APSNet bulletins for 2010

APSNet 1 December 2010

1. General targets war between military and media 2. Minister attacks defence 3. Australian help might be required in a war 4. Cables reveal doubts about Pakistani nuclear security 5. Indonesia’s billion-dollar forest deal is at risk 6. Riots after Solomons ex-rebel jailed 7. Indonesia: “Christianisation” and Intolerance 8. Four injured, one dead in Abepura shooting

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APSNet 24 November 2010

1. North Korea fires artillery at South Korean island of Yeongpyeong 2. Spy agency ASIS shuts six foreign stations 3. NATO adopts transition plan for Afghan war 4. Afghanistan Transition, Missing Variables 5. [Afghanistan] US often asked for more troops 6. Kevin Rudd calls for boost to DFAT 7. Veterans fail to prove illnesses result from nuclear tests in Australia and Pacific 8. George W. Bush can’t fight for freedom and authorise torture 9. North Korea Reveals Stunning Nuclear Advance 10. China Should Remain Prudent in Its Nuclear Fuel Path

APSNet 17 November 2010

1. US politicians dismayed by Afghan president's demand that military scale back operations 2. Afghanistan: Slaughter of commanders drives Taliban to the table, suggests NATO strategy working 3. China: Into stormy waters 4. Defence accused of covering up $90m contract row 5. Solomon Islands: Australia tried to stifle Moti career 6. Sobering report on the cholera situation on PNG's Daru Island 7. Australia's foreign aid budget under review 8. New Zealand: White Paper puts us back in ANZUS 9. Labour trafficking 10. Five steps to becoming a more effective UN member

APSNet 06 October 2010

1. Cost of war may lead to budget gap 2. Facing battle fatigue 3. Australia could charge WikiLeaks over US document release 4. Soldiers charged over deadly Afghan raid 5. US agrees to defence treaty 6. Defence contract row widens 7. Indonesian ambassador’s comments cause Dutch row 8. The getting of wisdom

APSNet 10 November 2010

1. Allies unite in bid to defend space assets 2. Australia to balance China, US ties, says Stephen Smith 3. Obama and China play rival suitors to ascendant Indonesia 4. Indonesia: Red herring trial draws criticisms 5. Six years later, army to pull out of Timor, 6. US, Australian leaders canvass Kandahar plan 7. Indonesia to buy attack aircraft, bombs 8. Aussie, Afghan troops kill Taliban leader 9. What was that in aid of? How Canberra is generous to a fault

APSNet 3 November 2010

1. WA joins the space race 2. Fighter jets face delays of up to three more years 3. New Zealand shakes up defence forces 4. Afghan warlord's private army trained in Australia 5. German Defense Minster urges more Chinese involvement in Afghanistan 6. Swift army response to torture shows Indonesia is changing 7. Japan, Vietnam tie up on reactors 8. Speech at the Wikileaks-Iraq War Logs Press Conference 9. Labor in deal to deport Afghans

APSNet 20 October 2010

Afghanistan: Leaders march in lockstep; Afghanistan: 'We need a clear exit strategy': former ADF chief Peter Gration; Afghan Taliban say not talking to government; Kabul: the awkward ally; Julia Gillard defends Diggers' rules; Indonesia: Protests, Violence Stir Tensions Ahead of SBY’s First Anniversary; Abuses will not stop co-operation with Indonesia; Pirate attacks down off Africa, up in Asian waters.

APSNet 27 October 2010

1. MPs call for Afghan strategy rethink 2. Warship project running aground 3. Australian commandos seriously injured during hunt for bomb maker in Afghanistan 4. Jakarta joy masks fears for new role 5. ASIO chief David Irvine says terror threat still real 6. Nauru instability 'Aussie phosphate plot' 7. Iraq: The shaming of America 8. Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupts 9. Urban violence in an urban village: a case study of Dili, Timor-Leste

APSNet 13 October 2010

1. Self-reliance a long way off for Afghan province 2. Tigers not ready to fly: Defence 3. Army Chief warns soldiers against Afghan charge protests 4. ASIO set to tap into more power 5. Australia’s special envoy meets Iranian security official 6. Canada to lose airbase in UAE 7. The status quo isn’t working: a nuke-free zone is needed now

