APSNet bulletins for 2008

Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Bulletin issues for 2008.

APSNet 1 December 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 30-Nov-2008 14:02

1. [Thailand] Yellow, Red Camps Bring Country Closer to the Brink; 2. Alarm Bells Ringing for China's Leadership; 3. Privatising the Fight against Somali Pirates; 4. Indonesia Treads Novel Path; 5. Aussies Keep Spy Files on Afghans; 6. Michael Fussell Named as Australian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan; 7. [India and Pakistan] Attacks Imperil Delicate U.S. Role between Rivals; 8. Policy Forum 08-13A: Climate Change and Security: The Time to Act is Now - Allan Behm.

APSNet 27 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 26-Nov-2008 16:13

1. Indonesia 'Crucial' In Weathering Climate Storm; 2. Miner Tied to Somali Pirates; 3. China's Secrecy 'Could Affect Region', Angus Houston Warns; 4. Asian Leaders Prefer To Broaden Existing Body: Woolcott; 5. Jakarta May Have to Seek IMF Aid; 6. US Aims to Boost Afghan Troop Surge; 7. Opium Trade Plagues War against Taliban; 8. Fitzgibbon in Dispute with UN over Rejected General; 9. PM Holds Tongue on Taliban Talks; 10. Nuclear War Threat to Grow By 2025; 11. [East Timor] Like There's No Tomorrow; 12. Defence Department is Facing More Delays over Boeing's Wedgetail Surveillance Aircraft.

APSNet 17 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 16-Nov-2008 15:05

1. Defence Department Defies Kevin Rudd on White Paper; 2. Australia and China to Speed up Free Trade Deal Talks; 3. Allies Form Plan to Divide and Conquer Taliban; 4. Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact with US; 5. East Timor Budget Ruled Unconstitutional; 6. India Concerned at Nuclear Weapons Falling in Wrong Hands; 7. We Don’t Need IMF: Indonesia; 8. Dengue Screening Begins in New Caledonia.

APSNet 13 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 12-Nov-2008 17:11

East Timor Talks Tough AWB Case Put On Hold Indefinitely Indonesia Defends Executions Secret Order Lets U.S. Raid Al Qaeda US Wants To Resume Nuke Testing To Retain Bomb Making Skills Nuclear Security in Pakistan after Musharraf US to Drop Mullah Omar from Blacklist Solomons Accepts Controversial Iranian Aid

APSNet 10 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 09-Nov-2008 17:15

1. Navy Chief Sinks Rudd Fears of Arms Race; 2. Australian Input into US War Strategy; 3. UN Vote: Rudd Breaks with Howard on Israel; 4. Indonesia: VP Denies Talk of Split between Mulyani, SBY; 5. Japan Eyes Own Early Warning Satellite; 6. Myanmar says Daewoo Will Continue Exploration; 7. Climate Change: Issues/Challenges Facing the Region; 8. China: What Sort of Great Power Will It Be?

APSNet 6 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 05-Nov-2008 15:46

1. It's Farewell To Our Great Friend Bush; 2. As China's Losses Mount, Confidence Turns to Fear - Officials Use Bailouts to Forestall Unrest; 3. David Petraeus Makes Pakistan a Priority; 4. Australia on Alert as Indonesia Set to Execute Bali Bombers; 5. Armed Conflicts Report 2008; 6. Amid the Financial Storm: Redirecting Climate Change; 7. Thousands Evacuate as Vietnam Capital Battles Flood; 8. Taking Obama Seriously.

APSNet 3 November 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 02-Nov-2008 15:27

1. Chief of the Defence Force Statement [on Afghanistan]; 2. Ramos Horta Ready to Torpedo Gas Pipeline to Darwin; 3. Ramos-Horta Calls for more Australian Aid; 4. Alexander Downer with No Real Clue about what's Going Down; 5. The Philippines: The Collapse of Peace in Mindanao; 6. Global Jigsaw: ASPI's Strategic Assessment 2008; 7. National Adaptation Research Plan (Human Health): Consultation Draft.

APSNet 30 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 29-Oct-2008 19:52

1. Defence Spending Reforms Nigh; 2. Afghans, Pakistanis Opt to Talk to Taliban Council Backs Dialogue with Insurgents; 3. Pakistan Summons US Ambassador Over Air Strikes; 4. Gates Calls for Modernization of US Nuclear Arsenal; 5. Taiwan's Retreat from Alms Race Good for Pacific; 6. West Papua: Inside Indonesia? 7. Australia Deserves a Voice in Reshaping the World; 8. Global Fund to Address Avian Influenza Remains in Deficit; Policy Forum 08-12A: Afghanistan: The Slim Possibility of Peace and the Probability of a Longer, Wider, More Dangerous War - Richard Tanter.

APSNet 27 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 26-Oct-2008 19:18

1. Intelligence Gaps Blamed For Fatal Afghan Gunfight; 2. Habib Says ASIO Linked To Torture; 3. The Seven-Year Stitch; 4. Afghans Sent Home to Die; 5. Pakistan Will Give Arms to Tribal Militias; 6. East Timor Tries To Buy Some Time; 7. The Thin Green Line Climate Change and Australian Policing.

