Richard Chauvel of Victoria University writes that although after half a century of exile Papuan politician Nicholaas Jouwe’s visit to Jakarta and Jayapura reflected an “Indonesian strategy to persuade exiled Papuan political figures, refugees and asylum seekers to return to Indonesia”, not all went according to plan. Chauvel argues that in light of the government’s...

This paper discusses anti-corruption talk in Indonesia in the context of it being merely one part of a broader debate about the nature of the state. Gerry van Klinken of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies writes that despite the apparent appeal of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's record of fighting...

Richard Tanter of the Nautilus Institute writes that Australia is tied to issues of both nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation through a wide range of bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements to which Australia is a party. Beyond the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, these include the ANZUS treaty, bilateral security agreements with Japan and...

Anthony McMichael from the Australian National University writes that "climate change belongs to a wider range of human-induced global environmental changes that are now assuming great and urgent importance. Collectively, these changes signify that human pressures are weakening and endangering the planet’s life support systems. Climate change will have many, and diverse, effects on human...

This report describes the transformation of Japanese security policy, legislation and force structure in recent years by which Japan has sought to become 'a normal country' as 'Heisei militarization'. As a consequence, Tanter argues, that status of 'normal', as with comparable countries like Britain and France, "involves the capacity and willingness to consider the use...