APSNet 29 September 2010

1. SAS under fire over Kopassus training; 2. Boost ‘will speed Kabul transition'; 3. Afghanistan: Fatal error in the fog of battle; 4. Afghan prisoners handcuffed, blindfolded; 5. Prisoners of War: Bob Woodward and All the President’s Men (2010 Edition); 6. From Helmand to Merseyside: Unmanned drones and the militarisation of UK policing; 7. Kiribati calls for binding climate change framework; 8. Security risks around LNG call for community leadership, says PNG Police Chief; 9. Obama, Southeast Asian leaders urge free navigation.

APSNet 22 September 2010

1. China suspends ministerial-level talks with Japan over boat clash; 2. Government unveils Weipa asylum seeker detention centre plans; 3. Super Hornets will put RAAF back on the regional front foot; 4. Afghanistan: Are we in this war to win it? 5. Afghanistan: Digger's angry email to be used in inquiry; 6. Nuclear power plants moved out of South Thailand; 7. 120 million Indonesians surviving on US$2 a day; 8. Howard-Bush defence treaty passes hurdle.

APSNet 8 September 2010

1. Power Shift: Australia’s future between Washington and Beijing 2. Indonesia: A relationship in need of a rethink 3. Autonomy failing in West Papua 4. Pledge to probe defence contract 5. Embassy in Ethiopia a UN gambit 6. Alarm over rise in SE Asian piracy

APSNet 15 September 2010

1. Police deny Densus 88 tortured detainees 2. Timor's deputy PM resigns 3. Probes on deal to fly troops 4. Karzai's cronies make Afghan election a farce 5. The Battle for Afghanistan: Militancy and Conflict in Zabul and Uruzgan 6. Strategy right after nine years at war: Houston 7. Thousands of Iraqi detainees at risk of torture after US handover 8. Kan wins leadership race, but he still must deal with Ozawa and more opposition

APSNet 18 August 2010

1. Junta subverts sanctions with Australian radios 2. Cavalry in charge of diggers 3. Troops say gear failing in war zone 4. Opening salvo has a familiar ring 5. Defence contract scandal widens 6. China 'extending military reach'

APSNet 1 September 2010

1. Diggers may be charged over deaths of children 2. Toll adds to exit pressure 3. Australia’s commitment in Afghanistan: moving to a more comprehensive approach 4. Indonesia seeks $2.4bn oil spill compensation 5. Detainee roof protest grows 6. Defence flight contract cleared

APSNet 4 August 2010

1. Australian forces kill Taliban commander 2. Taliban receive stolen supplies, Rafael Epstein, Age, 2010-08-0 3. Slash cash for arms, says ex-Army chief 4. PNG Cabinet Minister wants Australian prisons chief to cut corruption 5. The region we must not ignore 6. Australia to take 900pc more refugees from Indonesia 7. Indonesia: The deepening impasse in Papua

APSNet 25 August 2010

1. Brown urges Afghan talk as two more troops hurt 2. Security outfit killed civilians, gets embassy job 3. Afghan forces will not meet takeover deadline: general 4. Military fears over Timor link to China 5. Ramos-Horta to free rebels who shot him 6. Medics to get armed back-up in Pakistan

APSNet 11 August 2010

1. Chinese military seeks better links 2. Indonesia tries to gag Papuan lecture 3. After all these years, the Anzus freeze begins to thaw 4. Concerned about China's rise, Southeast Asian nations build up militaries 5. Australia's Jakarta embassy 'always' a jihadist target 6. Hurt Timorese left with no recourse 7. Our mate, the bloody warlord 8. Afghan civilian casualties rise 31 per cent in first six months of 2010

APSNet 21 July 2010

1. Running up the white flag on foreign affairs 2. Switch off the autopilot in the Pacific 3. Time to practise what we preach on human rights 4. Leaders fail to make case for Afghan mission 5. Leaders renew vows of support for Afghanistan 6. Pakistan weighs in over asylum seekers 7. Trouble for the chief after PNG judgment leaves loyalties out for taking