APSNet 23 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 26-Oct-2008 14:09

1. Canberra Asked For Help on N Korea; 2. ADF East Timor Deployment to Reduce - A Positive Sign of Stability; 3. Defence Budget to Keep Its Increase; 4. Diggers Start New Role in Afghanistan; 5. Afghan Military Victory 'Unlikely'; 6. Meltdown Boosts PM's Asia Pacific Vision; 7. Five Arrested Over Foiled Indonesia Bomb Plot.

APSNet 20 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 19-Oct-2008 17:48

1. Climate Change Expert Worries Financial Crisis Will be 'Excuse' to Delay Action; 2. Several Thousand Papuans March for Independence; 3. Study Finds Decreased Public Support for RAMSI; 4. Security Beneath the Waves; 5. NATO Pessimism: The West Is at a Loss in Afghanistan; 6. China to Help Pakistan Build Two More Nuclear Power Plants; 7. Imperial Pretensions and the Financial Crunch.

APSNet 16 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 15-Oct-2008 18:58

1. Rudd Breaks Pledge on Iran; 2. Defence Spending Caught in the Crossfire; 3. Reversal of Fortune Leaves Kabul under Taliban's Thumb; 4. A Mad Scramble over Afghanistan; 5. Report Predicts Chronic Food Shortage in E Timor; 6. Mistrust Threatens a Hard-Won Peace; 7. Rise of the Rest: The Challenges of the New World Order; Policy Forum 08-11A: A Step towards Security Council Reform - John Langmore.

APSNet 13 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 12-Oct-2008 19:12

1. Diggers Work in Afghanistan Vital: Smith; 2. Fears of Unrest Swirl in Troubled East Timor; 3. East Timor Prosecutor Blames President over Trial Delay; 4. Wars without End; 5. Water Fiasco Looms for POM Naval Base; 6. PNG Govt Set to Toughen Gun Laws; 7. US Controls Bird Flu Vaccines over Bioweapon Fears.

APSNet 9 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 08-Oct-2008 18:22

1. Ex-envoy Counters Rudd on Arms Race; 2. New U.S. Intelligence Report Warns 'Victory' Not Certain in Iraq; 3. Fitzgibbon Echoes Frustrations over Afghanistan War; 4. Modest Objectives in War on Terror; 5. Germans Boost Afghan Role; 6. High Court Dismisses Fiji Coup Case; 7. Implications of Climate Change for Australian Fisheries and Aquaculture: A Preliminary Assessment.

APSNet 6 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 05-Oct-2008 17:57

Losing Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan; War on Taliban Cannot be Won, says Army Chief; ASNO: Nuclear Watchdog Feels the Heat over Russia Deal; Military Losing Edge: Combet; The War on Terror: Seven Years On (Pt 2); Rise of the Rest: The Challenges of the New World Order; PNG: Officers Back - But Not on the Beat.

APSNet 2 October 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 01-Oct-2008 18:57

1. Defence White Paper to Decide Future of Patrol Boat; 2. Diggers Nab another Taliban Insurgent; 3. British Envoy Says Mission in Afghanistan Is Doomed, According to Leaked Memo; 4. Japan Premier Aso Promises Terrorism Fight, Growth in UN Speech; 5. Timor Police Tensions Worry Authorities; 6. UN Told of Coup Cycle, Peacekeeping Link; 7. Iraq: Is This a 'Victory'? 8. US Senate Passes Indian Nuclear Deal; 9. Balancing Competitive Demands: A Contribution to the 2008 Defence White Paper Community Consultation Process.

APSNet 29 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 28-Sep-2008 20:12

1. Police Urged to Arrest East Timor Collaborator; 2. Navy Has Right to Fire at Illegal Fishing Boats; 3. Ambush in Papua: Lost in the Fog; 4. Afghanistan Slips under a Blind Eye; 5. Australia and the World: Public Opinion and Foreign Policy; 6. Air Force May Have to Forgo Hopes for Joint Strike Fighter; 7. Indonesia's Statement at 63rd UN General Assembly.

APSNet 25 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 24-Sep-2008 17:04

1. A second nuclear age; 2. Indonesia: Survey sees progress in graft fight; 3. U.N. Security Council Unanimously Approves Extension of NATO-Led Forces in Afghanistan; 4. Gates cautions against rapid US buildup in Afghanistan; 5. Projects group 'should split from Defence'; 6. Two Papuan asylum seekers return home; 7. Study Of Satellite Imagery Casts Doubt On Surge's Success In Baghdad.

APSNet 22 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 21-Sep-2008 18:50

1. RI, Australia to Co-Produce Weaponry; 2. Afghan Civilian Deaths: Joint Inquiry Ordered; 3. Human Rights Watch Raises Renewed Concerns over Abuse by PNG Police; 4. Foreign Troops Needed in East Timor for at Least another Year: PM; 5. Afghanistan Opium: A Growing Concern; 6. Pakistan: the New Frontline; 7. Second Khushab Plutonium Production Reactor Nears Completion; 8. Pacific Islands: Beyond Good Governance.

APSNet 18 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 17-Sep-2008 19:43

1. Ties with Russia at turning point: Rudd; 2. Base Deal in New Caledonia; 3. Defence to Move to Countering Terror: Robert McClelland; 4. When War Criminals Hide Out in the Open; 5. Tomgram: Tariq Ali, Has the U.S. Invasion of Pakistan Begun? 6. NATO Tries To Reduce Afghan Casualties; 7. Is It Really Too Dangerous To Downgrade The Terrorist Threat?

