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1. New Drive to Talk Burma into Reform
2. US Intelligence Personnel Tap Indonesian Phones
3. Dutch Pound Taliban Positions
4. Taliban Regroup After Losing City
5. British to Hand Over Basra in Days
6. The War on Terror After Iraq: Report of an Independent Task Force

Austral Policy Forum 07-25A: Nuclear fatwa: Islamic jurisprudence and the Muria nuclear power station proposal, Richard Tanter

New Briefing Book from the Nautilus Institute: Australia in Solomon Islands, Australian Forces Abroad - Nic Maclellan

1. Secret Pledge Keeps Us at War
2. Aussie Iraq Role after Pullout
3. Australian Diplomats Meet Moro Rebels in Philippines
4. NATO and Afghan Forces Hem in Taliban Haven
5. Backbench Stings Nelson Over Hornet
6. Atmosphere of Mistrust around Asia Pacific: Report
7. Australian Security: Integrated Policy an Urgent Need

1. Australia and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence
2. Australia and United States Treaty on Defense Trade Cooperation
3. Iraq 'Ready' for Withdrawal
4. National Intelligence Estimate about Iran's Nuclear Program
5. UN Chief Warns of Water Wars
6. Afghanistan: Letter to the Editor

1. Revealed: The Day Australia Planned to Bomb Indonesia
2. Climate Diplomacy: The Governance Challenge
3. Torture Fear for Pows Captured by Australians
4. Defence Silent on Civilian Deaths
5. Iraqi Parliament Hit by Walkout
6. BHP Nuclear Hopes Come at High Price

Austral Policy Forum 07-24A: South Seas Carbon Bubble: Australia and a Near-Pacific Regional Climate Pact - Peter Christoff

1. No Walking Away from Afghans: Defence Chief
2. After the 2006 Crisis: Australian Interests in Timor-Leste
3. Poor to Bear Brunt of Warming
4. UN Envoy Says Indonesian Torture Widespread
5. How the US Got its Philippine Bases Back
6. Iraq Deal Eyes Long US Presence
7. Upper House Votes to End Japan's Mission in Iraq

Austral Policy Forum 07-23A: Abu Sayyaf and US and Australian Military Intervention in the Southern Philippines - Carolin Liss

1. Rudd Takes Tough Stand on Boat People
2. Seamen Pose Big Security Threat
3. Rudd to Improve Australia Ties
4. Reinado Threatens to Destabilise Timor
5. Bush Loses a Friend in Australia
6. Afghan Civilians Suffer in Battle for their Security
7. First U.S. Troop Cutback in Iraq Gets Under Way
8. Indonesia's Health Minister Says 'no' to Sharing Bird Flu Virus with WHO

1. Fishing Blitz 'Forced' Bid for Asylum
2. Indonesia: Air Force to Install Three Radars in the East
3. Afghanistan 'Falling into Hands of Taliban'
4. Defence Systems to get a Rocketing
5. Asian Leaders Drop India Australia from Regional `Community'
6. Bin Laden Talks of Victory, Not Defeat
7. Battle for Hearts and Minds in Indonesia's Prisons
8. The Six-Party Talks: Meeting North Korea’s Energy Needs

Austral Policy Forum 07-22A: Self-Inflicted Injury: Going to War in Iraq - Garry Woodard

Austral Special Report 11-22S: We Now Know About Going to War in Iraq - Garry Woodard

1. Coalition 'Cannot Win' in Iraq or Afghanistan
2. Coroner Finds Balibo Five Deliberately Killed
3. Labor Military Bid to Save Whales
4. Losing Afghanistan, One Civilian at a Time
5. Jakarta Merits Mid-East Role
6. Poll Spotlight on Climate
7. Blind to the Greatest Threats

1. White Paper First Step in Defence Rethink
2. Police, ASIO Review after Court Debacle
3. Dutch Accused of Complicity in Torture in Afghanistan
4. Combined Force Kills Militants, Detains Foreign Fighter Facilitator in Afghanistan
5. Philippine Defense Secretary Pushing for Filipino-Australian Military Drills
6. AFP to Raise Armoured Unit
7. 113th Human Bird Flu Case in Indonesia
8. Fish Vanishing from Southeast Asian Ocean

1. Case Dropped against 'Terrorism Trainee'
2. MoU Signed for Australia-US Joint Military Communications Ground Station
3. Iraq: Call an Air Strike
4. 'Climate Bomb' Warning over Deforestation for Palm Oil
5. Enmeshed: Australia and Southeast Asia's Fisheries
6. Timor-Leste: UN Human Rights Report Lauds Progress but Warns Gains Still Fragile
7. Defence Tables Annual Report 2006-07

