ahead