APSNet 15 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 14-Sep-2008 20:06

1. Santos Stuck in Mudflow Controversy; 2. Outcry in Indonesia over Australian Treatment of Fishermen; 3. $151m Planes a 'Disaster'; 4. Remote Australia on the Verge of a 'Failed State'; 5. Improving Development and Respecting Sovereignty: Australia and Papua New Guinea; 6. Restraining Nuclear Arms in the Asian Century: an Agenda for Australia; 7. Asia's Arms No Cause for Alarm; 8. How We're Helping the Philippines in its Dirty War.

APSNet 11 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 11-Sep-2008 19:01

1. Special Forces May Get Infantry Combat Support in Afghanistan; 2. Australia PM Rudd Flags Arms Build-Up; 3. Heat on Russian Uranium Deal; 4. Nuclear Security: What Else Can Australia Do? 5. Bush Sends More Troops to Afghanistan; 6. Norwegian Govt Fund Blacklists Rio Tinto; Policy Forum: Pakistan, the Taliban and Australia - Christopher Snedden.

APSNet 8 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 11-Sep-2008 19:04

More Diggers Wanted for Afghanistan; U.S. and Pakistan Meet Secretly to Discuss Border Violence; India Uranium Sales Ban Stays; Former Envoy Says We Can Do More on Nuclear Disarmament; Tread Warily Near a Swaggering Bear; Spy Case Note Gone; Younger Australians Wary of 'US Meddling'; Muslim Unrest in Philippines May Spread to Neighbours: Analysts.

APSNet 4 September 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 07-Sep-2008 18:07

Diggers Locked into Bitter Conflict with No Boundaries; Australian Defence Budget Surges to World's 13th Largest; Putin's Ultimatum to Rudd; Dili Investigator Called to Canberra as Evidence of Execution Mounts; The Maritime Self-Defence Force Mission in the Indian Ocean: Afghanistan, NATO and Japan's Political Impasse; Secret Memo Outlines U.S. Restrictions on Nuclear Deal with India; There's a Storm Bigger than Terrorism and Only We Can Save Ourselves; People Trafficking: an Update on Australia's Response.

APSNet 1 September 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 31-Aug-2008 18:54

1. Top-Level Shake-Up to Bolster National Security; 2. Diggers Repel Taliban Attacks while Building Bridges in Record Time; 3. Soldiers Cleared of Beating Claim; 4. ADF Capability Review: C4ISR (EW); 5. Afghanistan: On the Cliff-Edge; Policy Forum: Satellites, Citizens and Secrets: R v Law & Others - Russell Goldflam

APSNet 28 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 27-Aug-2008 19:51

1. New Army Chief Flags Shake-Up to Fight Modern War; 2. 'Too Few' Troops Confront Taliban; 3. Afghan Government Obliges NATO to Get Clearance for Air Strikes; 4. Public Opinion in Australia towards Defence, Security and Terrorism; 5. Greenhouse Cops Needed On Planetary Beat; 6. ASEAN Agrees Region to Have Nuclear Power Plants; 7. Pakistan’s Political Turmoil: Musharraf and Beyond; 8. China Civil Society Report: Mass Incidents in China.

APSNet 25 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 24-Aug-2008 18:59

1. UN Report says Timor at Human Rights Crossroads; 2. Rudd Remains Firm on E Timor Guest Workers; 3. Guest Worker Policy to Spread to East Timor; 4. Menace of the Growing Red Fleet; 5. Debating China's Future; 6. Can I Say, Kevin, it's not your Best Shot; 7. Asia Could See Growing WMD Threat, Expert Warns; 8. Our Turn to be Heard on Arms Spending.

APSNet 21 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 20-Aug-2008 19:47

1. Seasonal Workers for Australia; 2. Pacific Forum Warns Fiji of Suspension; 3. Science Doesn't Back Ramos Horta Story; 4. Diggers Play Role in Taliban Leader's Death; 5. Securing Australia's Maritime Domain; 6. Philippine Peace Process in Disarray.

APSNet 18 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 17-Aug-2008 18:57

1. Schemes to Import Seasonal Workers Labour under a History of Exploitation; 2. Philippines: Displaced Villagers in Mindanao Begin to Return Home; 3. British Troops Will Be Pulled Out of Iraq 'by May'; 4. Questions Linger about India's Safeguards; 5. Minister of Research and Technology: Nuclear Power Plant to be Built on the Banten Coast; 6. Nursing a Nuclear Test Hangover; 7. Indonesia Linked to Teacher Deaths.

APSNet 14 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Aug-2008 19:26

1. Free Trade Talks to Start With South Korea; 2. Singapore, Australia Ink Defense Cooperation Pact; 3. Smith Throws down Trade Gauntlet; 4. Autopsy Doubt on East Timor Rebel Alfredo Reinado; 5. Rice and Circus in East Timor; 6. 'Sovereignty' that Risks Global Health; 7. Policy Forum: Australia and South Korea: New Governments…New Opportunities?