Austral Policy Forum 07-20B: A Reply to Richard Tanter - Martine Letts

1. Afghanistan and Iraq: Quagmire or Strategic Priority?
2. Afghanistan: Diggers Say No to Allies' Plan
3. Undiagnosed Brain Injury - The Hidden Legacy of Iraq
4. Dispute Flares over Nuclear Dump Site
5. Making Modernity in Timor-Leste
6. Australian Customs Service Annual Report

Austral Policy Forum 07-20A: The Re-emergence of an Australian Nuclear Weapons Option? - Richard Tanter

1. Help Asked over Kurd Impasse
2. South Korea: Government Panel Recommends Gradual Reduction of Korean Troops in Iraq
3. US Optimistic about Afghanistan
4. Islamist Insurgents Doing Well
5. Australia Places Financial Bans on Burma's Generals
6. Solomon Islands to Review RAMSI
7. What the Sea Gives, the Sea Can Take Away
8. Indonesia: Coast Guard Argument Continues

Austral Policy Forum 07-19A: The Challenges of Piracy in Southeast Asia and the Role of Australia - Carolin Liss

1. Change of Role in Iraq Long Planned: PM
2. Georgia, Slovakia Offer to Fill Afghan Gap
3. Voters' Guide to International Policy
4. Intelligence Outsourced
5. Lepers Change their Spots: The Pacific Islands Forum
6. Towards Sustainable Security: Alternatives to the War on Terror

Austral Policy Forum 07-16A: The Roots of Piracy in Southeast Asia - Carolin Liss

1. Security Body Mooted for North-East Asia
2. Defence Dept Denies Timor Beating Claim
3. NZ's Involvement in Global Peace Operations
4. AFP Expansion: This is Not a Theme Park
5. Afghanistan: Negotiations with Taliban?
6. Inquiry into N-test Veterans' Case

1. Indonesia: Nuclear Reactor Plan on Shaky Ground
2. Indonesia Winning War against Terrorism Five Years after Bali Bombing
3. More than 100,000 Timorese Remain in Refugee Camps
4. Labor to Review Military Priorities
5. Premier Says Turkey is ready for Split with U.S. over Kurds
6. Afghanistan-Pakistan: Zone of Insecurity
7. New Zealand Activists Held in Anti-Terrorism Raids

1. Accusations of Iranian Involvement in Afghanistan
2. Australian Firm Involved in Fatal Shooting
3. U.S.-Led Iraq Coalition Withering Fast
4. Phase Two of the Fisheries Protection Survey and Charting Project
5. Power Plays: Energy and Australia's Security
6. Sweeteners to Ease Uranium Objection
7. Papuan Coalition Seeks Deal with Jakarta through Finnish Mediation

1. We Trained Burmese Officers
2. Malaysia: UN Peacekeeping Duty in Timor Leste
3. Middle East Security after Iraq
4. Army Shies Off Cluster's Last Stand
5. Japan May Reduce Role in U.S.-Led Afghanistan Mission

1. More Diggers to Fight Taliban
2. UK: Brown to Pave Way for Further Cutback of Troops in Iraq
3. Fiji's Military Worried by Increasing Risk of Arms Smuggling
4. Solomons Threat to Peace Effort: Downer
5. $927m for New Military Satellite
6. US Alliance Will Change
7. US Garners Support for Strike on Iran
8. Climate Change Becomes Urgent Security Issue in Australia

1. Afghanistan: Resurgent Taliban Challenge Diggers
2. Iraq: Maliki Calls Land Proposal a 'Catastrophe'
3. Singapore: Web of Cash, Power and Cronies
4. PNG Police on Alert over Reported PM Arrest Plans
5. Oil: Timor's Double-Edged Sword
6. Commission of Inquiry into the April 2006 Civil Unrest in Honiara

1. Climate Change a Huge Security Problem: Keelty
2. RI Nuclear Plants a 'Regional Issue'
3. Don't Mention the 'N' Word
4. Cholera Outbreak in Iraq is Spreading
5. Afghan Clashes Kill '160 Taleban'
6. Survey Finds Wide Support for RAMSI
7. Papuans to Be Sent back to PNG

1. Pine Gap on US Missile Front Line
2. Backing for Pacific Seasonal Workers
3. Warning that SAS Stretched to Limit
4. Canberra to Sign Security Pact with NATO
5. Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Regional Air Superiority
6. New Zealand: East Timor Commitment Reinforced

1. Navy and Customs Catch Sixty-One Foreign Fishers
2. China and India Leading Asian Missile Build-up
3. Indonesia: More Troops Eyed for Papua by 2014
4. Blackwater Pays Price for Iraqi Firefight
5. US, Britain Differ on Southern Iraq Mission
6. Australia and East Asia: Staking a Claim among Giants
7. Comfort Women Deserve Australian Support
8. Fiddling while the Ice Melts

