{"id":24329,"date":"2016-01-22T15:23:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T04:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=24329"},"modified":"2016-01-22T15:23:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T04:23:39","slug":"aspi-suggests-22jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-22jan\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Justin<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all happening over in Davos, Switzerland, as the World Economic Forum hosts its 2016 Annual Meeting. As The Economist<\/em> mused earlier in the week, \u2018The scope for Davos satire is boundless: billionaires fretting about inequality; legions of personal assistants scheduling meetings about automation; and Bono\u2019. Highlights so far include remarks from the US Vice President Joe Biden<\/a>; a conversation between Fareed Zakaria and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>; and an incredibly optimistic presentation<\/a> from Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau. The theme of this year\u2019s confab is \u2018the fourth industrial revolution\u2019, with FT<\/em> nominating the four big issues<\/a> to be automation, China, emerging markets and the Brexit. But at the end of the day, the uninvited and unwelcome guest intruding on this year\u2019s meet is the significant degree of uncertainty borne of a gloomy economic outlook. Here are some snaps<\/a> from the event so far.<\/p>\n

To mark 25 years since the start of Operation Desert Storm, The Atlantic<\/em> have pulled together a photo essay<\/a> capturing the mood on the streets of the US and on the ground in Iraq and Kuwait. 2016 also marks 100 years since Sykes Picot; head over to The Strategy Bridge<\/em> for a consideration of the agreement\u2019s implications<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Taliban, or its offshoots, have claimed responsibility for two horrific attacks that took place on Wednesday. The first, a suicide bombing in Kabul, essentially fulfils a threat made by the terrorist group last October<\/a> to treat the country\u2019s \u2018satanic [television] networks\u2019 as \u2018military objectives\u2019. The Diplomat<\/em><\/a> looks at how the Taliban are attempting to justify the attack by branding the victims as a foreign intelligence network rather than journalists.<\/p>\n

The second attack<\/a> took place at Bacha Khan University in northern Pakistan, just over a year since the horrifying Peshawar school attack<\/a> which led to the deaths of 148 people, predominantly children. The Guardian <\/em>asks<\/a> why terrorist groups are increasingly targeting schools, colleges and universities. And Foreign Policy<\/em> carries a piece which argues<\/a> that Pakistan should build more schools to counter the negative effects of Taliban attacks on education in the country\u2019s Federally Administered Tribal Areas.<\/p>\n

CSIS this week released a major study<\/a> on the Obama administration\u2019s rebalance to the Asia\u2013Pacific, which considers US strategy, force posture, capabilities and partnerships across the region. Catch up with the report launch event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his time in power, Xi Jinping has broken the record for being China\u2019s most jet-setting president<\/a>. However, until Tuesday of this week, he hadn\u2019t set foot in the Middle East. There\u2019s been no shortage of analysis on what to expect from his high profile visit; The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> has deemed \u2018jockeying between Iran and Saudi Arabia\u2019 for Chinese favour as likely, while CNBC has indicated that Xi\u2019s meetings will focus on foreign policy<\/a> as well as One Belt One Road. For some background reading, check out this report from Chatham House<\/a> (PDF), which asks whether China might seek to fill a \u2018geopolitical vacuum\u2019 left by the US\u2019 gradual withdrawal from the Middle East. Alternatively, the English language version of the Chinese government\u2019s \u2018Arab Policy Paper\u2019<\/a>, which is the first of its kind and offers some context to Xi\u2019s visit, was released earlier this month.<\/p>\n

And finally, in another resounding triumph for both North Korea and communism, The Pyongyang Times<\/em> revealed this week that the DPRK has invented a hangover-free alcohol<\/a> that\u2019s a hit with both \u2018experts\u2019 (in what field remains unclear) and \u2018lovers\u2019 alike. Foreign Policy<\/em>, who were unfortunately unable to reach the hermit kingdom\u2019s experts and lovers for comment, reported that the liquor, which \u2018exudes national flavour\u2019, gets its unique tang from ginseng and scorched rice.<\/p>\n

Video<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chatham House has released a chat between<\/a> (27 mins) of Mark Malloch-Brown and Jonathan Prentice, both of the International Crisis Group, where they discuss the ten most prominent crises to watch in 2016.<\/p>\n

Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n

In case you missed it, The ABC\u2019s Richard Fidler last year invited former war correspondent for Time<\/em> and CNN<\/em>, Michael Ware, to discuss Daesh creator Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his stunning documentary \u2018Only The Dead\u2019<\/a>. The Brisbane-born Ware pulled the doco together using footage he\u2019d shot with a hand-held camera at the time of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Highly recommended for Ware\u2019s enlightening thoughts of the Middle East, war and journalism.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence has been high on the agenda across the last few days in Davos. FT\u2019s Murad Ahmet sat down with Erik Brynjolfsson of the MIT for a short discussion on the sidelines of the Forum. Take a listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Canberra:<\/u> Whip out your diaries quickly, because this event is unmissable. David Kilcullen\u2014former senior advisor to General Petraeus and author of the Quarterly Essay<\/em> \u2018Blood Year\u2019\u2014will speak at ANU\u2019s Bell School on 22 February<\/a>, focusing on the errors of governments and militaries in this new chapter of the War on Terror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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