This report argues that it is time for a fresh approach by the Australian Government to prepare the grounds for a more effective re-engagement with the Government of Fiji. Eliminating some of the negatives in the current bilateral relationship is a necessary first step toward re-engaging positively. The report recommends: • rebalance the regional relationship...

Defence has processes in place that are designed to produce military capabilities that the government can draw on. Supposedly designed to match military means with strategic ends, the results are more often reflective of the preferred structures of the three Services. Alternative or transformational options have no champion. In the past, there was a dedicated...

Since 2008, the Rudd government has commissioned over two dozen policy reviews on all aspects of national security, from terrorism to transnational crime. But integrating these various strands of security policy in an increasingly complex and complicated risk environment is a difficult task. This Policy Analysis sets out the challenges of building a more integrated...

The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), elected to the government benches in a landslide at the end of August 2009, is celebrating its first 100 days in office, and observers are starting to get a clearer picture of the new forces in Japanese politics. This paper looks at Japanese domestic politics and the implications for...

The world stands on the cusp of a new era in nuclear relations—one in which Asia is likely to become the dominant influence on global nuclear arrangements. The old, bilateral nuclear symmetry of the Cold War is giving way to new multiplayer, asymmetric nuclear relationships. And it is doing so at a time when power...