1. Afghanistan: Canberra Asks for NATO to Do More
2. Iraq: Larger US Troop Pull-Out 'Possible'
3. East Timor: Alkatiri Eyes Return to Power
4. Timor-Leste: Health Sector Resilience and Performance in a Time of Instability
5. Provincial Premiers in Solomon Islands Suggest Re-Deployment of Some RAMSI Staff
6. NZ Fisheries Minister Dismisses Call for More Help for Pacific Nations to Counter Pirate Fishing

1. Canberra Holds Firm on Iraq Troops
2. Afghanistan: Canada Will Not Step in to Replace Dutch Troops
3. PNG Criticised over Lack of Gun Control
4. U.S. Uneasy over China's Increased Pacific Presence
5. GNEP: Global Nuclear Group a Risk for Canada: Critics
6. Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

Policy Forum 07-17A: A New Agenda for Australia in Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament - Robert McClelland

1. Japanese Police to Train in Australia for Peacekeeping
2. Iraq: Delay Decision on Major Cuts, Petraeus Says
3. Afghan Bombings Increase
4. Australia and Indonesia: Current Problems, Future Prospects
5. East Timor: Unfulfilled Protection and Assistance Needs Hamper the Return of the Displaced
6. EU still Considering Response to Fresh Fiji Emergency Rule
7. Tentative Peace Talks for Thai South

1. Treaty Signals Move to Top-Tier Military Ally Status
2. Australia, China Announced Plans for Annual Security Talks
3. Russia Arms Old and New Friends in Asia
4. Australia Stakes its Claim to Uranium Enrichment
5. PM Warned: Russia May Divert Uranium to Iran
6. Indonesia: Forbidden Nuclear Plant
7. Iraqi Army Unable To Take Over Within A Year, Report Says
8. Sino-Japan Military Ties Face Challenges

Austral Policy Forum 07-16A: The Japan-Australia Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation and Asia-Pacific Strategic Geometries - William T Tow

1. Nelson Warns Dutch on Afghan Pullout
2. Japanese Threaten Afghan Pull-Out
3. Reforming Afghanistan's Police
4. British Troops Pull Out of their Last Base in Basra City
5. Pact Lifts Lid on US Defence Secrets
6. Indonesia: Military, Police Reform too Slow
7. Aust Pledges $240m in Aid to E Timor
8. Limited Human-To-Human Spread of Avian-Flu Virus in Indonesia in 2006

1. Australia: $2Bn Deal for US Military Satellite
2. Philippines: Calls for Action to Save Foreign Employees
3. Downer Visits E Timor
4. Jemaah Islamiah: Radicals in Retreat
5. Britain: Army Gets New 'Enhanced Blast' Weapon to Fight Taliban
6. Weapons Inspector Fears New Arms Race

1. A Price Too High: The Cost of Australia's Approach to Asylum Seekers
2. Melanesian Want Standby Force
3. West Papua: Special Treatment
4. Gusmao Offers Fretilin Cabinet Posts
5. US Wants Australia in Nuclear Group
6. NIE Cites 'Uneven' Security Gains, Faults Iraqi Leaders
7. Canberra Boosts Afghan Aid
8. Briefing note: Peace Initiatives in Afghanistan - Richard Tanter

1. Navy Fires on Indonesians
2. Defence Force Apologises for Soldiers' Desecration of Fretilin Flag
3. Abe Calls for 'Broader Asia' that Includes India, Australia, US
4. Nuclear Alliance Quandary
5. Australia Needs US Regional Help
6. Negotiation Has its Time and Place, but so Does the Use of Force
7. Stopping a Nuclear Arms Race between America and China
8. Applying the Paradox of Prevention: Eradicate HIV

1. Determining their National Interest: Australia's Economic Intervention in Iraq
2. CSIS: Troops Could Leave Iraq 'Within a Year'
3. Amid Escalating Violence in Afghanistan, Rising Opposition in Germany to Military Mission
4. India Nukes Deal, Now for Russia
5. Philippines Teeters on Brink of Total War
6. Tonga-Australia Sign Performance Partnership
7. Indonesia: Agency 'Ordered Killing'

1. Australia: Uranium Deal for India under Attack
2. Fiji to Hold Elections in March 2009
3. Escalation by the Numbers: What "Progress" in Iraq Really Means
4. New Zealand: Clark 'Appalled' at Air NZ's Iraq Troop Flights
5. Philippine Army in New Offensive
6. Whither the Bush Doctrine?

