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A maritime school of Australian strategy
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An Indian perspective on Australian maritime strategy

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Revisiting Australia's oceans policy

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3

The political, commercial and cultural dimensions of maritime strategy

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A maritime school of strategic thought for Australia

Justin Jones
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Japan-China relations
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China naval exercise stokes Japan's fears

Rory Medcalf

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Sino-Japanese tensions: The case for strategic patience

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Yes, Australia has changed its East China Sea position

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'Don't annoy the dragon' is not a foreign policy

Malcolm Cook

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In search of a grand strategy: China's Meiji moment

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Japan-China: Why Australia should embrace ambiguity

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Undercurrents of Sino-Japanese discord

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Yes, Japan is worried about China, but not enough to change its constitution

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Yes, Japan is alarmed by China's rise

Malcolm Cook

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Is Japan alarmed by China's rise?

Sam Roggeveen

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Words fail Australia, and anger China, at the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue

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Debate Topic

The PNG Solution
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Reader riposte: the cost of Op Resolute

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Asylum seekers: The cost to Defence

James Brown

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Australia's PNG aid: Embracing China

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Befuddled by the PNG solution?

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What the PNG asylum seeker deal really means for Australia's aid program

Annmaree O’Keeffe

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PNG reacts strongly to asylum seeker deal

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Kevin Rudd on asylum seeker in 2006

Sam Roggeveen

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Asylum deal a nightmare for PNG and Australia

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Kevin Rudd, you're not a good friend of PNG

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Rudd's PNG solution will work, but it isn't right

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Boats, aid and the art of the possible

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