APSNet 11 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 10-Aug-2008 19:48

1. Papuans Want to Return: Jakarta; 2. Taliban Linchpin Taken Out; 3. Taliban Attacks Rise in Region where Diggers Based; 4. Report Highlights Problems with Timor Police; 5. Nelson under Fire on Army Truck Bungle; 6. Great Deal at Stake in Rudd's Seoul Visit; 7. Government Takes Hard Line against Torture; 8. Trafficking: the First Breakthrough; Policy Forum: The Human Rights Olympics: Beijing 2008 and China’s Security Dilemma.

APSNet 7 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 06-Aug-2008 19:35

1. Clutches of a Dictatorship; 2. Indonesian Meeting Focuses On Border Security Enhancement; 3. Gangster Nets Key Dili Project; 4. Chinese Nuclear Forces 2008; 5. US Official Says Malaysia Ready for Nuclear Energy; 6. Charter Will End Ethnic Dominance; 7. Indonesia Ignoring Cholera Outbreak; 8. Fertile Ground for Population Panic.

APSNet 4 August 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 03-Aug-2008 20:06

1. Canberra Approves US-India Nuke Pact; 2. This Is Our War: Pakistan Unlikely to Accept Advisers; 3. Rudd's Subtle Israel Shift; 4. Work Lifeline for East Timor; 5. Darwin Beats Timor for LNG Plant; 6. Blame Shifts off Indonesia for Trashing our Shores; 7. Britain Admits Dangers of 1950s Nuclear Tests; 8. Senate Committee Recommends White Paper on Peacekeeping.

APSNet 31 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 31-Jul-2008 15:56

1. Haneef Was Not a Threat: ASIO; 2. Detention Rules Change Welcomed; 3. On Al Qaeda, Good News and Bad News; 4. Torres Strait Islanders Welcome NT Coast Rights Ruling; 5. Iran Backs Rudd's Plan to End Spread of Nuclear Weapons; 6. Iran, Indonesia Keen to Expand Ties; 7. So What? Matching Policy to Australian Interests in West Asia.

APSNet 28 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 27-Jul-2008 20:07

1. Soldier's Rescue Not Botched: ADF; 2. Private Contractors' Role in Afghanistan to Grow with Awarding of Latest Contracts; 3. Civil Discontent Growing over Alleged PNG Corruption; 4. Solomons Parliament Passes RAMSI Review Motion; 5. Pakistan: Nuke Deal to Spark Arms Race; 6. Is the ASEAN Charter Necessary? 7. The South China Sea Hydra.

APSNet 24 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 23-Jul-2008 19:36

1. Blow to Rudd's Asia Plan; 2. Offer to Help Fight Terror in Pakistan; 3. Rules Protecting Civilians Hamper Airstrikes in Afghanistan, Military Says; 4. We're in Iraq for Long Haul: Labor; 5. Iran: The Threat; 6. Bribery Claims Cast Cloud over Nuclear 'Yes' Vote; 7. Interview - Indonesia Millers Fret over Australia Wheat Supply.

APSNet 21 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 23-Jul-2008 19:46

1. Police in Raids over E Timor Shootings; 2. Australia and United States Defence Satellite Communications Cooperation at Geraldton; 3. Stifling Soldiers of Spin; 4. US Looks to Boost Troop Numbers; 5. Japan: Govt Drops Plan to Send SDF Troops to Afghanistan; 6. Coalition Warships Seize 30 Tonnes of Afghan Drugs; 7. TNI Responsible For East Timor Mayhem: Chief.

APSNet 17 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 16-Jul-2008 19:52

1. Fitzgibbon Calls for Afghan Surge; 2. Australia Better off out of Iraq - Joel Fitzgibbon; 3. Fitzgibbon Backs US Link; 4. Indonesia 'Regrets' Timor Atrocities; 5. Black Hawk Crash Inevitable, Says Inquiry; 6. South Korean Defence Minister to Promote Arms Deals in Turkey, Indonesia; 7. Taking on the Tyrants.

APSNet 14 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Jul-2008 19:39

1. Afghanistan More Unstable; 2. US Eyes Swifter Iraq Withdrawal; 3. Malaysia, Australia Offer Peacekeeping Training to Regional Armies; 4. Rudd on Right Track despite Rebuff; 5. Tanks Flawed, Army Admits; 6. PNG: Border Incursion; 7. India's Uranium Deal Threatens Nuclear Headache for Australia; 8. Briefing Note: Commission of Truth and Friendship – Indonesia-Timor Leste.

APSNet 10 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 09-Jul-2008 19:27

1. Military Exercises in East Timor under Fire; 2. Taliban Conflict 'Cannot be Won' in Afghanistan; 3. Iraq Raises Idea of Timetable for US Withdrawal; 4. Nuclear Disarmament and Its Limits; 5. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Tough Stance on Sect Illustrates Influence of Muslim Hardliners; 6. China, India Snub World on Targets; 7. Policy Forum: US Chemical and Biological Warfare Tests in the Pacific - and Australia?

APSNet 7 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 09-Jul-2008 17:26

1. US 'Planned to Test Nerve Gas on Diggers'; 2. How to Sound Convincing When No-one Will Listen; 3. When Australia Had a Bombshell for US; 4. Treasury Warns on Military Spending; 5. Call to Submerge Our Naval Force; 6. Indonesia Seeks to Shut Navy Lab Researching Avian Flu; 7. Garnaut Calls for Urgent Climate Action.