Policy Forum 07-15A: The Defence Management Review and the Super Hornet Decision - Senator John Faulkner

1. Police Unite against NT Permit Plan
2. Troops to Sit it Out in E Timor Chaos
3. Australian Troops under Renewed Taliban Attack
4. Howard Warns Maliki: Act or Face Pullout
5. Singapore Wants To Be a Regional Force
6. PNG PM Accuses Australia of Interference in Elections
7. Bali Doctors Investigate Possible Bird Flu Deaths

1. Australian Troops Attacked in Dili
2. Canberra to Remain in South Pacific
3. Extra Troops to Solomons for No Confidence Vote
4. Pacific Aid: Fighting Fires Is Not the Best Answer
5. Alliance Would Get a Fresh Coat of Paint under Rudd
6. Afghanistan at Odds with U.S. on Plan to Curb Opium
7. Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bills 2007

1. Air Force Takes Operational Control of Southern Afghanistan Skies
2. Afghanistan: Shopkeepers Strike over Digger Raids
3. Iraq: Spike in Mass Bombings against Civilians
4. Australia Defence Policy: And Now the Defence Wedge
5. Canberra's NT Troop Move 'Devastating'
6. Australia extends Rp800 Billion to Fight against HIV/AIDS in Indonesia
7. Climate Change and Conflict, ICG, July 2007

1. Open Your Gates to Migrants: Bank Chief
2. Australia Signs Comprehensive Security and Economic Pact with ASEAN
3. ASEAN Calls for Phased Pullout of Foreign Troops from Iraq
4. 400 Killed by Terrorism in Philippines since 2000, Report Says
5. Out of Sight: Endemic Abuse and Impunity in Papua's Central Highlands

Briefing note: Climate Change, Security and Infectious Disease: Dengue Fever in Southeast Asia and the Pacific - Richard Tanter

1. Afghanistan: Aussie Soldiers Fire on Civilians
2. Iraq PM Relations with Petraeus Poor
3. Success or Failure? Iraq's Insurgency and Civil Violence and US Strategy
4. AFP: Cost Lingers after PNG Mission Collapse
5. Plans to Re-arm Solomon Islands Police Abandoned
6. UN Boycotts Timor Panel
7. ASEAN Agrees on Concrete Plans to Rid Region of Nukes

1. AFP to Form Paramilitary Wing
2. Haneef Charge Will Be Dropped: Lawyer
3. Afghanistan: Australian Forces Kill Civilian
4. India to Buy our Uranium
5. The US and the Southern Philippines' Quagmire
6. Commonwealth to Assist Countries in Application over Continental Shelves

1. Australian Forces Try New Tactics against Taliban
2. Afghanistan: Kidnappers Extend Deadline for Korean Hostages
3. Pakistan's Peril
4. Denmark to Pull Troops from Iraq
5. Operation Resolute: How Howard's Plan Threatened Security
6. China, Indonesia Look into Joint Maritime Operations
7. Indonesian Papua: A Local Perspective on the Conflict

1. Australia: Travel Ban on Solomons Ministers to Stay
2. Goff Discussing E. Timor Exit Strategy Today
3. Australia: The Bumpy Road to Justice of a Non-Citizen Doctor
4. Philippines: New Terror Law Targets Militants in South
5. Thailand: Opposition Grows against Security Act
6. USA: National Intelligence Estimate
7. UK: We are Failing in Afghanistan
8. Design Faults: The Asia Pacific's Regional Architecture

1. Two Australians Killed in Iraq
2. Iraq: Initial Benchmark Assessment Report
3. Haneef Detained after Bail Win
4. Crown Appeal Sentence in Pine Gap Case
5. Indigenous Australia: Rehousing Work Will Take Years
6. The Pessoptimist in Istanbul: Will Bin Laden Win?
7. Governor 'Led Torture in Timor'

1. Wobbly Democracy for East Timor
2. East Timor: God, Democracy and Oil
3. West Will Fail, Says Ex-CIA Operative
4. Understanding Current Operations in Iraq
5. Defence Update 2007: Homeland Still More Vital than the Middle East
6. Japan and India as Partners for the Peace and Stability of Asia
7. China's Military Boost No Threat: Nelson
8. Fiji Military Leader Appointed to China

1. Nelson: Oil a Factor in Iraq Deployment
2. 2007 Defence Update: A Global Vision, Greater Spending
3. Police, Troops Arrive for NT Crackdown
4. Aussie Anti-Air Umbrella: the Hobart Class Ships
5. A Change in Climate for the Australian Defence Force
6. Rival of East Timor Independence Hero Proposes Alternative Government
7. Police Killing, Raping Civilians in Indonesia's Papua, Rights Group Says

