{"id":14239,"date":"2014-06-06T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T04:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=14239"},"modified":"2014-06-10T20:55:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T10:55:49","slug":"aspi-suggests-6jun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-6jun\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests: Asia Pacific edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"President<\/a>Welcome back for another instalment of ASPI suggests from Washington DC. I\u2019ve found our region\u2019s experts have a lot to offer our American colleagues when it comes to understanding the Asia Pacific, especially Southeast Asia. This week\u2019s instalment showcases this regional expertise.<\/p>\n

In time for PM Abbott’s visit to Batam this week, ANU\u2019s Jacqueline Baker asks, can Australia avoid making the same old mistakes with Indonesia?<\/a> She explains, even though Indonesia is now a democracy, that doesn’t make things any easier: \u2018With Indonesia\u2019s democratisation, suddenly the political terrain got a whole lot more complicated and Australia just doesn\u2019t have the political skills, let alone the white paper to manage it.\u2019 Read her recommendations here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Arif Havas Oegreseno says there’s much South China Sea claimants can learn from the recent Indonesia\u2013Philippines maritime agreement<\/a>\u00a0(PDF). Former Indonesian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU, Oegreseno highlights the centrality of UNCLOS and the need to find cooperation on public goods where there are no maritime boundaries.<\/p>\n

Over at East Asia Forum<\/i>, Thuy T. Do analyses the implications of China\u2019s oil rig Haiyang Shiyou 981 on Vietnam\u2019s foreign policy<\/a>. Although it\u2019s building better ties with the US and Japan as a result of the oil rig incident, Do argues that \u2018living next to China for two thousand years has taught Vietnam that nurturing Sinophobia and engaging in military alliances to balance China won\u2019t serve its long term interests.\u2019<\/p>\n

Also on Southeast Asia\u2013China relations, Leng Thearith explains why Cambodia can\u2019t afford to be a Chinese proxy<\/a>, despite the failure to produce a 2012 ASEAN Summit joint communiqu\u00e9 under its chairmanship.<\/p>\n

Moving to other regional relations, David Brewster explores developments in the political, security and economic dimensions of Australia\u2013India ties as well as future prospects under a Modi government<\/a>. He notes, despite positive developments, there remain challenges including uranium sales, recognition of India\u2019s \u2018major power status\u2019, differing ideas about multilateral security, and China.<\/p>\n

Turning now to US alliances, ASPI\u2019s Hayley Channer recently delivered a presentation at the East-West Center on how Australia, Japan and South Korea could contribute to the US rebalance<\/a>. She concludes that US allies in Asia could assist by deepening their links with each other, increasing their interoperability, and by investing more in multilateral forums.<\/p>\n

As authors of\u00a0a recent paper on ballistic missile defence<\/a>, ASPI\u2019s Andrew Davies and Rod Lyon will be watching the\u00a0test of the Ground Based Midcourse Defence system<\/a>\u00a0later this month with interest.<\/p>\n

Also from an Australian think tank, John Perryman from the Navy\u2019s Sea Power Centre has written about the Navy\u2019s involvement in D-Day<\/a> as part of the assault phase of Operation Overlord, codenamed Operation Nepture.<\/p>\n

Video<\/b><\/p>\n

Sticking with the 70th\u00a0anniversary of D-Day, 93-year old Jim \u2018Pee Wee\u2019 Martin boarded a C-47 and parachuted into Normandy<\/a> as he did 70 years ago with the US Army’s 101st\u00a0Airborne Division. When asked about the experience, his frank response was, \u2018Everybody is scared all the time. Anybody who tells you he isn\u2019t is full of crap. But you just do what you have to do, regardless. That\u2019s the difference.\u2019 Watch the interview and his jump here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Natalie Sambhi is an analyst at ASPI and editor of\u00a0<\/em>The Strategist, and currently a visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security<\/em>. Image courtesy of the official website of the President of the Republic of Indonesia<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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