Archives

• DETERRENCE: Assessing the undersea balance between the U.S. and China
• DPRK: S. Korea, U.S. set for defense ministerial talks
• ENERGY SECURITY: China nuclear report acknowledges safety concerns
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Doubts cast over Japan nuclear phase-out
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Informing climate adaptation: a review of the economic costs of natural disasters, their determinants, and risk reduction options

See this week’s blog from our Energy Security contributor, Nikhil Desai.

• DETERRENCE: An interview with Carl Kaysen
• DPRK: 2012 Global Hunger Index background facts and key findings
• ENERGY SECURITY: Tepco finally admits nuke crisis avoidable – Utility feared vital safety steps would hurt image
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Presidential hopefuls urge Asian détente
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Drying up – what to do about droughts in the People’s Republic of China
• AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: China choice: Thai parallels for Australia

• DETERRENCE: Teikovo division gets full arsenal of new missile systems
• DPRK: North Korea says its missile can reach US
• ENERGY SECURITY: USA: are natural gas and liberalised energy markets challenging nuclear’s future?
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Nuclear-talk envoys in ‘casual meeting’
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Adapting climate change – Is the UK preparing for flooding and water scarcity?
• CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY: Climate change and energy security as military issues

• DETERRENCE: The B61 bomb: A case study in costs and needs
• DPRK: North and South Korea ‘on the verge of nuclear war’
• ENERGY SECURITY: Just 50 months to tackle climate change
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: East Asian territorial disputes being brought up at UN
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Resilience in practice, programme briefing paper
• AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: New Zealand after Panetta: Australia’s prodigal brother

• DETERRENCE: Aging U.S. nuclear arsenal slated for costly and long-delayed modernization
• DPRK: Pyongyang politicians go home empty- handed
• ENERGY SECURITY: Low hanging fruit: fossil fuel subsidies, climate finance, and sustainable developments
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: China focus: Diaoyu Islands rift takes toll on China-Japan economic, trade ties
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Limits and barriers to climate change adaptation for small inland communities affected by drought
• CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY: Report warns of global food insecurity as climate change destroys fisheries

CONTENTS DETERRENCE: US Ex-Im Bank backs $2 bln loan for UAE nuclear plant, Reuters, September 8, 2012 DPRK: US Japan agree to deploy another X-band missile defence radar ENERGY SECURITY: In wake of Fukushima disaster, Japan to end nuclear power by 2030s GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: South Korean software mogul to stand for presidency CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Making cities resilient report […]

• DETERRENCE: Time to upgrade China’s nuclear capabilities
• DPRK: N Korea to let enterprises retain 70% of profits
• ENERGY SECURITY: A presidential race low on energy
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Does China’s next leader have a soft spot for Tibet?
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Climate change and violent conflict
• CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY: The planetary water drama: dual task of feeding humanity and curbing climate change

• DETERRENCE: Jury out: do advanced conventional weapons make nuclear war more likely?
• DPRK: North Korea and Iran signed a technology cooperation agreement against a common enemy
• ENERGY SECURITY: Working in a low incentive world: PV still facing a bumpy ride
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Clinton calls for ASEAN unity on S. China
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Vulnerability of US and European electricity supply to climate change
• AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: Silence over general’s appointment leaves public in the dark

• DETERRENCE: CNA maritime Asia project: workshop one: The Yellow and East China Seas
• DPRK: Chef’s redemption tells of a softening North Korea
• ENERGY SECURITY: Satisfying India’s thirst for power could be nation’s biggest challenge
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Tokyo, Pyongyang seek talks to increase leverage over Seoul
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: The influence of multilevel governance systems on the development and implementation of climate adaptation practices within organizations in Australia
• CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY: Chaotic climate change and security

• DETERRENCE: Assuring South Korea and Japan as the role and number of U.S. nuclear weapons are reduced
• DPRK: North Korea may lose 700,00 tonnes in crops: report
• ENERGY SECURITY: 300 million without electricity in India after restoration of power grid
• GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Territorial disputes prevent cooperation in East Asia
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Understanding the costs and benefits of disaster risk reduction under changing climate conditions: case study results and underlying principles
• AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: Smith seeks to boost regional defence