1. Pine Gap: Jury Considers Verdict for Christian Pacifists
2. Exercise Talisman Saber 2007
3. East Timor: Military Report Questioned
4. US to Arm Sunni Insurgents in Iraq
5. Indian Troops to Fight Taliban
6. RAAF's Eye in the Sky Guarding Iraq Convoys
7. The Air Warfare Destroyer Project - Decision Time

Special Report 07-14S - Assessing China's ASAT Program - Desmond Ball

1. Canberra Joins Japan-US Missile Study
2. Downer Defends China's Military Build-Up
3. Threat of Taliban Spring Offensive Quashed
4. Rudd in Quest of a Pacific Solution
5. Legal Chaos Raises Doubts in Hicks Case
6. Anzac Legend and Rhetoric: Patriot Act
7. National Pandemic Influenza Exercise

Policy Forum 07-13A - Chasing Shadows: Indonesian War Criminals and Australian Law - Mark Byrne and Kath Gibson

1. China's Missile Warning
2. A Gritty Request, if we Can Stomach it
3. Police Accused of Timor Shootings
4. Tensions Surface in Booming PNG
5. America's Position in Asia
6. Widening Horizons: Australia's New Relationship with India
7. Silk Asks if Sacked Officer Will Chase Jenkins Claim
8. Defence Given Green Light to Use Cluster Bombs

1. Whitlam 'Duped' By Indonesia
2. Whistleblowing: Lying for Your Country
3. DFAT Officials Labour under the Chains of Command
4. PNG Still to Agree on Aust Police Advisers Plan
5. Blast in East Timor Capital Injures Four, Homes Torched Elsewhere
6. Australia and Philippines Sign Defence Pact
7. Burma and Nuclear Proliferation: Policies and Perceptions
8. Defence Management Review: Cure Less Severe than Diagnosis

1. $12m Nuclear Deal Divides Community
2. Big Spender Nelson Has Questions to Answer
3. Helicopters Finally Set for Take-Off

Briefing Note: Cluster Bombs, the CCWT and Australia - Richard Tanter

1. China Eyes Closer Security Ties
2. New Strategy for War Stresses Iraqi Politics
3. Nelson Draws Line in Sand over Defence
4. Canberra Joins Regional Missile Defence Study
5. Nuclear Power a Turn-Off: Flannery Changes Stance
6. Chagos Families Win Legal Battle
7. Australia Responds to Growing Humanitarian Emergency in Sri Lanka

Policy Forum 07-12A: Diaspora dilemmas: Australia and the Sri Lanka conflict - Sam de Silva

1. Iraq's Plea: Don't Cut and Run
2. East Timor Violence Erupts as Ramos Horta Sworn in as President
3. GNEP: Partner Plan Shares Benefits - and Risks
4. UN Mercenary Experts Call on Fiji to Regulate Private Security Activities
5. The Use of Force: Asymmetric War and the Ill-Chosen Battlefield

Briefing note: Illegal Fishing and Maritime Patrols in Northern Waters - Jane Mullett and Richard Tanter

1. Climate Threat in Military's Sights
2. Fresh Troops Lift Afghan Deployment to 1000
3. Bombs Blasting Afghan Hearts, Minds
4. Gang Violence in Dili a Week after Elections
5. Nelson Explains the Bee in his Bonnet about Hornets
6. Nuclear Veterans Plan Class Action
7. Evil Empire: Is Imperial Liquidation Possible for America?

Policy Forum 07-11A: Australia and Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia: From Hegemony to a Multilateral Security Mechanism? - Peter Van Ness

1. East Timor: Aussie Spy Planes Grounded after Crash
2. Defence Inquiry on Bombing in Iraq
3. East Timor: Balibo Five Let Down by Spy Slips
4. Indonesia's Defense System Must be Changed
5. Afghan Leaders Urge Taliban Truce
6. Warships in the Line of Fire
7. The New Nuclear Arms Race

Special report: Open Minds, Open Futures: How will Asia-Pacific Communities respond to Global Insecurity?

Special issue: Defence and Security Aspects of the Federal Budget 2007-08

1. Defence Department
2. Attorney-General Department - AFP, ASIO
3. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - ASIS
4. Prime Minister and Cabinet Department - ONA
5. Analysis and Comment
6. Foreign Aid up $3.2 Billion

1. Joint Patrols with Indonesia to Crack Down on Illegal Fishermen
2. East Timor Candidate Accuses Australians of Intimidation
3. Howitzers Pack $600m Punch
4. Another UN Group to Visit Fiji
5. Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah's Current Status
6. Uranium for India: Avoiding the Pitfalls
7. The Struggle over Iraqi Oil: Eyes Eternally on the Prize
8. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report

