This paper examines capture-or-kill operations in Afghanistan based on an analysis of all Inertnational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) press releases over the last 22 months. ISAF officials have long presented the capture‐or‐kill operations as one of the most effective parts of the military mission in Afghanistan. They regularly release large figures describing the number of...

This paper challenges a number of assumptions about the transformation of Asia's security environment.

Clashes between Muslims and Christians in Ambon, Indonesia, raised fears of a return to the communal fighting that wracked the region from 1999 to 2002. his time, an extraordinary effort by grassroots “peace provocateurs” and local officials largely kept the violence from spreading further in Maluku. But the unrest triggered efforts by extremists elsewhere to...

A spike in violence in Indonesian Papua over the last two months underscores the urgency of exploring new ideas to address conflict there. The conflict in Indonesian Papua continues to defy solution, but some new ideas are on the table. A spike in violence in July and August 2011 underscores the urgency of exploring them...

Two and a half years after the first National Security Statement to Parliament, it can be argued that the first wave of national security reforms is over. The key building blocks of a national security ‘community’ have been put in place. The challenge now is to convert those reforms into a more comprehensive national security...