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122177
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Benefiting from the relatively benign environment of the Asia-Pacific of the past sixty years, Australia's government has been able to go beyond its stated 'Defence of Australia' policy to undertake military operations outside of its immediate neighbourhood, in support of its allies. As austerity begins to bite, however, Australian defence planners no longer have the luxury of creating a 'balanced force' - and this at a strategically critical time in the region, as major powers rise and the US calls for greater support from its partners. Andrew Davies analyses what the future may hold for Australian defence, with key decisions about the submarine programme to provide the first test.
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122175
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Britain's longstanding and complex relationship with Bahrain was put under intense pressure by the unrest that spread through the Gulf state in February 2011. The kingdom's regional strategic significance, and its enduring dependability, make it a key ally for the UK - yet Britain's values-driven policy also compelled it to encourage negotiation and reform, rather than unconditionally support the Bahraini government's repressive approach. Matthew Willis analyses the bilateral relationship between the two countries, and shows how, so far, Britain has had little success in encouraging the Gulf state to reform.
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122179
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The ability to decrypt Japanese naval codes in the Second World War was of great
importance to the Allied effort in the Pacific. However despite both the army and
navy using the same cipher system, a series of Japanese errors led to the naval codes being successfully attacked by codebreakers even before the start of hostilities. John Mack outlines the cryptographic system, and shows how the Imperial Japanese Navy's operational codes were broken through a combination of skill and blunder.
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122169
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2012.
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In mid-November 2012, elections will be held in each police force area in England and
Wales, apart from London, for the post of police and crime commissioner. Senior police
officers suggest it will be the biggest shake-up since the first police force was established
by Sir Robert Peel in the early nineteenth century. The government believes the new PCCs
will empower local communities to decide policing priorities in their areas; critics fear
the move is politicising policing and may prove detrimental to national policing needs.
Margaret Gilmore investigates the challenges and the likely impact of this new approach
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122174
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2012.
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How have the Arab uprisings changed Israel's security environment? Amnon Aran explores the many ways in which changes brought about by the ongoing unrest in the region, and in particular Egypt's new administration under Mohammed Morsi and the rise of political Islam, present not only a challenge but, if handled correctly, an opportunity for Israel's long-term security prospects.
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122172
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The recent mining boom provides some Latin American countries with a fundamental new source of revenue, but can also pose some very significant threats to their stability and security. After a brief overview of recent regional developments, Elizabeth Deheza and Ugo Ribet assess the case of Colombia and scrutinise the security, socioenvironmental and political risks inherent to the country's current mining rush.
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122170
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2012.
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Most people disapprove of the fact that candidates for the position of police and crime commissioner may be sponsored by a political party. A YouGov-Cambridge/RUSI poll has found that 61 per cent of participants disapproved compared with only 11 per cent who approved. The poll found that nearly half of those eligible to vote for a PCC believe the commissioners will make no difference in the fight against crime, and 45 per cent believe some force areas will have worse policing than others as a result; just one in ten people disagree. When asked if having local PCCs will make the policing of national issues like security and terrorism worse, only a quarter disagreed. Margaret Gilmore analyses the findings.
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122171
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2012.
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Since the relaxation of the attitude of many states with regards to merchant vessels carrying armed guards, the number of private companies offering these services has grown at an alarming rate. Whilst some countries have elected to draft interim, or indeed statutory, measures to allow and govern the use of privately contracted armed security personnel aboard vessels bearing their flag, others have chosen to utilise their own military personnel. R Graham Caldwell examines the pitfalls of using serving military personnel, and investigates why governments should think long and hard about private security in the maritime setting.
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122173
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A year after independence, continuing tension with the North is not the only challenge facing South Sudan. From the uncertain fate of the disputed territory of Abyei and crossborder inter-communal conflicts, to a lack of economic infrastructure and food insecurity, combined with a persistent failure to build successful institutions, South Sudan's beginning as an independent state is rife with dangers. Stefan Wolff outlines the historical background and the security, political, ethnic and socioeconomic questions the South Sudanese leadership still needs to resolve.
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122178
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2012.
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Australia has long been a key ally of the United States in the Asia-Pacific, and it has welcomed US announcements of a 'pivot' towards the region in the face of a rising China. Canberra will lend political support, provide US forces with greater strategic depth, and offer selective military contributions, particularly in the eastern Indian Ocean and the Malacca and Lombok Straits. However, Benjamin Schreer and Sheryn Lee argue that, barring a dramatic change in the strategic environment, Australia will retain its focus on the immediate neighbourhood and will remain sceptical of attempts to construct an anti-Chinese coalition.
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