| Article: | The race for land "Has fertile land with access to water become the new oil? The world is experiencing a race for land set to rival the 'rush for Africa' by colonial powers in the 19th century." |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson & Laura Costello |
| Publication: | ABC Unleashed |
| Journalist: | Peter Curson & Laura Costello |
| Article: | Consensus lies far from Copenhagen "THE once high hopes that the picturesque and environmentally friendly Danish capital of Copenhagen would be the perfect setting for a breakthrough international agreement on climate change are proving illusory." Correction: The IPCC report was in 2007 not 2006, as stated. |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Alan Dupont |
| Article: | Defence deal looms with Japan "The Australian and Japanese governments are discussing a new defence agreement that would deepen the co-operation of their military forces in peacekeeping and international humanitarian operations." |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Peter Alford |
| Article: | Africa demands compo for climate chaos |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | ABC News |
| Journalist: | Bronwyn Herbert |
| Article: | Counter-terrorism still needs to shape up |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Patrick Walter |
| Article: | Call for license to spy on citizens |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Patrick Walter |
| Article: | Asia's thirst for oil set to 'destabilise' Middle East |
| Staff Member: | Leanne Piggott |
| Publication: | Canberra Times |
| Journalist: | Philip Dorling |
| Article: | US-China energy security potential flashpoint |
| Staff Member: | Leanne Piggott |
| Publication: | World View, SBS Radio |
| Journalist: | Caroline Davey |
| Article: | Asia’s big questions: facing up to resource crises? Global recession now sits beside issues of climate change and global warming and new doubts about the capability or even reliability of markets. The linked issues of food and fuel are asking Asia some big questions about its future. |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | ABC Radio Australia |
| Journalist: | Graeme Dobell |
| Article: | Unilateral formula to security unlikely “There is no one formula for the perfect security architecture and no one route to achieve regional security, a forum was told yesterday. A lecturer, Dr Thomas S. Wilkins, felt it was unlikely that any single, multilateral security architecture would emerge anytime soon in the Asia-Pacific region.” |
| Staff Member: | Thomas Wilkins |
| Publication: | The New Straits Times |
| Article: | Retired dons should merit more respect “A while ago columnist Carlin Romano wrote a provocative piece on the trials and tribulations of being an emeritus professor in the US. In Australia the title emeritus professor is usually awarded by the university senate to retiring professors as an exceptional honour marking an outstanding contribution to their university.” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Peter Curson |
| Article: | Australia, Nourishing China’s Economic Engine, Questions Ties “Since three state owned Chinese companies said they would buy stakes in Australia’s storied mining industry totaling $22 billion, some of this nation’s 21.3 million people have reacted with aggrieved nationalism…. ‘The momentum has shifted from being broadly receptive to these deals to having a hard think at this,’ said Alan DuPont, who heads the Center for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney. ‘This is not just about China and Australia. It’s about how the world sees China playing its role in the future as a great power.’” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The New York Times |
| Journalist: | Michael Wines |
| Article: | A pandemic of human fear and anxiety “It is now 41 years since we experienced the last pandemic of flu and many think that we are overdue for the next one. But have we over-reacted to the present outbreak of swine flu?” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | ABC Unleashed |
| Journalist: | Peter Curson |
| Article: | Experts warn beware of swine flu hysteria “The Federal Government is warning that its efforts to tackle the swine flu will result in more public inconvenience. But there are those who claim that the latest measures are an overreaction. Some immunisation experts and academics say authorities and the media have blown swine flu out of proportion and created public hysteria.” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | PM, ABC Radio |
| Journalist: | Simon Palan |
| Article: | Defence plans 'unaffordable' “The Federal Government's 20-year defence white paper has been criticised by a security analyst, Alan Dupont, who says the plans are unaffordable and purchases of big-ticket items such as submarines and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters will probably have to be cut back.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | Sydney Morning Herald |
| Journalist: | Jonathan Pearlman |
| Article: | India’s search for energy security “In the recent Indian elections one of the most important issues was addressing energy poverty—the fact that millions of Indians have no access to electricity. It's a paradox that gets to the heart of the inequality over climate change—at the same time as we try to cut back on our energy consumption, India's working at giving more people access to energy.” |
| Staff Member: | CISS Visiting Scholar Dr Ligia Noronha |
| Publication: | Late Night Live, ABC Radio |
| Journalist: | Phillip Adams |
| Article: | Defence white paper ‘won’t deliver’ “A defence and international security analyst says the Federal Government's defence plan will not deliver what it promises to. At the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Professor Alan Dupont accused the Government of neglecting strategic trends in defence.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | ABC News |
| Article: | Concerns over Australia's defence build up “The Australian government has announced an overhaul of its defence strategy which many are seeing as being aimed at China. In it's white paper released over the weekend, the government said that the United States remains crucial to its defence strategy but other major powers such as China and India are emerging.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | ABC Radio Australia |
| Journalist: | Linda Mottram |
