The Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Semi-Weekly Bulletin covered critical national and regional security issues, broadly understood, in Australia and the surrounding region. Archives from 2005 until 2010.
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 25, 2009
- Civilian deaths cast pall over Afghan war
- U.S. Pullout a condition in Afghan peace talks
- New Afghan force joins fight against Taliban
- North Korea claims to conduct 2nd nuclear test
- Defence plans ‘unaffordable’
- Japan poised to ease its ban again on export of weapons
- Bikie gang links to defence security
- Revealed: the RBA’s dodgy global deals
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 21, 2009
- RAN warships to the rescue as Somali pirates flee
- Donald Rumsfeld ‘kept ADF in dark’
- Flying colours for Wedgetail in flight tests
- Hillary Clinton firmly commits the US to Asia-Pacific security
- Arms sent by U.S. may be falling into Taliban hands
- Zardari’s gifts come with nuclear glow
- Pakistan is rapidly adding nuclear arms, U.S. says
- China ups the pressure
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 18, 2009
- Special forces plead for more armour
- Two more Afghan ‘incidents’ in probe
- Countering the military’s latest fad
- Sitting alone on our hands
- Minister takes blame for releasing sensitive treaty document
- Defence Chief sticks to his guns
- Hard graft for Indonesia
- Turning Roxby Downs into the world’s largest uranium mine
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 11, 2009
- Military in Afghan cover-up
- Fretilin blamed for East Timor corruption
- China, India ‘may stir up regional war’: army report
- Balochistan is the ultimate prize
- Pakistan launches assault on Taliban
- Germany begins to flex military muscle in Afghanistan
- U.S. adviser holds firm on airstrikes in Afghanistan
- Turning Indonesia into ‘fortress’ of ‘new world’
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 7, 2009
- SAS ‘assassinate’ Taliban leader Mullah Noorullah
- East Timor says it won’t approve Woodside LNG plan
- Obama stresses joint action against Taliban push in South Asia
- U.S. asks S. Korea to decide on deployment of troops in Afghanistan
- China a ‘peaceful force’ in Beijing’s response to defence paper
- Defence white paper gives US a rocket
- $400m to hit human trafficking networks
- Papuan villagers block road after police kill local
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 4, 2009
- Defence white paper: Ambitious, cautious … and risky
- Australian opposition wants China deal blocked
- Indonesia: Kalla-Wiranto to run in July polls
- Beijing gives Frank Bainimarama cold comfort
- Dili tycoon deal triggers alarm
- Conditions towards Zero – 11 Benchmarks for Global Nuclear Disarmament
- Why Pakistan is the main game
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, April 30, 2009
- We should co-operate, not compete, with China’s military rise
- $167m satellite link for defence forces
- Afghanistan: Plan shies away from sharp end
- ADF plays down warlord’s role on crucial supply chain
- Poppies a target in fight against Taliban
- Angry soldiers run riot in Papua
- China uses global crisis to assert its influence
- Warning on East Timor instability by World Bank
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, April 27, 2009
- Australian troops in major battles with Taliban insurgents
- Britain ‘cannot afford to send more troops to Afghanistan’ because of the recession
- We took a lot and now have to give
- Japan aims for nuke-free world
- WHO cites potential for swine flu pandemic
- Japan’s PM Taro Aso must apologise: POWs
- East Timorese go begging as foreign advisers rake it in