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03 April 2013

See no evil

The Internet is opening the world's eyes to violence against Myanamar’s Rohingya, writes SARAH LOGAN.

02 April 2013
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un. Photo by AAP.

Chinese whispers won’t hush war talk

Calls for China to clamp down on North Korea’s aggressive actions are unrealistic, warns expert.

27 March 2013
Australian PM Julia Gillard meets with Myanmar's President Thein Sein. Photo by AAP.

Getting behind Myanmar's reforms

With Myanmar President Thein Sein's recent visit to our shores – the official visit in almost 40 years – Australia can and must get behind Myanmar’s ambitious political reforms, writes TREVOR WILSON.

27 March 2013
HMAS Anzac's Ships Boarding Team prepares for boarding operations in International Waters in the Middle East Area of Operations.Photo by Department of Defence.

New strategies for strategic thinking

ANU students have taken their views to the top with a recent submission to the 2013 Defence white paper.

26 March 2013
A Special Operations Task Group soldier shields his face from the dust as a CH-47 Chinook aircraft takes off during a mission in Oruzgan. Photo by Department of Defence.

Troops and treasure still needed in Afghanistan

Australia needs to commit funding and elite forces to Afghanistan after draw down, says expert.

26 March 2013
A Rohingya woman and young child. Photo by Greg Constantine.

In their eyes

A new photographic exhibition is helping people see the world through the eyes of Burma’s persecuted Rohingya, writes OLIVIA CABLE.

22 March 2013
A US solider on patrol in Iraq. Photo by US Army on flickr.

A decade older, a decade wiser?

Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, ANDREW CARR asks whether the US has learnt anything from the war.

21 March 2013
An Australian soldier outside the Australian Coalition Operating Base in Baghdad. Photo by Mateus 27 on flickr.

Counting the cost of Iraq

Ten years on, it's hard to see how invading Iraq was good for Australia, writes HUGH WHITE.

19 March 2013
World leaders meet for the 2012 ASEAN summit. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.

Australia and ASEAN

SUSAN HARRIS-RIMMER asks whether ASEAN is Australia’s best partner for navigating the Asian century.

18 March 2013
President Thein Sein. Photo by Mark Graham/AAP.

Step by step

HAMISH McDONALD surveys Thein Sein's chances of successfully charting the nation's historic political reform.

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