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Are the Middle Powers on a Collision Course in the Asia-Pacific?
No full textThe middle powers of the Asia- Pacific states with some capacity for self-defense and multilateral influence are increasingly asserting a voice on the key security challenges of our time. They are also the focus of much of the United States diplomatic activity following its pivot or rebalance to the region. Not all their influence is benign. While these states have fewer resources and influence than the great powers, they can still cause conflict and pose risks for the regions continued peace and prosperity. This chapter looks at the regions middle powers and examines how they affect the regional security order, both on their own and working with a great power ally, for good and ill
What the Next Defence White Paper Should do About the Budget
Full text linkSir Arthur Tange's maxim is simple and prophetic. For many its wisdom was clearly evident at the release of the last Australian Defence White Paper in 2013; a document that skimmed over budget issues in less than two pages. Yet Tange's adage also applies in reverse funding without a strategy is not strategy. This is a major risk that Australia now faces with the recent bipartisan fixation on increasing defence spending to 2 percent of GDP. In the last two years 2 percent of GDP has emerged as the 'magic number' for defence budgeting, a benchmark that has become an entrenched part of the discussion. Instead of a much-needed broad dialogue about Australia's strategic policy, this single type of measurement has come to dominate, define and distort the national debate
An Introduction to Asia-Pacific Security
No full textThis chapter introduces the security environment of the contemporary Asia-Pacific. This chapter also introduces the main theories that are used in this book as it investigates the region and its security challenges. These theories, drawn from security studies, include "traditional" approaches (realism and liberalism) and nontraditional ones (constructivism, the Copenhagen School, critical security studies, and human security). Each of these theories is analyzed by asking three key questions: Whose security is the focus? What threats to security are identified? How can security can be achieved? These theories are then applied to contemporary issues in the Asia-Pacific to illustrate their relevance to studies of security in the region
Asia-Pacific Security: An Introduction
No full textThis new textbook gathers an international roster of top security studies scholars to provide an overview of Asia-Pacific's international relations and pressing contemporary security issues. It is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and masters students' use in international relations and security studies courses. Merging a strong theoretical component with rich contemporary and historical empirical examples, Asia-Pacific Security examines the region's key players and challenges as well as a spectrum of proposed solutions for improving regional stability. Major topics include in-depth looks at the United States' relationship with China; Security concerns presented by small and microstates, the region's largest group of nations; threats posed by terrorism and insurgency; the region's accelerating arms race and the potential for an Asian war; the possible roles of multilateralism, security communities, and human security as part of solutions to regional problems
CCTV enables the discovery of new barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) vocalisations and activity patterns near a roost
No full textYoung, Susan, Carr, Andrew, Jones, Gareth (2018): CCTV enables the discovery of new barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) vocalisations and activity patterns near a roost. Acta Chiropterologica 20 (1): 263-272, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.1.020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/15081109acc2018.20.1.02
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Fresh Perspectives in Security
Full text linkIn this multi-author edition, we have asked six of Australia’s most innovative scholars to challenge our thinking and present a fresh perspective
Australia and Thailand - A Strategic Reset?
Full text linkIn this multi-author edition of the Centre of Gravity series, co-editors William Tow and Suphat Suphachalasai work with leading strategic thinkers to explore the relationship between Australia and Thailand
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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