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, July 12, 2007

  1. Wobbly Democracy for East Timor
  2. East Timor: God, Democracy and Oil
  3. West Will Fail, Says Ex-CIA Operative
  4. Understanding Current Operations in Iraq
  5. Defence Update 2007: Homeland Still More Vital than the Middle East
  6. Japan and India as Partners for the Peace and Stability of Asia
  7. China’s Military Boost No Threat: Nelson
  8. Fiji Military Leader Appointed to China
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, July 9, 2007

  1. Nelson: Oil a Factor in Iraq Deployment
  2. 2007 Defence Update: A Global Vision, Greater Spending
  3. Police, Troops Arrive for NT Crackdown
  4. Aussie Anti-Air Umbrella: the Hobart Class Ships
  5. A Change in Climate for the Australian Defence Force
  6. Rival of East Timor Independence Hero Proposes Alternative Government
  7. Police Killing, Raping Civilians in Indonesia’s Papua, Rights Group Says
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, June 14, 2007

  1. Pine Gap: Jury Considers Verdict for Christian Pacifists
  2. Exercise Talisman Saber 2007
  3. East Timor: Military Report Questioned
  4. US to Arm Sunni Insurgents in Iraq
  5. Indian Troops to Fight Taliban
  6. RAAF’s Eye in the Sky Guarding Iraq Convoys
  7. The Air Warfare Destroyer Project – Decision Time
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, June 7, 2007

  1. Canberra Joins Japan-US Missile Study
  2. Downer Defends China’s Military Build-Up
  3. Threat of Taliban Spring Offensive Quashed
  4. Rudd in Quest of a Pacific Solution
  5. Legal Chaos Raises Doubts in Hicks Case
  6. Anzac Legend and Rhetoric: Patriot Act
  7. National Pandemic Influenza Exercise
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, June 4, 2007

  1. China’s Missile Warning
  2. A Gritty Request, if we Can Stomach it
  3. Police Accused of Timor Shootings
  4. Tensions Surface in Booming PNG
  5. America’s Position in Asia
  6. Widening Horizons: Australia’s New Relationship with India
  7. Silk Asks if Sacked Officer Will Chase Jenkins Claim
  8. Defence Given Green Light to Use Cluster Bombs
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 31, 2007

  1. Whitlam ‘Duped’ By Indonesia
  2. Whistleblowing: Lying for Your Country
  3. DFAT Officials Labour under the Chains of Command
  4. PNG Still to Agree on Aust Police Advisers Plan
  5. Blast in East Timor Capital Injures Four, Homes Torched Elsewhere
  6. Australia and Philippines Sign Defence Pact
  7. Burma and Nuclear Proliferation: Policies and Perceptions
  8. Defence Management Review: Cure Less Severe than Diagnosis
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 28, 2007

  1. $12m Nuclear Deal Divides Community
  2. Big Spender Nelson Has Questions to Answer
  3. Helicopters Finally Set for Take-Off
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 24, 2007

  1. China Eyes Closer Security Ties
  2. New Strategy for War Stresses Iraqi Politics
  3. Nelson Draws Line in Sand over Defence
  4. Canberra Joins Regional Missile Defence Study
  5. Nuclear Power a Turn-Off: Flannery Changes Stance
  6. Chagos Families Win Legal Battle
  7. Australia Responds to Growing Humanitarian Emergency in Sri Lanka
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 21, 2007

  1. Iraq’s Plea: Don’t Cut and Run
  2. East Timor Violence Erupts as Ramos Horta Sworn in as President
  3. GNEP: Partner Plan Shares Benefits – and Risks
  4. UN Mercenary Experts Call on Fiji to Regulate Private Security Activities
  5. The Use of Force: Asymmetric War and the Ill-Chosen Battlefield
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, May 17, 2007

  1. Climate Threat in Military’s Sights
  2. Fresh Troops Lift Afghan Deployment to 1000
  3. Bombs Blasting Afghan Hearts, Minds
  4. Gang Violence in Dili a Week after Elections
  5. Nelson Explains the Bee in his Bonnet about Hornets
  6. Nuclear Veterans Plan Class Action
  7. Evil Empire: Is Imperial Liquidation Possible for America?
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