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How should we respond?
Greg Barton
11 January 2015
We must avoid the cycle of recrimination that strengthens the extremist narrative, argues
Greg Barton
International
Putin’s fiasco
Robert Horvath
11 December 2014
Supporters of the Russian president have been busy rewriting what happened at the G20 meeting in Brisbane, writes
Robert Horvath
. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin’s…
International
Australia’s vanishing China policy
Kerry Brown
25 November 2014
When the going gets tough, it’s clear that Australia really doesn’t have a fully-developed policy towards China, writes
Kerry Brown
National Affairs
Buyer’s remorse
Jessie Blackbourn
13 November 2014
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has pointed to Britain’s parliamentary oversight of security agencies as a way of moderating Australia’s latest security laws. In…
Books & Arts
Secrets within secrets
Jack Waterford
31 October 2014
David Horner’s history of ASIO is a reminder of how “the Case” influenced ASIO for generations, writes
Jack Waterford
International
Will today’s allies become, yet again, tomorrow’s enemies?
John Quiggin
6 October 2014
When a militarily powerful country tries to govern the affairs of millions of people on the other side of the planet, we shouldn’t be surprised that chaos results, writes…
National Affairs
Real threats to the life of the nation
Jessie Blackbourn
2 October 2014
Rushed legislation and hastily extended sunset clauses make for bad anti-terrorism policy, argues
Jessie Blackbourn
Essays & Reportage
“We must be careful to avoid seeking intelligence simply for its own sake”
Alan Fewster
1 August 2014
Newly released documents reveal the intelligence community in the early 1970s through the eyes of a former senior bureaucrat, writes
Alan Fewster
Books & Arts
China wakes, Asia quakes, Australia shivers
Graeme Dobell
25 July 2014
A contest is under way, writes
Graeme Dobell
, but it will be more like a nineteenth-century battle than a twentieth-century clash
National Affairs
How reactive law-making will limit the accountability of ASIO
Jessie Blackbourn & Nicola Mcgarrity
24 July 2014
The Coalition’s new security legislation shows that it hasn’t learnt the lessons of twelve years of terrorism law-making, write
Jessie Blackbourn
and
Nicola McGarrity
Books & Arts
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you
Emily Crawford
6 June 2014
Emily Crawford
reviews Glenn Greenwald’s account of the Snowden affair
Essays & Reportage
Unravelling “Australia’s own McCarthy era”
Jack Waterford
30 May 2014
For years the Labor Party clung to the belief that the defection of Vladimir Petrov was orchestrated by the Menzies government to influence the 1954 election. But what really…
National Affairs
The Independent Security Monitor’s unfinished work
Jessie Blackbourn & Nicola Mcgarrity
3 April 2014
The federal government’s plan to abolish the permanent security oversight body is based on a flawed reading of its role, argue
Jessie Blackbourn
and
Nicola McGarrity
Books & Arts
Grey zone
Gabrielle Appleby
17 January 2014
Whistleblowers fill a gap left by legislatures and the courts. How can they be protected without creating an accountability vacuum, asks
Gabrielle Appleby
Books & Arts
The internationalist dream
Hilary Charlesworth
14 January 2014
Although they disagree on many points, Kofi Annan and Mark Mazower together illuminate the intricacies and rituals of international cooperation, writes
Hilary Charlesworth
Essays & Reportage
Cold war, soft diplomacy
Alan Fewster
14 January 2014
As the Cold War intensified in the mid fifties, Australia saw a special role for itself in disseminating information and propaganda in Southeast Asia, writes
Alan Fewster
National Affairs
Australia’s Jakarta phone-tapping: was it illegal?
Alison Pert
27 November 2013
Alison Pert
looks at the domestic and international legality of phone-tapping and espionage
International
Same bed, different dreams
John Fitzgerald
31 October 2013
China’s approach to science research could advance the country’s strategic objectives while doing little to advance science, writes
John Fitzgerald
. This…
Essays & Reportage
My cold war: from Brunswick to Berlin (via the Labor split)
Geoffrey Barker
27 September 2013
Within months of the end of the second world war, an iron curtain had fallen across Europe. Its impact reached into the inner suburbs of Melbourne, writes
Geoffrey Barker
Essays & Reportage
Casey, the dirt boys and the grey material
Alan Fewster
2 September 2013
A cross-dressing MI6 agent and a shadowy British anti-communist propaganda outfit were key players in the development of Australia’s cold war “soft diplomacy”…
National Affairs
Whistleblower protection: the larger, more difficult, conversation
Gabrielle Appleby
30 July 2013
Would Australia’s new whistleblower laws protect Edward Snowden, asks
Gabrielle Appleby
International
Big brother
Klaus Neumann
15 July 2013
Popular unease about US surveillance of German citizens could pose a problem for Angela Merkel as national elections loom, writes
Klaus Neumann
International
Overcoming this century’s Berlin Blockade
Michael Bröning
16 June 2013
It’s time for Germany to throw off old habits, both on European policy and in how it deals with broader security challenges, writes
Michael Bröning
Books & Arts
Between economy and security?
Antonia Finnane
1 October 2012
The forty years since Australia established relations with China have been about a lot more than trade and defence, writes
Antonia Finnane
National Affairs
Just the beginning of a national security debate
Jennifer Goh & Nicola McGarrity
2 August 2012
The government has launched an inquiry into the powers of intelligence agencies, and already there are worrying signs, write
Jennifer Goh
and
Nicola McGarrity
.…
National Affairs
Hope’s ghost lingers in a secret security world
Graeme Dobell
11 April 2012
Graeme Dobell
reviews two very different analyses of Western intelligence services
Books & Arts
Imperfect storm
Rodney Tiffen
3 June 2011
We can now start to see how the world has and hasn’t been changed by WikiLeaks
National Affairs
What the WikiLeaks cables reveal about Australia’s leaders
Paul Barratt
23 December 2010
Democracy not only depends on trust, it thrives on it, writes former intelligence analyst
Paul Barratt
. But the WikiLeaks cables show that Australian political leaders…
National Affairs
Without the Bush presidency, would WikiLeaks have happened?
Tony Kevin
10 December 2010
WikiLeaks is the product of a time of great stress in the international system, argues
Tony Kevin
International
The US reads the riot act to Pakistan
Sandy Gordon
29 July 2010
Will Pakistan continue its longstanding policy of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds, asks
Sandy Gordon
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