Publications
The South China Sea and Australia’s regional security environment
Author(s): Buszynski, L. Collinson, G. De Castro, R. Do Thanh, H. Emmers, R. Roberts, C. Rothwell, D. Schofield, C. Wesley, M. Zhang, J.Date of publication: 2013
Publication type: Policy
The NSC’s fifth Occasional Paper is a collection of articles from a research project on the South China Sea disputes undertaken by the NSC in 2013. The South China Sea has been an ongoing maritime dispute for over six decades and in recent years has become one of East Asia’s most dangerous...
Ethics, Airpower and Coercive Diplomacy
Author(s): Enemark, CDate of publication: 2013
Publication type: Research
The content of these conference proceedings provides a perspective on the contemporary international security environment through an analysis of the recent events in the Middle East associated with the ‘Arab Spring’ and, more specifically, the use of air power in Libya with the general coercive...
The end of courage? How drones are undermining military virtue
Author(s): Enemark, CDate of publication: 2013
Publication type: Research
Uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs or “drones”) can be used to locate and kill an enemy on the other side of the world. An American sitting in the United States, for example, can “fly” a Predator drone over Pakistan. Using the camera mounted on the drone to identify a human target on the ground, the...
The Future of Regionalism in East and South-East Asia
Author(s): Roberts, CDate of publication: 2013
Publication type: Research
The economic growth of East and South-East Asia in the context of the global financial crisis has strengthened the view that this region is emerging in the 21st century as the most economically vibrant region in the world. With some of the largest economies, and generally high economic growth rates...
The Unfinished Business of Abandoning WMD: A Reply to Bentley
Author(s): Enemark, CDate of publication: 2012
Publication type: Research
Nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons are commonly lumped together as WMD. Such conflation is dangerous and misleading, rendering the term vulnerable to political manipulation. WMD language obscures the paramount threat of nuclear weapons, exaggerates the destructive power of chemical weapons,...
The role of simulations in the authentic learning for national security policy development
Author(s): Eijkman, HDate of publication: 2012
Publication type: Research
NSC Occasional Paper No 4 provides an evidence-based case and examples of practice that illustrate the use of authentic learning and simulations in postgraduate and on-campus learning environments, especially when applied national security policy education. This report by Dr Henk Eijkman was been...
National security in Australia: Scoping the field
Author(s): Babbage, R. Taylor, B. White, H. Fruhling, S. O'Neil, A.Date of publication: 2012
Publication type: Policy
The NSC’s third Occasional Paper provided new information about national security studies in an Australian context while exploring the meaning of national security and the future security environment. This project was initiated due to a gap in the written knowledge about the evolution of the...
Laos: A More Mature and Robust State?
Author(s): Roberts, CDate of publication: 2012
Publication type: Research
The year 2011 was a highly eventful and successful one for Laos’ economy,politics, and foreign relations. Nonetheless, some significant challenges remained, including continued poverty, the negative impact of foreign investments, and the rise of transnational crime. In order to analyse...
ASEAN and the Institutionalization of East Asia
Author(s): Emmers, R. Contributors: Roberts, C.Date of publication: 2012
Publication type: Research
This book examines the evolving multilateral security arrangements in East Asia, with a focus on the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It explores the function and relevance of ASEAN in East Asia’s emerging institutional security landscape. These issues have direct...
ASEAN Regionalism Cooperation, Values and Institutionalisation
Author(s): Roberts, CDate of publication: 2012
Publication type: Research
This book examines the key motivations for and challenges to greater regional integration in Southeast Asia. It demonstrates how security and economic concerns -domestic, regional and international - have either contributed to, or detracted from, an increased level of unity and cooperation in ASEAN...
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