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, March 27, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, March 20, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, March 17, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, March 13, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, March 6, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, March 3, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 28, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 25, 2008

  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
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 21, 2008

  1. In Search of Smart Power
  2. Australia Says Job is Done for Soldiers in Iraq
  3. Defence Chief Concedes New Peril for Soldiers in Afghan Units
  4. E Timor Military Pulls Out of Rebel Hunt: Commander
  5. Indonesian Minister Accuses West of ‘Exploiting’ Bird Flu
  6. No Light Touch for Heavy Industry: Garnaut
  7. Austral Policy Forum 08-03A: Malaysia’s Dilemma – David Martin Jones
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 18, 2008

  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
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