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The world<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week pundits continued to pick apart President Donald Trump\u2019s Asia trip. This piece<\/a> from China File<\/em> takes a look at the geopolitical manoeuvring of two great powers, now possibly on equal footing, vying for supremacy on the world stage. The Diplomat<\/a><\/em> takes a closer look at the policy ramifications of the trip, assessing how Trump fared on his three main goals for the trip.<\/p>\n

In May, Trump shared highly classified information about a covert Israeli mission with the Russian foreign minister and the Russian ambassador in a conversation in the Oval Office. This fascinating piece<\/a> delves into the details of both the mission and the intelligence that was leaked, and highlights that the incident could have implications beyond damaging US\u2013Israeli relations and future intelligence-sharing.<\/p>\n

Following the resignation of Robert Mugabe<\/a> after 37 years in power, the Economist<\/em> assesses<\/a> whether Emmerson Mnangagwa will be accomplish the two things that could ease Zimbabwe\u2019s economic and political turmoil: garnering overseas financial support and introducing legitimate democratic political reform.<\/p>\n

The newest instalment of the New Statesman<\/em>\u2019s tour through Europe has Matthew Engel in Belgium<\/a>. He describes a nation divided linguistically and culturally, and with \u2018a certain pervasive eccentricity\u2019. Engel clearly doesn\u2019t have the same affection for Belgium as for Estonia, but it is nonetheless an interesting snapshot of the EU\u2019s heartland.<\/p>\n

The International Criminal Tribunal convicted Ratko Mladic of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to life in prison. This critical piece<\/a> analyses the tribunal\u2019s omissions and what the verdict means for Serbia. An op-ed by Janine di Giovanni<\/a>, a journalist who covered the Bosnian war, argues that the verdict, 22 years after the Srebrenica massacre, does little to inspire confidence in holding contemporary despots accountable for their actions.<\/p>\n

Although the collapse of Chancellor Merkel\u2019s political negotiations has bought her some time to reassess options, there\u2019s no way to mask the clearly fragmented political situation in Germany and the stark divisions among coalition partners. Read Jacqueline Westermann\u2019s insights on the possible outcomes here<\/a>, and Der Spiegel<\/em>\u2019s commentary on the implications for German politics here<\/a>. The New York Review of Books<\/em> comprehensively analyses<\/a> the social profiles of Germany\u2019s resurgent right-wing populist movement, finding that a \u2018strong presence of the educated upper middle class distinguishes German populism\u2019 from other right-wing nationalist movements.<\/p>\n

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad\u2019s long read in the Guardian<\/em> follows Iraqi soldiers in their quest to regain Mosul from Islamic State, but tells another story<\/a> of the endless cycle of violence that has been created. Iraqi soldiers indiscriminately torture and kill suspected IS fighters, along with anyone else in the vicinity.<\/p>\n

The recent Islamist violence in the Philippines has unnerved many in Southeast Asia and thrown a spotlight on other Muslim insurgencies in the region. Austin Bodetti\u2019s piece<\/a> examines the situation in southern Thailand and whether it could spark the kind of ISIS-style jihadism seen in Marawi.<\/p>\n

New research from RAND<\/a> this week explores the origins of Americas jihadists, and ASPI\u2019s Lisa Sharland\u2019s<\/a> new co-authored paper explores the role of the mining sector in preventing and countering violent extremism in Africa. The CTC Sentinel<\/em>\u2019s latest paper<\/a> discusses the rivalry between al-Shabaab and IS in Somalia.<\/p>\n

Tech geek of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robots and war are all in the headlines this week. Two videos you need to check out look at future robots relevant for military roles. The first two are real robots from Boston Dynamics<\/a>, SpotMini<\/a> and the much more imposing Atlas<\/a>. (No robots were kicked in the making of these videos.)<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a much more disturbing vision of how AI might team with autonomous \u2018slaughterbots\u2019<\/a>. It\u2019s fictional \u2026 so far. Western liberal democracies have made determined efforts to ban lethal autonomous weapons, or LAWs. However, Russia<\/a> is saying nyet<\/em> to such a ban and is proceeding to develop robot<\/a>ic (so far, remotely controlled) armoured vehicles.<\/p>\n

The Russians are beginning to roll out their upgraded<\/a> Tu-160M2 Blackjack bomber, which will be the mainstay of their long-range aviation force for nuclear and conventional war until the PAK-DA<\/a> comes along. This accompanies their MiG-41<\/a> \u2018sixth-generation fighter\u2019, which they claim will be able to fight in space<\/a>, sometime in the 2020s.<\/p>\n

And China is building its H-20<\/a> bomber, as well as a hypersonic wind tunnel<\/a> to allow development of hypersonic weapons that could reach the west coast of the US from China in 14 minutes.<\/p>\n

Going from the edge of space at Mach 20 to confrontation on the ground, you can watch video<\/a> of the recent defection by a North Korean People\u2019s Army soldier in the Joint Security Area at Panmunjom. It\u2019s gripping viewing, given the potential for rapid escalation in these types of events. The soldier made it, though he was shot five or six times.<\/p>\n

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

Blogs of War\u2019s \u2018Covert Contact\u2019<\/a> podcast this week discusses modern terrorists\u2019 use of technology with Levi West of Canberra\u2019s Charles Sturt University.<\/p>\n

On RN\u2019s Between the Lines<\/a>,<\/em> Tom Switzer talks to Ross Burns, former Australian ambassador to Syria, about the Syrian civil war.<\/p>\n

Prominent African-American author Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses<\/a> social politics and current affairs in the US, including protests by NFL players and Colin Kaepernick (skip the two-minute promo at the beginning).<\/p>\n

Videos and photos<\/strong><\/p>\n

RUSI\u2019s director Dr Karen von Hippel hosts a conversation with General David Petraeus<\/a> (retd) on current global security challenges facing the US and the UK (1 hr 30 mins).<\/p>\n

\u2018The future of terrorism\u2019 is the third episode of the five-part documentary series<\/a> A different lens<\/em> by Monash academics and industry leaders (10 mins).<\/p>\n

The International Business Times has compiled the 100 most powerful photos<\/a> of the Rohingya refugee crisis, and the BBC chronicles President Mugabe\u2019s reign in images<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Canberra, 27 November, 1730, ANU: \u2018Chinese power and the idea of a \u201cresponsible state\u201d in a changing world order\u2019. More information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sydney, 28 November, 1300, Stanton Library: Hugh White will talk about his new Quarterly Essay<\/em>, \u2018Without America: Australia in the new Asia\u2019. More information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Canberra, 29 November, 1230, ANU: \u2018China and the United States as aid donors: past and future trajectories\u2019. Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Canberra, 29 November, 1730, ANU: \u2018Legacies of partition, South Asia at seventy\u2019. Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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