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Welcome to our final ASPI suggests for 2013!<\/p>\n

How big are the region’s navies<\/strong>? OpenCanada.org has a super useful infographic <\/a>(above, click to enlarge)\u00a0that compares the size of China’s, Japan’s, Russia’s, Canada’s and the US navies.<\/p>\n

This week ASPI released a new paper by Peter Chalk<\/a> on political, economic and social changes ahead for Myanmar<\/strong>. For more Myanmar developments, ANU’s Gerard McCarthy has an InsideStory<\/em> piece<\/a> on the role of social media and the country’s growing Islamophobia. Based on over 100 informal interviews, McCarthy explores the increasing contest over Myanmar’s national identity and information technology.<\/p>\n

Switching now to nuclear issues and Myanmar<\/strong>, Strategist<\/em> contributor Kalman A. Robertson and Olivia Cable have a New Mandala<\/em> post<\/a> examining the role of nuclear inspections and international confidence in the country.<\/p>\n

Sticking with our region, the K\u00f6rber Foundation has a new policy brief<\/a> on the strategic challenges in the Indian Ocean<\/strong>. Professor of Strategic Studies at \u00a0the\u00a0independent Center for Policy Research in New Delhi, Brahma Chellaney examines threats to freedom of navigation and China’s growing role.<\/p>\n

Turning now to China-US relations<\/strong>, Carnegie Endowment have released the results of a poll on public and elite attitudes <\/a>and their effect on the bilateral security relationship.\u00a0Two of their findings include:<\/p>\n