Report
Measuring poverty as if gender matters: perspectives from fieldwork in Fiji
This paper presents empirical findings on one aspect of the work of a transnational feminist research project, based in Canberra, Australia, whose goal was to produce a better standard or metric for measuring poverty across the world. Introduction This paper presents empirical findings on one aspect of the work of a transnational feminist research project...
Report
The A word: an accomodationist strategy for US-China relations
This paper argues that by identifying clear ideas about acceptable conduct in the key domains (Maritime, Space and Cyber) the US and China can avoid conflict without presuming away differences of interest or opinion.
Discussion paper
Remembering the past, shaping the future: memory frictions and nation-making in Timor-Leste
This paper investigates state-sponsored memorialisation and commemoration in Timor-Leste and what effect that it has on nation building efforts. Introduction Among policy-makers working in the field of peace-building, there is growing interest in how initiatives to memorialise or commemorate the violent past might contribute to peace. Monuments, memorials, museums and commemorative rituals are now conceptualised...
Book
The tools of Owatatsumi: Japan’s ocean surveillance and coastal defence capabilities
Overview: Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities – underwater, shore-based and airborne – are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular respect to the underwater segment, about which there is little strategic analysis in publicly available literature.
Article
Science, policy and Partnership Schools
Is New Zealand’s Partnership School Kura Hourua scheme really a policy ‘shambles’?