APSNet 3 July 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 02-Jul-2008 18:54

1. Defence to Act on Black Hawk Inquiry; 2. Iraq Sues AWB over Oil-For-Food Bribery Scandal; 3. US Praises Nuclear Treaty, Silent on Rudd Plan; 4. NNSA Trains Southeast Asian Nations in Nuclear Safeguards; 5. War in Philippines 'More Likely Than Not'; 6. Timorese Look to Life after Horta; 7. House to Pass W. Papua Autonomy Bill.

APSNet 30 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 29-Jun-2008 21:28

1. Why War in Asia Remains Thinkable; 2. Nuclear Power Bombs in Rudd's Climate Change Options; 3. Questioning Australia's Beowulf Option; 4. RDTL Doubles Budget in Mid-Year; 5. Not Diplomatic: Did Ramos Horta Botch His Bid for UN Job? 6. Australia, US and Japan to Forge Disaster Taskforce; 7. Afghan Situation Worsening, UN Relief Chief Says, Urging New Approach; 8. Curtin Call an Excellent Debut.

APSNet 26 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 02-Jul-2008 20:16

1. Australia Signs on to Truce on Whaling; 2. Afghan Casualties Spook US Generals; 3. Neighbourhood Watch: The Evolving Terrorist Threat in Southeast Asia; 4. Indonesian Defense Ministry Offers Some Options on Budget Cuts; 5. Global Warming to Hit Security: Report; 6. Pacific Appeals to Fiji to let Peters in; 7. Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce: Final Report to Government.

APSNet 23 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 22-Jun-2008 19:32

1. Time to Bridge Deep Divide; 2. Hearts and Minds Not Won; 3. Counter-Terrorism Force Set for Pakistan; 4. Last Wave of Diggers Returns from Iraq; 5. Will the US Surrender the Nuclear First-Use Option? 6. Indon Military Chief Arrested for Murder.

APSNet 19 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 18-Jun-2008 19:52

1. 5 ASEAN Nations Set to Pursue Nuclear Plan; 2. East Timor's Unready Police; 3. Local Forces to Pave the Way to Victory; 4. 230 More British Troops to Be Sent to Afghanistan, Browne Announces; 5. Indonesia, the Ahmadiyya and Radical Islam; 6. Indonesia: Communal Tensions in Papua; 7. Indonesian Military Chief Admits Lack of Weapons for Military Exercises; 8. Migration and Climate Change.

APSNet 16 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 15-Jun-2008 20:02

1. Revealed: Our Spy Targets; 2. Australia Pledges $250 Million in Further Assistance for Afghanistan; 3. Nuke Waste Dump Site Will Be Based on Science: Rudd; 4. High-Seas Tuna Stakes for Pacific Minnows; 5. ETAN Protests Promotion of New Kopassus Commander.

APSNet 12 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 11-Jun-2008 20:41

1. Australia Reviews Asylum Detention Policy; 2. New Push for Nuclear Waste Dump; 3. Pirates Attack Broome-Bound Cattle Carrier; 4. A Gentle Test of Rudd's Foreign Credentials; 5. Our War Is Not over Yet; 6. Diggers to Join UN Mission in Darfur; 7. Seoul, Jakarta to Hold First Military Dialogue; 8. Briefing Note: Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Commission.

APSNet 5 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 05-Jun-2008 12:31

1. Rudd's Grand Vision for Asia-Pacific; 2. Troops Overstretched, Says Minister; 3. ‘Key Questions for Defence in the 21st Century’, a Defence Policy Discussion Paper; 4. Wideband Global Satellite Communications Capability Obtained, Greg Combet; 5. Western Forces to Blame for Rising Violence: Karzai; 6. Vietnam Sets Nuclear Pace in Southeast Asia; 7. Australia's Security and Prosperity in a Rapidly Changing Region and World.

APSNet 2 June 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 01-Jun-2008 20:34

1. Cessation of ADF Operations in Southern Iraq; 2. Australia Joins Allies in Bid to Ban Cluster Bombs; 3. Indonesian Bid to End Emissions Stand-Off; 4. As Papua New Guinea Pushes for Payments for Forest Conservation, New Analysis Says Nation May Be Running Out of Forests to Protect; 5. Elders Want Answers over Nuclear Waste Dump Location; 6. Labor Softens on Uranium Sales to India; 7. Closing the Gap: Building Capacity in Pacific Fisheries Governance and Institutions.

APSNet 29 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 28-May-2008 19:26

1. US Ignored Canberra over Habib; 2. Australia Links Organised Crime to Illegal Fishing; 3. Some Truth in Indonesian Lion’s Tale; 4. Britain Favours Talking to Taliban; 5. Indonesia Pulls out of OPEC; 6. China's Domestic Nuclear Plans Damp Export Dreams.

APSNet 26 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 25-May-2008 19:48

1. Australia Baulks at Cluster Bomb Ban; 2. Why the Gulf Matters: Crafting an Australian Security Policy for the Gulf; 3. UAV Tested For Patrols over Northern Waters; 4. Human Security Brief 2007; 5. LAPAN Successfully Launches Experimental Rocket; 6. NATO Cautions on Pakistan Militant Peace Deals; 7. Politics and State Building in Solomon Islands.