1. Billion-Dollar Windfall for Military
2. Jakarta Visit to Boost Fight against People Smugglers
3. Australia-Sri Lanka: Two Face Court over Terror Funds
4. PNG: Moti Affair Won't Be Resolved until Diplomacy Resumes
5. Australian Government Response to the Cole Report
6. Fiji Says It's Within Its Rights to Extend Emergency Regulations
7. Exclusive Interview: Blackwater USA's President Gary Jackson
8. Fraser Damns 'Inhumane' PM

1. The Time for Compromise over Iraq is Here
2. Indonesia-Australia: Downer's Holey Alliance Stirs a Cauldron of Dismay
3. PM Lays Path for Nuclear Future
4. Philippine Troops Launch Fresh Attacks on Muslim Militants
5. Indonesia-Singapore to Discuss Details about Defense Cooperation
6. PNG: National Alliance to Boost Army, Police
7. Still Struggling for Independence: Elections in Timor Leste

1. Customs Are All at Sea in our Uncharted Waters
2. Troops in Iraq under Fire for the Third Time
3. After Occupation: A Strategy for Iraq
4. Labor to Boost Defence Spend
5. Defence Backs Spanish Warship for $7bn Deal
6. Oil Search Looks to Exxon in PNG
7. Talks on EAGA-Northern Territory Trade Ties
8. TNI, Australian Armed Forces Agree to Enhance Cooperation
   

1. Diggers Securing Mideast Peace: Nelson
2. UK Troops in Iraq Hand Over Province
3. Iran, US take their fight to Afghanistan
4. Sergeant Who 'Threatened to Kill' Faces Timor Inquiry
5. Fiji: EU's Roadmap
6. Indonesia and Italy Sign Defense Agreement
7. ALP May Send Force to Darfur

1. Refugee Deal to Bring Cubans to Australia
2. First Additional Troops Arrive in Afghanistan
3. Fiji Administration Gazettes Suspension of Great Council of Chiefs
4. Fiji: Troops in Iraq Bring in $1.2m
5. Seasonal Workers Scheme Designed to Protect Pacific Workers in New Zealand
6. Howard Can Make History with Indian Alliance
7. Chinese Military Bases in Burma: The Explosion of a Myth

Austral Briefing Note: The Re-Discovery of Theories of Counter-Insurgency: New US Strategy in Iraq - Richard Tanter

1. Indonesia-China: China Looms Very Large
2. Delhi Missile Tests Have Neighbours Nervous
3. Indonesian Navy Foils Attempt to Smuggle Timber out of Papua
4. Afghanistan: Digging in all over again
5. S Korea to Withdraw Troops from Iraq
6. Tonga Extends Emergency Regulations
7. Moving Towards Sustainable Security

1. Afghanistan: High-Risk Mission for Troops
2. Elections: East Timor Run-off on 8 May
3. How to Get Out of Iraq
4. Iraq: A Conflict that Spares No One
5. Australia-Malaysia: Deal Signed to Combat People Smuggling
6. Weapons Theft Sparks Review
7. Bottomless Coffers Cost Army: Report
8. Summary for Policymakers, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

Austral Policy Forum 07-10A - Approaching the Benchmarks - William T Tow

1. Vital Vote for Torn East Timor
2. Joint Operation Prevents Indonesian Terror Attacks
3. Australian Army Reservists Leave for Solomons
4. Fiji: Forum Eminent Persons' Group Report
5. Fiji: Aussie Mine Accused of Abuse
6. Papua New Guinea - Australia Development Cooperation Strategy 2006-2010
7. Antarctica: Why Neglect a Territory That Is There Just for the Taking?

Austral Policy Forum 07-09A - Preview of the 2007 East Timor Presidential Elections - Helen Hill

1. Indonesia 'May Join Pacific Solution'
2. East Timor President Lambasts Ruling Party
3. Japan to Continue Support in Iraq
4. Rivals Say Seasprites are not so Super
5. Howard's U-turn on India
6. 'Axis of Democracy' Flexes its Military Muscles

1. White Paper: Nelson Calls for Update
2. Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with Malaysia
3. Drone Passes Coastwatch Trial
4. Indonesian Job Plan for Poachers
5. Beijing Dives into Indian Ocean
6. Philippines, Indonesia in Climate Crush

Austral Policy Forum 07-08A - The US - Australia Alliance: A Prospect of Change? - Coral Bell

1. Afghanistan: Troops Decision on Hold
2. Ramos Horta Wants UN to Stay Five Years in Timor
3. Indonesia: Truth Commission to Hear from Wiranto and Habibie
4. PNG: Coming ready or not, the Election that Australia is Really Sweating on
5. Iraq, Afghanistan: Two Different Struggles
6. RAAF Warns Crews on Moral Courage in War Missions
7. Japan, Australia and the Changing Security Order in Asia
8. Not the Time to Deal out Beijing