APSNet 7 July 2010

1. Gillard runs risk of destabilising already fragile neighbour 2. Preparing for Gillard's world 3. Fire-prone tanks were known risk 4. China fears overlook the drive for harmony 5. British troops to withdraw from Sangin in Afghanistan 6. Audit of Afghan troops dismissed 7. US cuts Afghan aid in corruption probe 8. Indonesia: The Dark Side of Jama’ah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT)

APSNet 28 July 2010

1. And then there's their battle back home 2. Wiki point to Australian cover-up 3. Aussie Julian Assange behind invulnerable site for whistleblowers 4. Electrics chink in armoured vehicles 5. More finesse needed in Abbott’s foreign policy 6. Kopassus reinstatement stirs outrage

APSNet 24 June 2010

1. Faulkner spooked to rethink exit timing 2. Obama shows McChrystal who's in command 3. US to lead diggers in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province 4. RAAF capability review 2010 5. SMEs ‘must join global defence chain’ 6. Papua's separatist fires burn bright 7. Hail to the whistleblowers 8. New aid strategy to help East Timor

APSNet 21 June 2010

1. SAS troops rout insurgent group 2. Deciding to go to war should not be left to the PM 3. Army capability review 2010 4. Afghanistan, and the world’s resource war 5. Realism in Afghanistan: rethinking an uncertain case for the war 6. Papuans march to call for end to the Indonesian province’s special autonomy status 7. Fugitive to leak secret airstrike video

APSNet 01 July 2010

1. Kiwis reject call for Anzac mission in Afghanistan 2. Former ambassadors question silence on the 'excesses' of Israel 3. Diggers cleared of shooting Afghan police 4. Navy capability review 2010 5. Nuclear proliferation in South Asia: the power of nightmares 6. Deception and denials in Myanmar 7. Report faults U.S. for being too optimistic about Afghan security capabilities 8. Petraeus pledges look at strikes in Afghanistan 9. RI poised to buy US fighters, cargo jets

APSNet 28 June 2010

1. Amid all the change, foreign policy a constant 2. PM looks to a regional response to stem the flow of boats 3. Combet fillip to defence contractors 4. How much is enough? The disclosure of defence capability planning information 5. Africa still excites Australian miners 6. Australia's strategic little dots 7. Pakistan’s Plan on Afghan Peace Leaves U.S. Wary 8. Afghanistan war: top three challenges facing General Petraeus

APSNet 15 December 2010

1. Warlord ally 'plotting with Taliban' 2. Defence costings dodgy: US 3. Rudd calls for inspections of Israel's nuclear facility 4. Chinese furious at military build-up 5. Afghanistan: our secret fears 6. A commentary by Thomas Darnstädt 7. Indoleaks touts revealing WikiLeaks documents, but technical problems persist 8. Dozens feared dead in Christmas Island asylum-seeker boat crash

APSNet 14 July 2010

1. East Timor priority over Nauru for asylum-seeker processing centre: Stephen Smith 2. Asylum-seeker linked to al-Qa'ida 3. Dictator link to mobile carrier 4. Chinese company cleared to buy into Woomera project 5. Gillard standing firm on Afghan war after soldier's death 6. Elections in doubt, says Fiji leader 7. Killings by 'rogue' soldier another setback for Afghanistan policy 8. Papuans seek referendum from Jakarta

APSNet 10 June 2010

1. Leave Afghanistan before more die 2. Australian officials to help reintegrate Afghan deportees 3. Steroid-abusing Australian soldiers sent home in disgrace 4. Bribery charges eyed 5. [Malaysia] Nuclear power plant will cost US$2.5-US$4 billion 6. [East Timor] Withdrawal of aid forces winning project to fold

APSNet 31 May 2010

1. South Korea, on the rise and forever under threat, has become Rudd's best friend in Asia 2. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief pitched for Indon deal 3. Call for probe into naval shipbuilding 4. Faulkner falls short on budget transparency test 5. Australia begins legal action against Japan over whaling 6. U.N. official to ask U.S. to end C.I.A. drone strikes