APSNet 22 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 21-May-2008 19:57

1. Workers for All Seasons? Issues from New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program; 2. Diggers Launch Strike on Taliban in Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province; 3. Taliban Crank up Recruiting Drive for Young Men in Afghan Villages; 4. Pacific Means Business and Bans High Seas Tuna Fishing: Greenpeace; 5. Papua New Guinea Border Officers Reliant on Indonesian Facilities; 6. Diet OK's Military Use of Space / Law Marks Shift Toward Space Strategy; 7. India to Part with Flu Data Only if It Gets Cheap Vaccines.

APSNet 19 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 18-May-2008 19:48

1. Lack of Spending Drill Costs Us Dearly; 2. Australian Minister Touts Pacific Guest Worker Scheme; 3. Afghanistan: Lore and Peace; 4. Minister: Indonesian Military Focuses on Disasters; 5. East Timor Signs Military Pact; 6. The Philippines: Counter-Insurgency vs. Counter-Terrorism in Mindanao; 7. Agent Orange Cancer Inquiry;

APSNet 15 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 14-May-2008 20:07

Facing Up to Our Responsibilities; Troops Home and a Refuge for Some; AusAid Meddling, Says Fiji; How Much Will the Joint Strike Fighter Cost Australia? UN on Defensive over Controversial E Timor Appointment; Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared; Briefing Note: Defence and Security Aspects of the Federal Budget 2008-2009.

APSNet 12 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 11-May-2008 19:40

Inquiries into Abuse Claims by Taliban; Inquiry Findings into 2007 Incidents in Afghanistan; Sikua: RAMSI Should Stay in Solomons for Decade; Top Diplomat in Fiji Gets Death Threats; Pakistan Seeks Spy Planes from Australia; Greenpeace Calls for End of Trans-shipment at Sea; Will Australia Help North Korea?

APSNet 8 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 08-May-2008 13:48

1. Defence Review to Drive down Costs; 2. ADF Capability Review: Australian Army; 3. Pentagon Considers Adding Forces in Afghanistan; 4. [Indonesia] Govt to Shoot Fish Poachers; 5. Taking a Punch: Building a More Resilient Australia; 6. Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Climate Change Victims; 7. [PNG] Northern Exposure; 8. NZ Undoes $1m Whale Case against Japan.

APSNet 5 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 04-May-2008 19:15

1. Prisoners 'Handed to Torturers'; 2. Why Are Australian Troops in Afghanistan? 3. Rudd Seems to be Shying away from Necessary Battles over Defence; 4. Report: The limits of RAMSI; 5. Fretilin Poised as Gusmao Isolated; 6. Reporters 'Being Intimidated in Fiji'; 7. Illegal Fishing in TSI Threatens Sea Cucumbers: Burke; 8. Nautilus Australia Briefing Books - updated pages.

APSNet 1 May 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 30-Apr-2008 19:56

1. Australia Acknowledges need for an Nuclear Weapons Convention; 2. UN Has Torture Questions for Rudd; 3. Military Planners Face Crunch Time; 4. Insurgents Take Troops by Sandstorm; 5. Sabre-Rattling Will Draw Near With Globalisation; 6. Timor Leste, Indonesia to Complete Border Issues; 7. The Cost of Crime in East Timor; 8. Policy Forum 08-05A: Elections in Tonga Re-Affirm Call for Change - Nic Maclellan.

APSNet 28 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 01-May-2008 15:21

1. More Afghanistan Deaths Likely: Rudd; 2. Dutch Still Divided on Afghanistan Mission; 3. Australian Troops in Timor-Leste Return to Pre-11 February 2008 Levels; 4. Malaysia to Withdraw Peacekeepers from Mindanao; 5. Solomons PM Handed Honiara Riots Report; 6. Joint Strike Fighter RAAF's Choice; 7. Report to Be Tabled of Torture in Indonesia’s Restive Areas; 8. Nautilus Australia Briefing Books - updated pages.

APSNet 24 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 23-Apr-2008 20:24

1. Shake Up of $100bn Defence Spend; 2. The New Defence White Paper: Why We Need It and What It Needs to Do; 3. Jakarta Backs Court's Decision to Outlaw Jemaah Islamiah; 4. The Peace Dividend; 5. Timor Border Hard to Patrol: Indonesia; 6. Alarm As E Timor Criminals Pardoned; 7. New Jobs Set for 2 Generals with Iraq Role; 8. First We Must Explore, then Exploit; 9. Indonesia and East Timor: Against Impunity, for Justice - Clinton Fernandes: Austral Policy Forum 08-04A.

APSNet 21 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 20-Apr-2008 20:41

1. Repression Wins No Fans; 2. Pullout from Iraq Delayed; 3. Indonesia Arrests E Timor Rebels; 4. Assessing the Overall Security Situation in Afghanistan; 5. Playing the Power Game; 6. The Illegal Trade in Timber and Timber Products in the Asia-Pacific Region; 7. The Top 20 Arms Importers, 2003-2007.

APSNet 17 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 16-Apr-2008 19:21

1. Aussie Oilers Chase Iraq Contracts; 2. NATO, Australia and the Future Partnership; 3. Sale to Timor Downplayed; 4. Australian State Supports ETimor Worker Plan; 5. AFP Releases Street Review; 6. Indonesia Arrests Two JI Members; 7. World's New Crisis: Soaring Food Prices.

