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.
25 January 2010This paper spells out a longer-term strategic framework, grounded in economic principle and international experience, that can guide climate policymaking in Indonesia.
04 December 2009This paper evaluates the potentially huge social and environmental risks for the Mekong River and the millions who depend on it for their livelihood of planned dam projects in Laos and Cambodia.
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 2010
For 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.
24 August 2009Australia and the west missed an opportunity when they largely ignored a UN report on the financial crisis, writes Ross Buckley in Inside Story
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.
15 February 2010Helen Clark discussed the role of the United Nations Development Programme and the importance of aid in managing ongoing priorities, while remaining flexible to the ever present threat of natural disasters and conflicts.
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.
28 January 2010This anual selection of writing from ANU scholars ranges from archaeology, linguistics and history to economics, political science and security policy.
24 August 2009Truman Packard presents the findings of the 2009 World Bank Development Report which he co-authored. Speaking at Sydney University, he looks at the geography of economic development and how spatial factors affect development potential.
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.
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.
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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