1. Iraq and the Broader Security Implications
2. Afghanistan: A Long Hot Summer
3. Election Year: A Turbulent Time for Apolitical Chiefs
4. Australia: Northern Warriors
5. Indonesian Navy Seizes Three Chinese Ships
6. East Timor Decides 2007
7. Hundreds of Papuans Demand Employment in Timika
8. HIV/AIDS: The looming Asia Pacific Pandemic
9. Getting the Basics Right: Water and Sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific

1. Howard in Mid-Air Scare over War-Torn Iraq
2. Iraq: Howard's Choice - When to Recall Troops
3. Age-old Conflict is a Long Haul
4. North Korea: Australian Aid for Kim's Compliance
5. Tonga Government Announces Further Extension of State of Emergency
6. Indonesia: Air Force to Install Radars in Remote Papua
7. Joint Strike Fighter: Progress Made and Challenges Remain
8. Japan-Australia: Security Deal A Significant Step For Two Aspiring Nations

1. Japan-Australia Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation
2. Joint Declaration: Pacific Allies to Enlist India
3. UN to Probe Diggers' Killing of Reinado Men
4. Police Corruption Probe Begins in PNG
5. Solomons Accepts High Commissioner
6. The Costs of America's Long War
7. Australia: Defence Chiefs Need Reining In

Austral Policy Forum 07-07A - The new security architecture: Binding Japan and Australia, containing China - Richard Tanter

1. Timor Forces Get More Power
2. Indonesia: Arrest Warrant Issued for Former Officer
3. Iraq: The Redirection
4. Iraq and Afghanistan Wars: Two Different Places
5. Riots in Vanuatu Lead to yet another State of Emergency in Pacific
6. US Report Slams Fiji over Human Rights
7. US Fighter to Fill Air Defence Gap
8. HIV/AIDS: The Looming Asia Pacific Pandemic

Austral Policy Forum 07-06A - Comfort Women: It's Time for the Truth (In the Ordinary, Everyday Sense of the Word) - Tessa Morris-Suzuki

1. East Timor: Reinado On Run, Four Dead in Same
2. Bush Faces Three Major Afghanistan Stumbling Blocks
3. China's Military Spending to Grow by 18%
4. Australia: The Importance of Defence
5. Abe Ignores Evidence, Say Australia's 'Comfort Women'
6. Australia's Thaksin Problem
7. Why Indonesia Matters

1. Trouble Brewing in East Timor Again?
2. Some 1,000 Soldiers Deployed along Indonesia-East Timor Border
3. East Timor: Balibo Inquest Keeps Lid on Old Spy Methods
4. China's Strategic Southeast Asian Embrace
5. Australia: Ships Come in $1bn over Defence Budget
6. Australia Faces Growing Submarine Threat
7. Nuclear: A Road Australia Has Travelled Already
8. Australia-Indonesia: Security Framework a Benchmark

Austral Policy Forum 07-05A - Military Links between Australia and Indonesia: An Amoral Assessment - Clinton Fernandes

1. Australia: Blitz on Illegal Fishing Will Fill Top End Jails
2. UN Security Council Extends Timor-Leste Mission
3. East Timor: Australian Bullet Kills Second Man
4. East Timor Parliament Ratifies Treaties with Australia
5. Solomon's PM Abandons Plans to Re-arm Police
6. Iraq: The Beginning of the End
7. Afghanistan: Brits to Send 1500 to Fight Taliban

1. Australian Special Forces May Return to Afghanistan
2. Howard to Increase Australian Training Force in Iraq
3. Australian Delegation to Reopen Ties with Pyongyang after Nuclear Pledge
4. Australia Implements UN Security Council Sanctions against Iran
5. Jakarta Criticised on Papua Rights
6. The Privatisation of Maritime Security in Southeast Asia
7. Can Southeast Asia Afford to Wait? Coping with Floods and Humanitarian Emergencies

1. Australia's PM Considers more Military Trainers for Iraq
2. Italy: Official Hits U.S. for Afghan Missive
3. US Troops Diverted to Afghanistan
4. Hand on Heart, Alliance Means Zip
5. The Generation Gap: Australia and the Super Hornet
6. Indonesia: Bilateral Ties with Partners and Neighbours
7. Tonga's Finance Minister meets Australian and NZ Officials Working with Joint Police Mission
8. Philippines Assigns More Troops against Abu Sayyaf

