Overview: Coral Mary Bell AO, who died in 2012, was one of the world’s foremost academic experts on international relations, crisis management and alliance diplomacy. This collection of essays by more than a dozen of her friends and colleagues is intended to honour her life and examine her ideas and, through them, her legacy. Part...

This paper examines the possible escalation of conflict between China and Japan and the implications for Australia and the US. Executive summary: Political competition and a lack of crisis management mechanisms could make it very hard for China and Japan to resist escalatory pressures in the very plausible event of a minor armed clash in...

Describes the health needs of survivors of war and conflict in the immediate and long-term resettlement periods.

This paper analyses the circumstances under which conflict in the East China Sea could occur and the implications for Australia.

Australia’s Special Forces have long been objects of fascination, but there is no clearly documented description of the operational art and science of this unique military capability, argues this report. Abstract Australian Special Operations and the performance of our Special Forces have long been objects of fascination to many. Yet despite this interest and the...