Indonesia, ASEAN and the Return of the Indo-Pacific Strategy By Dr William Choong — Analysis 17 July 2019In light of ASEAN's explanation of its "outlook on the Indo-Pacific," it is important to remember that Indonesia and ASEAN have taken a different approach to the concept than other regional actors, especially the United States. Read More
Will Hugh White Change How We Defend Australia? Reviewed by Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA — Analysis and Reading room 15 July 2019Australia’s options for defending itself are in the news with the release of Hugh White’s How to Defend Australia. Will it shake up thinking or is there is no appetite for change? Read More
"How to Defend Australia" Is an Important Wake-up Call Reviewed by Richard Broinowski AO — Reading room 14 July 2019Hugh White should be praised for getting Australians to think the unthinkable and alerting them to our deteriorating strategic situation, the unreliability of US security assistance and the need to get on better with our neighbours. Read More
Foam in the Ocean? Quad 2.0 at 18 Months By Euan Moyle — Fresh perspective 14 July 2019Despite greater unity on the concept of the “free and open Indo-Pacific,” the renewed Quadrilateral Security Dialogue may suffer from many of the same problems as its predecessor. Read More
The Implications of a True Russia-China Alliance By Associate Professor Artyom Lukin — Analysis 14 July 2019The development of a de facto alliance between Moscow and Beijing, driven by their increasing anti-Western alignment, could mark the return of the “old-fashioned” great power alliances between equals. Read More
The Dyason House Podcast S3 #4: Don't Forget About Russia By Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev 14 July 2019In this episode with Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev of Curtin University, we discuss the role that Russia plays in the Pacific, the ways in which soft and hard power can be asserted, and why we should never forget that Russia never gave up its title of super-power. Read More
The Geo-Visualisation of Australian Soft Power: From Measuring to Forecasting By Dr Natalia Grincheva — Analysis 14 July 2019The newly-developed ACMI Soft Power Map visualises the attraction of museums in global cities and, with the development of a forecasting layer, could help Australia to better generate cultural attraction. Read More
Track Two Diplomacy for the New Era of Strategic Competition By Dr Shannon Zimmerman — Fresh perspective 14 July 2019Track Two dialogues, like the recent Asia-Pacific Roundtable (APR), transverse the barriers between official and unofficial and allow participants to shed official mantles and embrace much-needed free and frank conversation. Read More
Facebook’s Dilemmas With Hate Speech, Fake Speech And Free Speech By Professor Sarah Joseph — Analysis 11 July 2019If Facebook was an experiment in creating a true “marketplace of ideas,” the results are disappointing, naively utopian and sometimes dangerous. Yet the platform has no easy solution for the daunting problem of moderating its two billion subscribers. Read More
Pervasive Racism or American Giants? The Target of France's Hate Speech Law By Dr Natalie Doyle — Analysis 10 July 2019The “Avia law” is presented as a victory of the French state over Facebook, but it’s unclear if it primarily combats online hate speech or the power of American multinationals. Read More