1. US Gets Military Base in Western Australia
2. Key Points of N. Korea Disarmament Deal
3. Indonesia Needs US Assistance to Secure Malacca Straits
4. East Timor: Ramos Horta Calls for More UN Help
5. ADF at Fault in Theft Probe: Keelty
6. Staticide in Iraq
7. Self-Determination in Oceania: New Roles for US, Japanese and Asian Power?
8. Australia and Turkey Sign Agreement on Counter-Terrorism

Austral Policy Forum 07-04A - Reflections on Solidarity with East Timor - Pat Walsh

1. Move to Remove Australian Influence in Solomons' Mission
2. America's Secret Air War in Iraq
3. Obama Blasts Howard on Iraq
4. Afghanistan: Tea and Talk Tactics to Charm the Taliban
5. On Shopping List: Fighter Jets with No Stealth
6. Indonesia: Military Top Brass Visit Outer Islands
7. Information about the Treaty between Australia and Timor-Leste in the Timor Sea
8. War Crime Risk for MPs in 'Retro' Case against Hicks

1. No Matter who's the Boss, BIN in Need of Reform
2. Alkatiri Cleared of Timor Assassin Squad Accusation
3. Newsman Shot after Surrendering: Balibo Witness
4. President Bush's FY 2008 Defense Budget Submission
5. Mercenaries are Second Largest Force in Iraq: UN official
6. Iraq, Bush and Australia
7. Afghanistan Receives Australian Police in Drug Fight
8. Cracks in Defence Let Criminals in: Security Report
9. Indonesia: Exclusive Bird Flu Deal a Setback to Control

Austral Policy Forum 07-03A - Guns for the Palace Guard in Honiara: We Should Worry - Philip Alpers

1. Defence Pact to Put Japanese Troops on Australian Soil
2. Indonesia Cuts Lose from Debtor Group
3. Papua Evacuees Encouraged to Return Home
4. Iraq Chaos Could Worsen
5. U.S. General Leads NATO Afghan Force
6. Navy Struggles to Fix Fault in Patrol Boats
7. Scorched Earth an Insecure Place
8. Remember the Bird Flu Threat? It Hasn't Gone Away

1. Jakarta Shops for Defence Ties as Relations Thaw
2. Hunger Threat for Papua Refugees
3. Indonesia to Declare Bird Flu a National Disaster
4. Solomons Confirms Reforming Disbanded Police Units
5. Memorandum of Understanding between Timor-Leste, the UN, and Australia
6. The Danger of Bush's Anti-Iran Fatwa
7. UK General Admits to Mistakes in Helmand
8. Nuclear Costs Low-Balled to Keep It in Energy Debate

Austral Policy Forum 07-02A: Background to the 2006 Fiji Military Coup - Rev Akuila Yabaki

1. Diggers to Target Filipino Terror
2. Australia, UN Sign Timor Security Pact
3. Study Radio Intercepts, Balibo Five Probe Told
4. Inquiry Unveils Corruption in PNG Defence Department
5. China Rising: The Next Global Superpower
6. Surge in Diggers' Disorder Claims
7. Shutdown of Reactor Will Take Decade
8. Australia and France Sign Treaty to Step Up the Fight against Illegal Fishing
9. Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of 17 Birds in Western Japan

1. Solomons PM Stands Firm on Arming Guards
2. Terrorists Open New Front in Indonesia
3. Indonesia: Drilling Likely Cause of Java Mud Flow: Study
4. Interim Fiji AG Wants Military to Use Public Order Act
5. Iraq: Analysts See a Chance for Maliki Success
6. Protecting Australia against Terrorism 2006
7. Row over Anti-Rocket Defence
8. Bird Flu: Risks, Laws and Rights

Austral Policy Forum 07-01A: National Security and the Failed State in Remote Australia - Michael C.Dillon

1. Canberra Tackles China on Space War
2. Pakistani Role Seen in Taliban Surge at Border
3. India's Rising Nuclear Hurdle
4. The United States in Iraq: the Case for Withdrawal
5. Timor-Leste's Rebel Leader Warns Australian Troops

1. Thousands of Papuans Displaced
2. China and Taiwan in the South Pacific
3. Over 34,000 Civilians Killed in Iraq in 2006, says UN Report
4. Australian Soldiers Fired On in Baghdad
5. Transforming the US Military: Implications for the Asia-Pacific
6. Australia and Japan near Deal on Security
7. Asia Steps Up Bird Flu Fight

1. For the First Time, a Real Blueprint for Peace in Iraq
2. Iraq: Australians 'Would Accept Troop Deaths'
3. Iraq: US Security Plan Focuses on Broader Region
4. Toothless Tiger ASEAN Hopes to Replace Polite Silence with a Roar
5. East Timor: Apology and Truth May Earn Amnesty
6. Snapped - One Fugitive, One Rocket Launcher
7. Olympic Dam Set for China Offensive