APSNet 14 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:58

1. Defence Deal for Controversial Firm; 2. Defence White Paper Puts Business in the Front Line; 3. Canberra Mute as Timor Accused Walk Free; 4. Lift Your Game, PM Tells Pakistan; 5. British, Russian Support May Not Save Ambitious Nuclear Power Club; 6. Navy Nets Biggest Illegal Fishing Haul; 7. Australia's Future in the World.

APSNet 10 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Nuclear Power in Southeast Asia: Implications for Australia and Non-Proliferation; 2. Australian Sanctuary for 100 Iraqis in Peril; 3. Rudd Confronts China on Human Rights; 4. Rudd's Opium Campaign 'Risks HIV Plague'; 5. UN Slams 'Basket-Case' Timorese Police Force; 6. West Papuan Leaders Meet in Vanuatu; 7. Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq; 8. Malaria, Floods, Malnutrition to Increase with Global Warming, WHO Says.

APSNet 7 April 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Apology after Raid on Enemy of Taliban; 2. PM Frustrated Over Lack of NATO Self-Scrutiny; 3. East Timor to Use Force Against Rebels - Army; 4. Jakarta Judges Clear Ex-Militia Leader over Timor Carnage; 5. Foreign NGOs Evacuated Over Protest; 6. Iraq Pullout Could Spark Genocide; 7. Trade Holds Trees to Ransom

APSNet 3 April 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Star Wars: the Next Episode; 2. Australia's Nuclear Dilemma: Dependence, Deterrence or Denial?; 3. Labor Resurrects Howard's Uranium Plan; 4. Australia Accused of Helping Spark Fiji Coup; 5. Rudd Backs Asia-Pacific Security Forum; 6. NATO Seeks to Rewrite Afghan Script; 7. Indonesia: Former East Timor Refugees Demand Govt Attention; 8. How Soon Can Donors Exit From Post-Conflict States?

APSNet 31 March 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Rudd Calls a Halt to Go-It-Alone; 2. Let's Open Our Doors and Be Neighbourly to the Island Nations; 3. Defence Beefs Up Ties with Jakarta; 4. Questionable Peace if Taliban are Part of It; 5. Defence Chief Urges Pressure on Pakistan; 6. Pacific Countries Involved in Military Exercise; 7. Aid Groups Suggest Timor Enforces Law; 8. Wisai Raid Leaves 4 Dead.

APSNet 27 March 2008 — by Peter Batchelor — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Defence Must Arm up for 'Asian Threat'; 2. Chinese Engagement is a Two-Way Street; 3. Promises, Promises: Worryingly, the Government's Cuts to the Defence Budget Came Without Warning; 4. No Extra Troops for Afghanistan, Minister Insists; 5. Indonesia to Build Two Naval Bases in East Nusa Tenggara; 6. Reinado 'Had Four Timor Targets'; 7. Afghanistan: Wrong Track on Opium.

APSNet 20 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. New Top Brass for Military; 2. Australian Role in Anti-Terrorism Drive; 3. ALP to Stick with Super Hornet Buy; 4. Australia and the South Pacific: Rising to the Challenge; 5. Gangster's Role Queried in Timor Attacks; 6. Rubin: Points on an Integrated Strategy for Afghanistan; 7. No Reason for Rudd to Take Japan Out of the Equation; 8. Bird Flu Situation in Indonesia Critical.

APSNet 17 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Rudd Urges China Restraint; 2. Australian Defense Minister Backs U.S.'s Afghanistan Timetable; 3. Downer Denied Indian Scientists Visas; 4. Harsh Spotlight on Timor Forces; 5. Philippines: US, Australian Agents to Grill 3 Suspected Terrorists; 6. UN Bid to Mend Fences with Canberra; 7. Climate Change May Spark Conflict with Russia, EU Told.

APSNet 13 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Audit Shoots Holes in F-35 Costings; 2. Afghan Heroin Hits Melbourne Streets; 3. Deal Struck With PNG on Carbon Trading; 4. Dutch See Civilians Role in Afghanistan; 5. 'Dum-Dum' Bullets Nearly Cost Ramos Horta His Life, but He Grieves for Attacker; 6. UN Resolution against Iran Was Illegal: Indonesian President; 7. Cut Off Gas Supplies to S'pore? Indonesia Denies Remark.

APSNet 6 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. $1.3b Helicopter Project Dumped; 2. Papua New Guinea Indicates it Would Welcome Australian Police on its Streets; 3. HIV Fears over PNG Border Breaches; 4. Indonesia Cancels Russian Arms Contract; 5. Cautionary Tale for Foreigners; 6. Afghanistan: Taliban Destroy Cell Towers.

APSNet 3 March 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Wildly Overpriced, Totally Unsuitable; 2. Australia to Fight Messy Wars: Expert; 3. Rudds $450m Pacific Islands Package; 4. Papua People’s Assembly Opposes Plans for New Province in its Region; 5. ADF to Fight Iraqi Lawsuit; 6. Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and the Good War; 7. Locals Reject Nuclear Project on Mount Muria.

APSNet 28 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. US to Sell Six F-16 Fighter Jets to Indonesia; 2. The Intelligence Reform Agenda: What Next? 3. Defence: Operating Budget Takes 5pc Cut; 4. NATO Confronts Surprisingly Fierce Taliban; 5. Taliban Threaten Mobile Phone Towers; 6. Indonesia: Nuclear Opponents Terrorised; 7. Timor Journo 'Beaten' by Police; 8. Drugs, Vice Mobsters Get Foothold in East Timor.

