{"id":11485,"date":"2013-12-20T12:40:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T01:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=11485"},"modified":"2013-12-23T09:22:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T22:22:24","slug":"the-strategists-greatest-2013-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/the-strategists-greatest-2013-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strategist’s greatest (2013) hits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Top<\/a>It’s the time of year when lazy editors dig through already published material<\/span> it’s worth taking a breath and reflecting on what’s passed through our pages over the course of the year. I thought about going through and selecting my favourites, but I realised that the efficient market hypothesis<\/a> provided me with the way to make the right selection.<\/p>\n

So without further ado, here are The Strategist<\/em>‘s top ten ranking posts for 2013, as decided by you, our valued and discerning readers, presented in increasing order of popularity.<\/p>\n

10. Why submarines for Australia?<\/a> (Peter Briggs)
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0 Xi Jinping and the Sabah enigma<\/a> (Geoff Wade)
\n8.\u00a0 China’s maritime dilemmas<\/a> (Benjamin Schreer)
\n7.\u00a0 China’s new map: just another dash?<\/a> (Euan Graham)
\n6.\u00a0 The audacity of Jokowi<\/a> (Natalie Sambhi)
\n5.\u00a0 Singapore and the US: not quite allies<\/a> (Tim Huxley)
\n4.\u00a0 The future of the Five Power Defence Arrangements<\/a> (Tim Huxley)
\n3.\u00a0 Submarines and maritime strategy \u2013 part 1<\/a> (Justin Jones)
\n2.\u00a0 Why Malaysia isn’t afraid of China (for now)<\/a> (Shahriman Lockman)
\n1.\u00a0 China’s six wars in the next 50 years<\/a> (Geoff Wade)<\/p>\n

An honourable mention should go to the single most popular post of the year, which was the header for our coverage of the release of the 2013 Defence white paper<\/a>, which links through to the ten pieces we put out during the day.<\/p>\n

Andrew Davies is senior analyst for defence capability at ASPI and executive editor of\u00a0<\/em><\/em>The Strategist.<\/em><\/em> He’s not at all put out that none of his posts made the top ten as selected by the ingrates who visit this site<\/em>. Image courtesy <\/em>of Flickr user Thomas Hawk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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