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\"Waka<\/a>For all your international security and defence reading, look no further than ASPI Suggests!<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s ANZAC Day (25 April)\u00a0will mark\u00a0the 100th anniversary of the first major military action fought at Gallipoli by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. For a different\u00a0perspective on the war, here’s an emotive interview<\/a> with the daughter of a Turkish veteran of Gallipoli, Adil Sahin.\u00a0This week The Strategist<\/em>\u00a0also featured posts about WWI by historian Robin Prior on Churchill’s hand in the strategic case for Gallipoli <\/a>and Director of the Australian War Memorial Brendan Nelson on the importance of remembrance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For an American perspective on the Battle of Gallipoli, head over to strategy blog The Bridge<\/em> for\u00a0Brett A. Friedman’s reflections<\/a> on what he sees as a ‘watershed moment in the history of modern warfare’.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago there were reports that India’s new Vikrant-class aircraft carriers could be equipped US technology<\/a>. With both countries now agreeing to explore joint development of the aircraft carrier, Carnegie’s Ashley J. Tellis argues<\/a> for greater strategic convergence between the US and India,\u00a0given the prospects of Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean. Tellis\u00a0also calls for broader cooperation on the Vikrant and for the US to offer India access to the Hawkeye and F-35C. Meanwhile, over on The Diplomat<\/em>,\u00a0Robert Farley looks at<\/a> India’s bright future in carrier aviation despite the challenges of the Rafale deal with France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Western democratic powers are no longer the dominant external shapers of political transitions around the world’, write<\/a> Thomas Carothers and Oren Samet-Marram. Their new piece tracks\u00a0how global influence is now dictated by a marketplace of nondemocracies and non-Western democracies, and results from\u00a0the diffusion of power away from the West to ‘the rest’.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, the BBC’s Carrie Gracie explores<\/a> the Xi\u2013Putin relationship and Russia’s pivot to Asia. With the signing of a US$200m deal on robotics,\u00a0seen as<\/a>\u00a0‘a big move for\u00a0Sino-Russian economic relations’, it appears their ‘borgs will be BFFs as well. But the bear isn’t embracing the panda too tightly; as Artyom Lukin wrote back in March, it’s also reaching out<\/a> to other partners in East and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to ASPI researcher Clare Murphy who reports<\/a> some fascinating insights from a Melbourne-based Kenyan professional about the recent terror attack in Kenya\u00a0on Australian Outlook<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Shifting to Iran, critics of the recently-brokered nuclear\u00a0framework deal often cite fears of\u00a0nuclear weapon proliferation in the Middle East. Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai argue<\/a> that an assessment of probable scenarios suggests that’s not likely to happen. In backing up their position, their piece usefully breaks down the limitations in each Middle Eastern country. A valuable resource for nuclear watchers.<\/p>\n

Lastly, back in November 2012 American rapper Waka Flocka Flame<\/a> declared via Twitter that he was running for president. This week, Flame made it official<\/a>: #Waka2016. So what would a\u00a0Waka Flocka foreign policy look like?\u00a0According to the magazine\u00a0Foreign Policy<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0his priorities are\u00a0#FreePalestine<\/a>, #FreeKurdistan<\/a> and that Canada is ‘MADD (sic) real’<\/a>. The Strategist<\/em> team wishes Mr Flame good luck\u00a0in his quest for the White House.<\/p>\n

Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Turning to more legitimate political players, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina is set to launch<\/a> her presidential campaign as a Republican candidate on 4 May. For an\u00a0insight into her thinking on politics, leadership and foreign policy, listen to Nina Easton’s Smart Women, Smart Power interview<\/a> with Fiorina earlier this month (1hr). For the visually inclined, video\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Canberra readers, ANU’s Michael Wesley will discuss<\/a> the big challenge of ‘weak powers’, India and Indonesia, in the Sir Roland Wilson Building, Wednesday 29 April at 12.30pm.<\/p>\n

Brisbane-folk, Indonesia expert Tim Lindsey is giving a talk<\/a> on why the Australia\u2013Indonesia relationship is so difficult, at the Gallery of Modern Art in South Bank, Tuesday 19 May at 6pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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