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15 February 2013
A rally is held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to celebrate North Korea's third nuclear test. Photo by AP.

What’s fuelling North Korea’s nukes?

North Korea’s latest nuclear test could signal a bigger and more robust arsenal, writes KALMAN A ROBERTSON.

14 February 2013
Pakistani women gather to talk about how to stop violence against women. Photo by uusc4all on flickr.

Rising up

SUSAN HARRIS-RIMMER outlines why this Valentine's Day women and men around the globe are rising up for global gender justice.

14 February 2013
International isolation continues to hurt North Korea's people. Photo by Joseph A Ferris III on flickr.

In from the cold

International isolation of North Korea is only strengthening the regime’s power and punishing a population in need, writes EMMA CAMPBELL.

11 February 2013

The whole Hedley

The practice of peace is what really drove one of the world’s best IR thinkers, Hedley Bull, writes IAN HALL.

06 February 2013
Japanese Coast Guard patrol the waters around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. Photo by Al Jazeera English on flickr.

History repeating

Escalating territorial tension in East Asia echoes Europe’s descent into world war, write JOHN BLAXLAND and RIKKI KERSTEN.

05 February 2013
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) transits the Pacific Ocean with ships assigned to Rim of the Pacific 2010. Photo from Wikipedia.

China could sink or swim with joint naval exercises

China has a chance to prove that it is a responsible global player by joining the world’s largest naval exercises.

05 February 2013
Australian peacekeepers in Timor Leste. Photo by David Axe on flickr.

Opportunity calls in the South Pacific

It's time Australia viewed the South Pacific as a place of opportunity rather than instability, says leading expert.

04 February 2013
Irian Jaya's Freeport Mine. Photo by Simon Pearson on flickr.

Resource boom could lead to conflict in Melanesia

Melanesia’s resource boom presents the region with both risks and opportunity, says leading expert.

25 January 2013

Symposium boosts Pacific research expertise

Twenty-five of the Pacific's best young researchers to benefit from ANU workshop.

25 January 2013
Xi Jinping. Photo by US Secretary of Defense on flickr.

On the road: travel plans and politics in China

Xi Jinping’s tour of southern China signals a renewed self-confidence and growing rift with Jiang Zemin, writes WEN-TI SUNG.

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