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CISS PhD candidate Jennifer Hunt returns from seven months of field research in the Middle East.
Ms Hunt was hosted by Sultan Qaboos University, where she served as the first visiting PhD researcher at the College of Commerce and Economics.
CISS Senior Lecturer Adam Kamradt-Scott weighs in on the H5N1 controversy
In the new SIPRI Global Health and Security blog, Dr. Kamradt-Scott argues that there needs to be a public debate over the best way to balance scientific freedom with the legitimate security concerns associated with research on deadly viruses.
Dr John Lee opines in The Australian that China must face home truths on Tibet
Dr Lee explains that for China, 'its modern habit for tolerance for different cultures and practices within its territories is still immature in an authoritarian system still tending to see domestic and external conspiracies against its rise in the shadows.'
CISS Fellow John Lee argues that events in Burma demonstrate that Chinese foreign policy is not infallible
In today's op ed in the Australian Financial Review, Dr Lee notes the limits of authoritarian statecraft.
Dr Tom Wilkins presents current research on relations between Japan and Taiwan
In November 2011 Dr Wilkins attended the Asian Political and International Studies (APISA) Association conference at the Overseas Chinese University in Taichung, Taiwan. He presented his forthcoming article entitled 'Taiwan-Japan Relations in an Era of Uncertainty', available in pdf. In December of 2011 Dr Wilkins elaborated on this talk in a CISS Postdoctoral Fellow Monika Barthwal-Datta plays a key role in the Australia India Youth Dialogue
The initiative, launched this week in Delhi, brings together 30 young leaders from India and Australia to discuss contemporary economic, social, cultural and political issues.
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Acting Director Jingdong Yuan's analysis featured in the South China Morning Post [20 January 2012]
Dr Yuan considers the lessons Beijing can draw from Ma's election win.
Michael Hintze Energy Security Fellow John Lee discusses Beijing's carbon tax in The Wall Street Journal[11 January 2012]
Dr Lee's op ed highlights the motivation behind the carbon tax and the extent to which the tax will impact foreign-owned firms.
Dr John Lee's analysis of how the passing of Kim Jong-il will impact the people of N Korea in The New York Times[4 January 2012]
Dr Lee's op ed asserts that Kim Jong-un will not (at least initially) have the authority or sway that his father did. This relative weakness may allow technocrats to exercise more influence over economic policies, potentially improving life for the country's 23 million citizens.
CISS Acting Director Jingdong Yuan's analysis of China's Middle East policy in a post-Arab Spring environment[3 January 2012]
In a feature article for World Politics Review Dr. Yuan provides an overview of the Chinese government's initial response to the Arab Spring and the evolution of policy as the ability to separate economics from politics in the Middle East becomes more difficult.
Dr Sarah Phillips conducts scoping study in Somaliland[1 December 2011]
Dr. Sarah Phillips, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for International Security Studies, recently returned from Somaliland, a self-declared though unrecognized state in north Somalia.