APSNet 03 May 2010

1. Sky high 2. The nuclear caste system 3. Indonesia to ratify nuclear test ban treaty 4. A unified push to export nuke power 5. [East Timor] Ramos Horta 'premature' in rejecting Sunrise proposal 6. Kandahar violence 'to get worse' 7. Al-Qaeda’s allies: explaining the relationship between Al-Qaeda and various factions of the Taliban after 2001 8. A natural power: challenges for Australia's resources diplomacy in Asia 9. “It’s high time to close the legal gap for private military and security contractors” – UN expert body on mercenaries

APSNet 07 June 2010

1. Off-the-shelf subs on Defence’s radar 2. Relations strained as East Timor buys Chinese navy boats 3. Space jump better late than never 4. PM takes extra care with Israel 5. Myanmar 'nuclear plans' exposed 6. Jakarta helps stop terrorists 7. Chief of Navy outlines the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) strategic vision 8. Afghan leader forces out top 2 security officials

APSNet 03 June 2010

1. Australia to take greater Afghan training role 2. Rudd urges Gaza report 3. RBA note scandal widens as Chavez joins list 4. Defence no accounting trickster: Watt 5. Call to ban timber logged illegally 6. Hatoyama steps down, new Cabinet to be formed on Monday 7. Taliban attacks shake Afghan peace gathering 8. Sinking of the Cheonan: rethinking littoral warfare

APSNet 27 May 2010

1. Dirty Money 2. Shake-up creates new court for military 3. In spy games, fury has no coin 4. A nation adrift in Asia literacy 5. Detente dead and buried with North Korea 6. Boat crew stowed in city motel 7. Indonesia Agrees to 2-Year Freeze on Forest Concessions in $1b Deal 8. Self-Defense Force (SDF) personnel voice doubts about Hatoyama's leadership

APSNet 24 May 2010

1. Torpedo project turns 12 and still hasn't made its point: auditor-general 2. Fund diplomacy and aid, says former defence head 3. Aid, or buying a seat on the UN Security Council? 4. South Korea hits out at Pyongyang for torpedo hit 5. [Japan] Hatoyama breaks promise on Futenma 6. [Afghanistan] Bold base strike shows Taliban's rising resolve 7. Afghan MPs threaten to boycott Hamid Karzai's Taliban peace talks plan

APSNet 20 May 2010

1. Downgrade APEC, says Kevin Rudd 2. Japan, Australia sign bilateral defense logistics agreement 3. [South Korea] North sank ship: report 4. Why Thai politics is no longer normal 5. In ambush, a glimpse of a long Afghan summer 6. The India-China relationship: a tempered rivalry? 7. Financing of terrorism: risks for Australia

APSNet 13 May 2010

1. Emphasis on protecting troops 2. Faulkner under fire on projects 3. Terrorism alert intensifies ocean patrols 4. Review of spooks to go ahead 5. Nuclear waste site a target for terrorists, expert warns 6. Reserve force ordered into retreat 7. Avoiding tensions, Obama reassures Karzai 8. Distrust of Afghan leaders threaten U.S. war strategy

APSNet 17 May 2010

1. Our virtuous nuclear posture 2. Problem defence projects list slashed 3. Review more tinker than tailor 4. U.S. efforts in Kandahar, barely begun, already are faltering 5. Obama’s flailing wars 6. Thai protesters agree to U.N.-monitored talks, but government rejects conditions 7. [Indonesia] Govt may free political prisoners in Papua 8. Indonesia’s bakrie grabs new post

APSNet 06 May 2010

1. Dud's army: dodgy kit puts troops at risk 2. Fighters clear path for local work 3. Curb urged on Iranian nukes 4. Australia, East Timor at odds over gas field 5. Uranium no bar to India deal: Crean 6. National security information environment roadmap: 2020 vision 7. [Indonesia] Sri Mulyani's departure may threaten anti-graft drive

APSNet 10 May 2010

1. China navy ties 'important' 2. US winning sanctions push against Tehran 3. East Timor accuses Woodside 4. Critics question need for Malaysia's nuclear power plan 5. Nuclear Power in Singapore 6. Exit Sri Mulyani: Corruption and reform in Indonesia 7. India and Pakistan's proxy war puts Afghanistan exit at risk