| Article: | Too few boots on the ground “Alan Dupont said most potential operations in the South Pacific would be ‘manpower-intensive’. ‘Your submarines are not that much use in those situations, where we need to take a leadership role,’ Professor Dupont said.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Joe Kelly |
| Article: | Budget to detail Defence spending spree “Professor Alan Dupont from the University of Sydney says there are real questions over the Government's ability to pay for the extra equipment. ‘Where are we going to get the dollars to fund this very ambitious Defence budget?’ he said.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | ABC News |
| Article: | Government errs in its strategy “It makes no sense for Australia in 2009 to base its long-term strategic policy on the highly contentious proposition that Australia is on an inevitable collision course with a militarily aggressive China.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Article: | Thermal imaging at airports to check for flu fevers “You can be incubating the influenza virus - carrying it in you, that is - and not be showing any symptoms. And so these border screening measures simply won't pick up infection. So we need to be realistic about how much of a barrier airport checks really are.” |
| Staff Member: | Christian Enemark |
| Publication: | AM, ABC Radio |
| Journalist: | Michael Edwards |
| Article: | Flu spreads faster in cyberspace For all the hysteria swirling around the issue, there is no cause for panicat this stage, and, hopefully, not at any stage. Most people had not even heard of swine flu a week ago. Now the internet has millions of references to it, some informative, many spurious. |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Author: | Editorial |
| Article: | Hysteria at fever pitch “The epidemic of a unique strain of swine flu raging in Mexico is suspected of causing more than 1600 cases of illness and about 150 deaths. It has affected at least 40 people in parts of the US as well as producing suspected cases in Britain, Canada, Spain, France, Colombia, Israel and Australia.” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Author: | Peter Curson |
| Article: | Border efforts 'will only delay swine flu' “Australia has stepped up its efforts to keep the swine flu virus out as reports of more cases continue to emerge from across the world.” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | ABC News |
| Author: | Michael Edwards |
| Article: | The China syndrome “What China does next will help shape the long-term direction of Australia's defence policy.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Age |
| Journalist: | Brendan Nicholson |
| Article: | Diplomacy first, weapons later “It is erroneous to believe, as some claim, that the intelligence agencies have a right to determine the risk of military threat to Australia and how we should respond.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Journalist: | Paul Dibb and Richard Brabin-Smith |
| Article: | Our forces must first be functional It is reasonable for our defence white paper planners to prudently hedge against the possibility of a hegemonic China. But it makes no sense to allow worst-case assessments of China's intentions and capabilities to determine the next 20 years of Australian defence spending and strategy, especially when these views seem to be based on prejudice rather than informed analysis. |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Author: | Alan Dupont |
| Article: | Australia PM meets would-be 'soul mate' Obama Australia's Kevin Rudd on Tuesday becomes one of the first world leaders to meet US President Barack Obama, an encounter that could prove to be a meeting of political soul mates. But the summit offers a tough choice for the Australian prime minister, who experts say is eager to get close to the popular new US leader, but who faces opposition at home to committing more troops to Afghanistan. |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | France24 |
| Author: | Shaun Tendon |
| Article: | Australia looks to beef up muscle “Last September, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered a speech that got the press buzzing. Speaking to a group of army veterans, Mr Rudd painted a gloomy outlook for the Asia-Pacific.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Straits Times |
| Author: | William Choong |
| Article: | Planners second-guess resurgent China “China is the hidden strategic conundrum that lies at the heart of the Rudd Government's new defence white paper.” |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Author: | Patrick Walters |
| Article: | Terrorism 'first order issue' for Australia: security analyst "Professor Alan Dupont says that includes the prospect of a terrorist attack on an Australian city and a North Korean missile that reaches almost to northern Australia." |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | ABC Radio Australia |
| Author: | Linda Mottram |
| Article: | Nuclear bomb 'within reach of terrorists "Terrorists could well obtain or build a nuclear bomb and smuggle it into the heart of a major city, former foreign minister Gareth Evans has warned." |
| Staff Member: | Alan Dupont |
| Publication: | WA Today |
| Author: | Brendan Nicholson |
| Article: | When fantasy cruises run aground on reality “This year more than 13.5 million people, including more than 260,000 New Zealanders and Australians, will choose to embark on an ocean cruise. But just how safe is cruising? Are we more at risk on board a mega-liner than walking in downtown Auckland or Wellington?” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | New Zealand Herald |
| Author: | Peter Curson |
| Article: | Modern life gives dengue its chance “The current dengue outbreak in parts of Northern Queensland threatens to develop into a major epidemic. As of the middle of this week there have been more than 240 cases of dengue notified in Cairns and Townsville, and recent heavy rains and flooding have greatly raised local concerns about the breeding of mosquitos and spread of the disease….” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Curson |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Author: | Peter Curson |
| Article: | Afghan war can’t be won by foreigners “Khalil believes that if the international community fails in Afghanistan, the consequences will hit our shores, promoting the flawed assumption that unless we go and fight terrorists on their own turf, we will surely be targeted.” |
| Staff Member: | Peter Khalil |
| Publication: | The Australian |
| Author: | Benjamin Gilmour |