APSNet 25 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Solomons Exit a Step Closer; 2. Federal Officers to Assist Afghan Police; 3. Labor in Backflip on Missile Defence Shield; 4. Protesters Cleared for Entering Spy Base ; 5. Quadrilateral Dialogue.

APSNet 21 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

In Search of Smart Power; Australia Says Job is Done for Soldiers in Iraq; Defence Chief Concedes New Peril for Soldiers in Afghan Units; E Timor Military Pulls Out of Rebel Hunt: Commander; Indonesian Minister Accuses West of 'Exploiting' Bird Flu; No Light Touch for Heavy Industry: Garnaut; Austral Policy Forum 08-03A: Malaysia's Dilemma - David Martin Jones.

APSNet 18 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Australia 'Let Down' Timor; 2. Aussie Troops to Do More in Afghanistan; 3. Axe Falls on $1Bn Choppers; 4. Australia to Consider Seasonal Worker Plan; 5. World Wide Webs: Diasporas and the International System; 6. An Uncertain Future: Law Enforcement, National Security and Climate Change; 7. Austral Policy Forum 08-02A: Major Alfredo Alves Reinado: Cycles of Torture, Pain, Violence - Sara Niner.

APSNet 14 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. PM's Defence Dilemma; 2. Searching for Australia's Role in Timor; 3. Australian Troops Criticised over Attacks; 4. Aust/US Military: Importance of Collaboration in Counter Terrorism; 5. Defeat a 'Real Possibility' in Afghanistan; 6. Iraq: When Should US Troops Leave? 7. Southeast Asia’s Looming Nuclear Power Industry.

APSNet 11 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. East Timor: Ramos-Horta Stable after Shooting; 2. Minister Delivers NATO Ultimatum; 3. Australia Set to Stay in Nuclear Club; 4. Thailand: Business Leaders Back Nuclear Energy; 5. French Polynesia: Nuclear Test Veterans Are Still Battling; 6. Chinook Detachment Returns to Afghanistan; 7. A Mission Impossible; 8. Policy Forum 08-1A: East Timor: The Crisis Beyond the Coup Attempt - Richard Tanter.

APSNet 7 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Japan Jittery Over Closer Ties between Australia and China; 2. Australia Condemns Taiwan UN Vote; 3. Aussies Outstay Their East Timor Welcome; 4. Minister to Deliver Warning to NATO; 5. Indonesia and Singapore’s Defense Cooperation Agreement Cancelled; 6. Tough TB Strain 'Could Reach Qld Shores'.

APSNet 4 February 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Timor-Leste: A State of Insecurity; 2. The Nation Builder; 3. RI Nuclear Plan Needs Further Study, Gus Dur; 4. In Iraq, Three Wars Engage U.S. - Shiite Extremists Pose Greatest Challenge, Military Officials Say; 5. Germany Rejects Southern Afghanistan Troop Request; 6. Keeping Our Heads below Water: Australia's Future Submarine; 7. Standing on Secret Ground.

APSNet 31 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Defence Chief Baulks at More Diggers for Afghanistan; 2. Billion Dollar Blowouts; 3. Solomons Mission 'Bogged for Years'; 4. Downer Discusses Suharto's Role in the Region; 5. Safeguarding Iraqi Oil a Vital Task; 6. Tortured in Thailand; 7. Indonesia's 100th Bird Flu Death Shows Disease Out of Control: Experts; 8. China, East Timor Sign Cooperation Accord

APSNet 24 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

1. Foreign Minister to Visit US and Japan; 2. Putting Diplomacy to the Test; 3. Whalers Refuse to Accept Injunction; 4. Muhammadiyah: Thai Govt Should Use Soft Power in Dealing with the South; 5. North Korea to Close its Embassy in Australia to Save Costs, Diplomat Says; 6. Indonesia's Ailing Suharto Eludes Court; 7. Further UN Support Crucial in Timor-Leste; 8. Climate Change: Marshalling Asia to Act

APSNet 21 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

Rudd to Shake Up National Security; Report Warns E Timor Could Relapse Into Unrest; Diggers 'Let Down' Dutch Allies in Deadly Battle with Taliban; Frontier Insurgency Spills into a Pakistani City; Brisbane - Australia's 'Counter-Terror Hub'; Labour Closes Door for Unskilled Workers; PNG: Moran Landowners Give Govt 48 Hours.

APSNet 17 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

People Smuggler Blocks to Continue, Says Minister; The 'War on Terror' Moves East; Solomons Wants Bigger Role in RAMSI; RI, China to Conduct Joint Military Training; Indonesia, Iran to Cooperate on Bird Flu, HIV/AIDS Research; Peace Hopes Fade in S Philippines; Aussie Jobs 'Could Aid' East Timorese;

APSNet 14 January 2008 — by Jonathan O'Donnell — last modified 13-Apr-2008 19:33

Australia to Review Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet Purchase; Iraq Pullout Talks Under Way; Deaths in Iraq; Australia Tracks Japan Whalers; Building a Real Rapport with Pacific Islanders; The Pakistan-Afghanistan Abyss; Japan PM Forces Naval Bill Approval.