APSNet 29 April 2010

1. Secret plan to boost spying 2. Loud and proud: two leaders speaking up for Australia 3. Come clean on navy, Faulkner urges China 4. Enough bang for the defence buck 5. The new Middle East 6. Peter Garrett rejects International Whaling Commission compromise on whaling 7. People smuggling proposals blasted 8. Money laundering and terrorism financing risks posed by alternative remittance in Australia

APSNet 12 April 2010

1. Our bases retain role in US plan 2. Early war-bird a bargain for Labor 3. July next year is our date with destiny for Afghan pullout 4. Rudd backflip slams asylum seeker door 5. Defence tracking system loses sight of $30m 6. East Timor leader accuses Australia over war 7. [Indonesia] 13 locally made armored carriers arrive in Lebanon 8. Papua 'ready to explode'

APSNet 22 April 2010

1. Cyber attacks on rise: McClelland 2. Australians help capture Taliban leader 3. Australia's human rights framework 4. Australian defence policy assessment 5. Indonesia police officials arranged weapons, training for terrorists: report 6. The role of the five power defence arrangements in the Southeast Asian security architecture 7. Defence hits back on asylum boat 8. Japan's special outback delivery from outer space 9. Wisdom rules in the Solomons Islands

APSNet 19 April 2010

1. We've got your back in Afghan province 2. Submarine builder to cut jobs 3. Africa finally part of the big picture 4. PM reopens Howard's toughest compound 5. Human rights act canned as election looms 6. Fiji open to possible Thaksin residency bid 7. Malaysia and the Bomb 8. Population debate misses the facts

APSNet 15 April 2010

1. Terrorist fears over NT nuclear dump site 2. Focus shifts to nuclear 'rogues' 3. Kabul's new patron: the growing Afghan-Chinese relationship 4. How to end the war in Afghanistan 5. East Timor to reject Woodside natural gas plan 6. SBY’s new strategy on illegal logging is an improvement, say Indonesian green activists

APSNet 08 April 2010

1. WMD fears block export cargo 2. Push to end nuclear trafficking 3. Unmanned aircraft could soon patrol borders 4. Defence plan gets backing 5. Bishop puts uranium in poll frame 6. Afghan President Rebukes West and U.N. 7. Can anyone pacify the world's number one narco-state? The opium wars in Afghanistan 8. [Indonesia] Yudhoyono talks tough on illegal logging

APSNet 25 March 2010

1. Joint effort to curtail first-strike policy 2. Budget cuts a tough target 3. How a guilty plea from Stern Hu could be good news for Rio and the government 4. Israel expects Canberra to expel diplomat over forged passports used in murder 5. Building bridges over Afghanistan’s troubled waters 6. Insurgent faction presents Afghan peace plan 7. Washington's Indonesian bully boys 8. The ticking TB time bomb

APSNet 29 March 2010

1. [China] Undiplomatic relations 2. Contracts under scrutiny 3. Employers: your country needs you 4. Afghan inquiry decision soon 5. Australian troops join new front 6. Afghans petition the Dutch to stay 7. Australia has a duty to take Gitmo inmates 8. Iraq faces a negotiating nightmare

APSNet 01 April 2010

1. This time it's the generators: Defence reveals latest battle with navy's underwater lemons 2. Australia blasts China over sentence 3. Faulkner insists JSF will deliver 4. War protesters 'switch off' defence satellite dish 5. Afghans best producers of cannabis: UN 6. Human rights abuses contributing to increased poverty in Afghanistan – UN report 7. Our western front: Australia and the Indian Ocean

APSNet 8 December 2010

1. Scathing attacks on Rudd revealed in US diplomatic cables 2. Rudd meets a brutal reality 3. Outrage and Apologies: Washington Fights to Rebuild Battered Reputation 4. The WikiLeaks wake up call 5. Call to beef up Torres Strait police 6. Cameron eyes 2011 Afghan pullout 7. Judge dismisses bid to remove Anwar al-Awlaki from US 'kill list' 8. 2010 PwC Melbourne Institute Asialink Index 9. Two thirds of states seen highly vulnerable to climate change by 2030

