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, December 14, 2009

  1. Nation given N-bomb warning
  2. Heat on China to break impasse at Copenhagen
  3. Poor nations threaten climate deal showdown at Copenhagen summit
  4. Indonesia climate green paper: towards carbon pricing, geothermal power and regional incentives
  5. Afghan promises to insurgents often empty
  6. Pakistan ends S Waziristan campaign
  7. Special Reports on nuclear non-proliferation
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, December 10, 2009

  1. Anger at ‘secret’ climate change deal
  2. Obama’s Afghan gamble
  3. Okada: Futenma talks near limit
  4. Indonesia army ‘killed Balibo Five’
  5. Nuclear power, risk management and democratic accountability in Indonesia
  6. SBY promises protesters ‘jihad’ on graft
  7. String of bombings in Baghdad kills 127 people
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, December 7, 2009

  1. Minimal progress on PM’s Asian unity vision
  2. AFP union attacks Afghanistan role for Australian police
  3. Diggers may be charged over child deaths
  4. Indonesian President lashes out at unnamed conspirators
  5. US ‘comfortable’ with Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, says Robert Gates
  6. Gates calls July 2011 the beginning, not end, of Afghan withdrawal
  7. Japan: Save the Endangered Tomahawk!
  8. Australia, Indonesia investigate climate change options
  9. ‘Time is running out’ for Sumatra’s rainforest as demand for palm oil soars
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, December 3, 2009

  1. Tough battle of the budget bottom line
  2. Libs call for debate on nuclear power
  3. Obama adds troops, but maps exit plan
  4. UN head in Afghanistan condemns US move to bypass Hamid Karzai
  5. Pakistan at odds with Obama’s vision
  6. ‘Balibo’ Ban Wins Rave Reviews From Indonesian Military
  7. Indonesian police arrest Papuan activists, Amnesty calls for investigation
  8. Pressure on Fiji fails as China lends hand
  9. Indonesia: timber corruption’s high costs
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, November 30, 2009

  1. Barack Obama to push Kevin Rudd for more troops
  2. [Indonesia] National Energy Council to immediately assess nuclear power
  3. Pakistan’s leader cedes nuclear office
  4. Afghanistan summit to plan for withdrawal
  5. Afghans offer jobs to Taliban rank and file if they defect
  6. HIV/AIDS: the global outlook
  7. Commonwealth urges Fiji to restore democracy
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, November 26, 2009

  1. Kevin Rudd signs off on purchase of 14 F-35 joint strike fighters
  2. Nato will send 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan, says Brown
  3. From stability to chaos in Indonesia
  4. East Timor threatens to quit gas project
  5. Papua leaders reject military command project
  6. Pakistan faces amnesty deal turmoil
  7. Converging Peril: Climate Change and Conflict in the Southern Philippines
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, November 23, 2009

  1. Australian troops using hard drugs in Afghanistan, Iraq
  2. Island nations key to Security Council bid
  3. Share asylum burden, Indonesians plead
  4. [Sri Lanka] Tamil civilians to go free
  5. Indonesia’s gecko-gate
  6. [Pakistan] Zardari in the Crosshairs
  7. Afghan Militias Battle Taliban With Aid of U.S.
  8. [Afghanistan] Karzai ‘would fall in weeks’ if Nato pulls out
  9. [Japan] Document proves nuke pact negotiations
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, November 19, 2009

  1. [Indonesia] Minister spurns PM’s region idea
  2. Australia expected to resettle asylum seekers
  3. Nato chief promises Afghanistan will get ‘substantially more forces’
  4. British army tells soldiers to bribe Taliban
  5. Concern mounts as US bears costs of Afghan war while China reaps the profits
  6. Indian uranium sales a ‘lost chance’ for Australia
  7. Pakistani Military Takes Taliban Strongholds; Maulana Fazlullah Surfaces in Afghanistan
  8. [Solomon Islands] Aust denies involvement in Iranian funding saga
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, November 16, 2009

  1. G2 a new world order
  2. Summit set to fail on climate deal
  3. [Afghanistan] Combat support essential, Rudd tells Dutch
  4. Nato taskforce to form ‘Afghan FBI’ and root out high-level corruption
  5. Strong statement starts effort to mend Indian relationship
  6. Australian boat used in asylum seeker shooting
  7. CIA bankroll of Pakistan spies revealed
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APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, November 12, 2009

  1. NZ snubs Rudd on asylum seekers
  2. Obama warns Afghan commitment ‘not open-ended’
  3. Japan pledges $5 billion in new Afghan aid
  4. Britain signals Afghan exit plan
  5. Obama’s journey tells Pacific region ‘US is back’
  6. Israel wants answers from Solomon Islands over UN vote
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