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.
16 February 2010This paper focuses on Australia's military involvement in Iraq from 2003 to 2007 and its relationship with the United States during that period.
15 February 2010The latest formal statement of US defence policy sees a future of 'hybrid' warfare and suggests the US will be looking for more from its allies, including Australia.
15 March 2010Althrough the global financial crisis proved to be more of a slowdown than a recession in Australia and that the economy improved throughout 2009, this report finds that more people felt their personal circumstances had declined.
15 March 2010For over sixty years Australia has done well out of a US-led world, according to this report. Our strategic interests would be well served by Obama’s successfully rebuilding US primacy.
06 October 2009The decision to go to war should be subject to a veto power held jointly by both houses of federal parliament, argues George Williams in the National Times
14 August 2009The proposed changes to anti-terrorism laws fail to find a balance between human rights and protecting citizens, writes Nicola McGarrity in The Age
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.
30 October 2009Today, war is conducted not only by the dispatch of Tomahawks in the air or Kalashnikovs and suicide attacks on the ground but also by means of bytes, tweets, digital images, and social networking forums.
28 January 2010This anual selection of writing from ANU scholars ranges from archaeology, linguistics and history to economics, political science and security policy.
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.
03 June 2009Is the Rudd Government's new Defence White Paper more of the same or a significant departure from the previous strategic orthodoxy? More importantly, is it affordable, and will future governments commit to the level of spending necessary to ensure that the White Paper's ambitious goals for the Australian Defence Force are realised? What about the strategic judgements underpinning the decisions on spending and force structure?
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.
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.
21 September 2009Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Bulletin covers critical national and regional security issues, broadly understood, in Australia and the surrounding region.
11 September 2009Australian Defence College publications are produced to foster research on important national and international defence and security matters.
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.
China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power.
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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