APSNet 22 March 2010

1. Report blasts hole in government's plan to acquire new subs 2. All-clear for nukes deal with Russia 3. [Indonesia] Economic and defense ties on China-RI agenda 4. As Taliban makes comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan 5. Policing Afghanistan: how afghan police training became a train wreck 6. The new rules of war 7. Australia has failed Hu in bid for open trial: expert

APSNet 18 March 2010

1. Trends in US defence spending: implications for Australia 2. Netanyahu extends an olive branch 3. Diggers hit by Afghan bomb 4. [Indonesia] House okays nuke plants 5. E Timor seeks Japan's help in training troops 6. Indonesia: radicalisation and dialogue in Papua

APSNet 11 March 2010

1. Yudhoyono's plea for better ties 2. War on waste: 'Defence extravagance must end' 3. [Afghanistan] Soldiers in an absurd predicament 4. Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early 5. The siege of the fictional city of Marja 6. Army seeks answers for Afghan civilian deaths 7. Japan says it allowed U.S. nuclear ships to port

APSNet 01 March 2010

1. Defence's new choppers are duds: report 2. Faulkner stands up for record 3. Fallout over NT nuclear dump site 4. US wants NATO to step up in Oruzgan 5. Here to help: strengthening the Defence role in Australian disaster management 6. In Afghanistan, U.S. plans major push into Kandahar 7. German lawmakers approve troop increase for Afghanistan

APSNet 15 March 2010

1. Warning on delays for fighter jets 2. Thales in Combet sights 3. Japan angry on nuclear shift 4. [Indonesia] Change with a few rough edges 5. Aussie soldiers capture senior Taliban leader 6. East Timor threatens to scuttle gas development 7. Nuclear weapons: arms control, proliferation and nuclear security

APSNet 04 March 2010

1. Passport probe: AFP officers in Israel 2. Joint approach to stabilise and rebuild Afghanistan 3. Bailout broke laws, says Indonesia's divided house 4. U.S. floats plan to lift ban on training Indonesia's Kopassus unit 5. Angelita Pires acquitted of Timorese plot to kill 6. In Afghanistan, Karzai's invitation to Taliban creates discord and confusion 7. Afghan police still out of step

APSNet 25 February 2010

1. How embattled PM played 'jihad' card 2. Rudd slammed on delays 3. Nuclear subs not the answer to our needs 4. Japan is crucial to our future 5. Defence Department to open up on war information 6. Dutch pull-out to change balance in Afghanistan 7. NATO falls short in push for new trainers 8. Afghanistan war: as civilian deaths rise, NATO says, 'sorry'

APSNet 22 February 2010

1. We'll take Japan to court: PM 2. Army's lethal legal gap 3. Dutch cabinet, Balkenende's fourth, collapses 4. Afghan push went beyond traditional military goals 5. Fiji mends diplomatic ties with New Zealand

APSNet 15 February 2010

1. 101st Australian soldier wounded 2. Japan, Australia to sign military logistics pact 3. Two subs out of action for 9 years 4. Insider reveals how Defence massages the message from Iraq and Afghanistan 5. Raid on Taliban stronghold of Marjah a 'success' 6. Obama’s secret prisons 7. Ministers clash over Nato Afghanistan letter 8. RI tells Iran to uphold commitment

APSNet 11 February 2010

1. Defence chief upbeat on war 2. War games with Burma row 3. Reputation of Collins class subs takes a further dive 4. Dutch mull longer Afghanistan stay at NATO request 5. Special Operations Task Group discuss future with Afghan elders 6. Politics go sour in Indonesia 7. Amnesty slams Fiji's 'dishonest' UN report 8. Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment 2010

APSNet 18 February 2010

1. We won't be going nuclear: Rudd 2. Improved Firepower for the ADF 3. Spies work with India on sport terror threat 4. [Indonesia] Suspicion but no smoking gun in Bank Century probe 5. U.N. rejects ‘militarization’ of Afghan aid 6. [Afghanistan] The meaning of Marjah 7. [Netherlands] Labour says final 'no' to Afghanistan 8. John Howard's war: Australia's military involvement in Iraq 9. OSC: Afghan minority parties unenthusiastic about reconciliation with Taliban

