Semi-Weekly Bulletin

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.

APSNet, Semi-Weekly Bulletin

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, June 5, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, June 2, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 29, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 26, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 22, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 19, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 15, 2008

  1. Facing Up to Our Responsibilities
  2. Troops Home and a Refuge for Some
  3. AusAid Meddling, Says Fiji
  4. How Much Will the Joint Strike Fighter Cost Australia?
  5. UN on Defensive over Controversial E Timor Appointment
  6. Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 12, 2008

  1. Inquiries into Abuse Claims by Taliban
  2. Inquiry Findings into 2007 Incidents in Afghanistan
  3. Sikua: RAMSI Should Stay in Solomons for Decade
  4. Top Diplomat in Fiji Gets Death Threats
  5. Pakistan Seeks Spy Planes from Australia
  6. Greenpeace Calls for End of Trans-shipment at Sea
  7. Will Australia Help North Korea?
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 8, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 5, 2008

  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
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