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, September 20, 2007

  1. Navy and Customs Catch Sixty-One Foreign Fishers
  2. China and India Leading Asian Missile Build-up
  3. Indonesia: More Troops Eyed for Papua by 2014
  4. Blackwater Pays Price for Iraqi Firefight
  5. US, Britain Differ on Southern Iraq Mission
  6. Australia and East Asia: Staking a Claim among Giants
  7. Comfort Women Deserve Australian Support
  8. Fiddling while the Ice Melts
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, September 17, 2007

  1. Afghanistan: Canberra Asks for NATO to Do More
  2. Iraq: Larger US Troop Pull-Out ‘Possible’
  3. East Timor: Alkatiri Eyes Return to Power
  4. Timor-Leste: Health Sector Resilience and Performance in a Time of Instability
  5. Provincial Premiers in Solomon Islands Suggest Re-Deployment of Some RAMSI Staff
  6. NZ Fisheries Minister Dismisses Call for More Help for Pacific Nations to Counter Pirate Fishing
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, September 13, 2007

  1. Canberra Holds Firm on Iraq Troops
  2. Afghanistan: Canada Will Not Step in to Replace Dutch Troops
  3. PNG Criticised over Lack of Gun Control
  4. U.S. Uneasy over China’s Increased Pacific Presence
  5. GNEP: Global Nuclear Group a Risk for Canada: Critics
  6. Australia-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, September 10, 2007

  1. Japanese Police to Train in Australia for Peacekeeping
  2. Iraq: Delay Decision on Major Cuts, Petraeus Says
  3. Afghan Bombings Increase
  4. Australia and Indonesia: Current Problems, Future Prospects
  5. East Timor: Unfulfilled Protection and Assistance Needs Hamper the Return of the Displaced
  6. EU still Considering Response to Fresh Fiji Emergency Rule
  7. Tentative Peace Talks for Thai South
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, September 6, 2007

  1. Treaty Signals Move to Top-Tier Military Ally Status
  2. Australia, China Announced Plans for Annual Security Talks
  3. Russia Arms Old and New Friends in Asia
  4. Australia Stakes its Claim to Uranium Enrichment
  5. PM Warned: Russia May Divert Uranium to Iran
  6. Indonesia: Forbidden Nuclear Plant
  7. Iraqi Army Unable To Take Over Within A Year, Report Says
  8. Sino-Japan Military Ties Face Challenges
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, September 3, 2007

  1. Nelson Warns Dutch on Afghan Pullout
  2. Japanese Threaten Afghan Pull-Out
  3. Reforming Afghanistan’s Police
  4. British Troops Pull Out of their Last Base in Basra City
  5. Pact Lifts Lid on US Defence Secrets
  6. Indonesia: Military, Police Reform too Slow
  7. Aust Pledges $240m in Aid to E Timor
  8. Limited Human-To-Human Spread of Avian-Flu Virus in Indonesia in 2006
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 30, 2007

  1. Australia: $2Bn Deal for US Military Satellite
  2. Philippines: Calls for Action to Save Foreign Employees
  3. Downer Visits E Timor
  4. Jemaah Islamiah: Radicals in Retreat
  5. Britain: Army Gets New ‘Enhanced Blast’ Weapon to Fight Taliban
  6. Weapons Inspector Fears New Arms Race
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 27, 2007

  1. A Price Too High: The Cost of Australia’s Approach to Asylum Seekers
  2. Melanesian Want Standby Force
  3. West Papua: Special Treatment
  4. Gusmao Offers Fretilin Cabinet Posts
  5. US Wants Australia in Nuclear Group
  6. NIE Cites ‘Uneven’ Security Gains, Faults Iraqi Leaders
  7. Canberra Boosts Afghan Aid
  8. Briefing note: Peace Initiatives in Afghanistan – Richard Tanter
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 23, 2007

  1. Navy Fires on Indonesians
  2. Defence Force Apologises for Soldiers’ Desecration of Fretilin Flag
  3. Abe Calls for ‘Broader Asia’ that Includes India, Australia, US
  4. Nuclear Alliance Quandary
  5. Australia Needs US Regional Help
  6. Negotiation Has its Time and Place, but so Does the Use of Force
  7. Stopping a Nuclear Arms Race between America and China
  8. Applying the Paradox of Prevention: Eradicate HIV
Go to the article

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, August 20, 2007

  1. Determining their National Interest: Australia’s Economic Intervention in Iraq
  2. CSIS: Troops Could Leave Iraq ‘Within a Year’
  3. Amid Escalating Violence in Afghanistan, Rising Opposition in Germany to Military Mission
  4. India Nukes Deal, Now for Russia
  5. Philippines Teeters on Brink of Total War
  6. Tonga-Australia Sign Performance Partnership
  7. Indonesia: Agency ‘Ordered Killing’
Go to the article