APSNet 08 February 2010

1. Dutch cuts hit Australia 2. China pushes for closer military ties 3. Japan open to nuclear arms limits 4. [Myanmar] Nuke body baffled by junta move 5. Logging violence and corruption flare in PNG’s Ramu forests 6. US, Nato plan big offensive in Helmand 7. [Singapore] S'pore to consider nuclear, coal for energy

APSNet 28 January 2010

1. Defence bureaucrats fail ministers 2. Minister blasts submarine management 3. 'Example' to be made of death row Australian 4. A reconciliation plan in Afghanistan 5. NATO struggling to fulfill commitments for more troops in Afghanistan 6. Parties back criminal findings in bailout 7. Iraq war was illegal, Dutch panel rules 8. Economic and fiscal policy strategies for climate change mitigation in Indonesia

APSNet 01 February 2010

1. New submarine project warned of dirty fight 2. Royal Australian Navy push for closer links with Asia 3. Legislature fears impact of US military build-up in Guam 4. NATO troops clash with Afghan allies 5. UK summit unveils new Afghan policy 6. U.N. envoy to Afghanistan met with Taliban 7. A nuclear wannabe; suspicious links to North Korea; high-tech procurements and enigmatic facilities 8. The Iraq war must not remain a closed book

APSNet 04 February 2010

1. More turbulence in fighter jet program 2. Kevin Rudd's secret war on Iran 3. Amnesty slams evictions near PNG mine 4. Surprise peace talks in Canberra over Fiji diplomatic ties 5. East Timor's graftbuster appointed 6. With raw recruits, Afghan police buildup falters 7. Indonesian military 'deeply involved' in forest destruction: report 8. [Malaysia] Awkward associations

APSNet 25 January 2010

1. Australian defence force mulls options for increased role for reservists 2. Warships herald 'a new era' 3. Afghanistan to postpone elections 4. Okinawa mayor-elect opposes U.S. base 5. US unveils civilian strategy for Afghanistan, Pakistan 6. Looking ahead to North Korea's demise 7. Govt unconcerned as critics plan protest

APSNet 21 January 2010

1. Troops' welfare is government's 'top funding priority' 2. [Afghanistan] UN report claims bribes equal to quarter of GDP 3. McChrystal's plan takes a Taliban hit 4. Gates: Al-Qaeda has assembled a 'syndicate' of terror groups 5. China vents anger with missile test 6. Korea raises its arms 7. South Korea warns North on a first nuclear strike 8. One Year Later: did Obama win the Iraq war?

APSNet 18 January 2010

1. Cyber security operations centre officially opened 2. Friends in high places a juggling act for Rudd 3. Japan ends naval support for Afghan war 4. SBY dismisses calls to face Century probe 5. Elite US troops ready to combat Pakistani nuclear hijacks 6. UK plans 'trust fund' to woo Taliban fighters

APSNet 14 January 2010

1. ASIO checks unreliable: former immigration officer 2. Continuing Indonesian military business 'dangerous': Human Rights Watch 3. Obama wants $33 billion more for war 4. The shadow war in Afghanistan 5. Afghanistan: over 2,400 civilian deaths in 2009 6. China's missile test: a symbolic warning to U.S. 7. China, India, Brazil and South Africa prepare for post-Copenhagen meeting 8. The next arms race 9. [Indonesia] Ministry: illegal logging skyrockets during Indonesia's year-end enforcement break

APSNet 11 January 2010

1. US set to lift ban on military exercises with NZ; 2. Rich nations 'ganged up' in Copenhagen; 3. Japan pins whale row on Gillard; 4. New Afghan cabinet picks still generate resistance; 5. China willing to spend big on Afghan commerce; 6. Renegotiating the South Korea-US nuclear pact; 7. Australia helps REDD projects in Jambi; 8. Abdurrahman Wahid, the Indonesian Republic, and dynamics in Islam.