{"id":32909,"date":"2017-07-14T15:10:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T05:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=32909"},"modified":"2017-07-14T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T05:45:10","slug":"aspi-suggests-14july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-14july\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome back.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week it was Ivanka as seat warmer<\/a>, and this week it was Donald Jr\u2019s time to shine. (Sasha and Malia never got this much attention \u2026) We now know that there was direct and unalloyed collusion between Trump\u2019s inner circle and the Russian government. Oy vey. So here are a couple of reads. First, a piece in\u00a0<\/span>The National Review<\/span><\/i> explores <\/span>the \u2018misconduct of public men\u2019<\/span><\/a>, raising some tough questions about the president’s truthfulness and his fitness for office. Ross Douthat, resident conservative over at The<\/span> New York Times<\/span><\/i>, is <\/span>walking back<\/span><\/a> from his earlier position of giving Trump the benefit of the doubt. The fantastic CSIS-TCU podcast series continued this week<\/a> with <\/span>Vox <\/span><\/i>founder Ezra Klein. And over at his site, Klein is running with Elizabeth Drew’s characterisation<\/a> of the Watergate years: ‘a time of low comedy and high fear\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week I highlighted some <\/span>career opportunities for the young(er) guns<\/span><\/a>; this week it\u2019s all about self-improvement for the young scholar. <\/span>This effort over at <\/span>War on the Rocks<\/span><\/i><\/a> reckons the key is to devour the world beyond your discipline: hoist it all in together and try to make sense of what\u2019s going on. And from the kind folks over at <\/span>The Strategy Bridge<\/span><\/i>, here are some <\/span>thoughts and tools to train the strategic-thinking muscle<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the dust settles on North Korea\u2019s ICBM launch last week, don\u2019t miss <\/span>this stand-out interview<\/span><\/a> with Jeffrey Lewis (he of Arms Control Wonk fame). And in case you missed it last week, the <\/span>latest edition<\/span><\/a> of the <\/span>Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists<\/span><\/i>\u2014the bunch with <\/span>the clock<\/span><\/a>\u2014dropped with phenomenal timing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Astrophotography is pretty sweet any day of the week, so things naturally just get better when you add some kit and platforms into the mix, right? Yup, exactly. US soldier Joshua Simmons has made use of things laying around at his Fort Hood base to <\/span>bring the military together with the Milky Way<\/span><\/a>. Nicely done. For more on the photography front, don\u2019t <\/span>miss this recent account of the work of Aussie talent Andrew Quilty<\/span><\/a>, who has been based in Afghanistan since 2013. His photojournal, <\/span>28 days in Afghanistan<\/span><\/i><\/a>, is also worth the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

And to add some levity to the week\u2019s end, how\u2019s <\/span>this<\/span><\/a> for a yarn: Jim Mattis\u2019 mobile phone number is revealed online and a high-school student calls and texts in an effort to score an interview. A week later, Mattis calls back for what turned into a 45-minute chat about US foreign policy. The episode sparked two pieces: <\/span>one feature<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>one reflection<\/span><\/a>. You can also take a squiz at <\/span>the transcript<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Podcasts<\/b><\/p>\n

If you resisted <\/span>my earlier calls <\/span><\/a>to dive into Malcolm Gladwell\u2019s 2016 postcast <\/span>Revisionist History <\/span><\/i>then I\u2019m back to wear you down some more … Gladwell has been back on the beat to work up a second season, with five episodes out so far. One that\u2019s likely to be of particular interest to <\/span>Strategist<\/span><\/i> readers tells the tale of a CIA asset, an Islamic militant who had a change of heart only to end up as a casualty of Bill\u00a0<\/span>Clinton\u2019s efforts to reform the agency. But they\u2019re all solid, so take a look <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> (39 mins). Much of the series hinges on behavioural science, so <\/span>Gladwell\u2019s interview with Dave Nussbaum<\/span><\/a>, a behavioural scientist, is rather revealing.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few weeks back the ANU hosted an event for the launch of Nick Bisley\u2019s Center of Gravity paper, <\/span>Integrated Asia: Australia\u2019s Dangerous New Strategic Geography<\/span><\/i><\/a>. If you couldn\u2019t get along, never fear, as La Trobe Asia thought to record Nick\u2019s chat with the SDSC\u2019s Andrew Carr. Catch up <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

If you find the whole concept of cryptocurrency to be entirely foreign and bewildering\u2014Bitcoin, Ethereum, how\u2013what\u2013why\u2014here\u2019s your chance to get up to speed. It\u2019s a technical topic, so there\u2019s a limit to how close to the ground any explanation will stay, but absorbing <\/span>this video<\/span><\/a> will stand you in good stead (26 mins).<\/span><\/p>\n

Events<\/b><\/p>\n

Perth: Those on the west coast should get along to the PerthUSAsia Centre\u2019s event on 20 July, <\/span>Indonesia to 2050: A New Era for Australia\u2013Indonesia Relations<\/span><\/i>. Marty Natalegawa, Mari Pangestu and John Blaxland will all be there. Details <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canberra: No plans on Monday night? Just as well, because the Asia Bookroom\u2014a Canberra gem\u2014will host the launch of a significant new tome on Japanese war criminals written by four academics from Australian universities. The gang of four will be in conversation, with their effort to be launched by Michael Wesley. Register over at <\/span>the Asia Bookroom website<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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