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Welcome, dear readers, to the first \u2018ASPI suggests\u2019 of 2018.<\/p>\n

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

While Michael Wolff\u2019s Fire and fury<\/a><\/em> lit flames under the White House to start the new year, the cabinet files scandal<\/a> and the Strava security breach<\/a> clearly jolted Canberra out of its January summer lull. Elsewhere, military campaigns, dodgy legislation and upcoming elections have kept the international relations analysts on their toes.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s presidential elections are six weeks away, and last weekend was again marked by mass protests \u2018against the lack of choice\u2019<\/a> across the country. Vice<\/em>\u2019s Greg Walters<\/a> tells you why Putin isn\u2019t fazed by the protests, and Radio Free Europe explores<\/a> the Kremlin\u2019s belief that Alexey Navalny isn\u2019t a threat. Further afield, Moscow is exploring new ground in Africa. Wagner, a Kremlin-backed private military firm, has made forays into Sudan and the Central African Republic, as this Stratfor<\/em> piece<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n

And Russia doesn\u2019t stop there. Leonid Issaev argues<\/a> that it\u2019s getting its hands dirty by participating in Turkey\u2019s latest military campaign, Operation Olive Branch. ASPI\u2019s Isaac Kfir explains<\/a> why driving the campaign further into Syria has the potential to cause havoc beyond the region.<\/p>\n

Israel and Poland\u2019s usually cordial relations have soured<\/a> over the past week after Poland\u2019s Sejm passed a bill criminalising any mention of Polish concentration or extermination camps, thus abrogating Polish culpability for Nazi-era crimes<\/a>. This Washington Post<\/em> article<\/a> presents various critical voices on the legislation and explains the potential consequences if it\u2019s signed by the Polish president.<\/p>\n

For the linguists: an interesting piece from The Economist<\/a><\/em> explores the decline of Egyptian Arabic\u2014 once the most widespread dialect in the Arab world\u2014amid Egypt\u2019s waning regional influence.<\/p>\n

The unlikely and astonishing rise to power of Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state and national security adviser, is told by biographer Niall Ferguson in this Politico Magazine<\/em> piece<\/a>. Ferguson argues that the wily diplomat and academic\u2019s greatest talent was strategic networking: \u2018He had learned that \u2026 informal networks could provide diplomatic channels superior to foreign ministries and embassies.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Big Brother is watching you.\u2019 But could the bleak Orwellian maxim predicting our age of surveillance and the death of privacy have a positive side? National Geographic<\/em> explores<\/a> the measurable social, economic and environmental gains of surveillance networks and evaluates what privacy really means to us and how much we value it.<\/p>\n

Drone warfare is a controversial<\/a> practice. The Guardian<\/em> spoke<\/a> to military drone analysts in Kansas about their work and produced a piece that comprehensively analyses various aspects of drone warfare, from technology and training to accountability and ethics. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera documents<\/a> innovative commercial and humanitarian uses of drones.<\/p>\n

The Atlantic Council<\/a> has published some interesting new research on the Asian energy transition. The paper explores Asia as a rising power in the field of renewable energy, and notes that many governments in the region are already developing and implementing clean energy policies. The International Center for Research on Women<\/a> has published a similarly encouraging report card, assessing Secretary General Antonio Guterres\u2019 progress on the UN\u2019s feminist agenda one year in. Although the C+ score may seem low, the analysis is positive<\/a> overall.<\/p>\n

Tech geek<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s 2018 National Defense Strategy<\/a> prioritises<\/a> Russia and China as key threats<\/a> to US interests. With that in mind, China looks set to outpace the Americans in electromagnetic railgun<\/a> development for its naval vessels. If the Chinese are successful, the US may accelerate its own efforts, which so far have struggled<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A pre-decisional draft of the forthcoming US Nuclear Posture Review confirms<\/a> that Russia is developing<\/a> its \u2018Status-6\u2019 long-range nuclear-armed unmanned underwater vehicle as a \u2018third-strike weapon\u2019, equipped with<\/a> a cobalt-jacketed 100-megaton nuclear warhead. It\u2019s designed<\/a> to detonate offshore and inundate large coastal areas with long-lasting lethal radioactivity.<\/p>\n

Boeing has released its concept<\/a> for a reusable hypersonic aircraft\u2014a \u2018son of SR-71 Blackbird\u2019. It would travel at speeds faster than Mach 5, and would employ DARPA\u2019s advanced full-range engine<\/a>\u00a0to allow one engine to power it from take-off to hypersonic speeds and back to landing.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Kiwis did well with their 21 January test launch of the Electron<\/a> small satellite launcher, operated by Rocket Lab<\/a>, a US-based company with an extensive New Zealand footprint. The successful mission puts New Zealand in a prime position to compete in the small-satellite market<\/a> globally.<\/p>\n

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

The World Economic Forum has launched a new podcast series<\/a> that dissects different elements of the \u2018Fourth Industrial Revolution\u2019. The latest episode explores ways to regulate tech without stifling its benefits (30 mins).<\/p>\n

Carnegie\u2019s first 2018 DiploPod<\/em> episode<\/a> features an interview with Jeffrey Feltman, UN under-secretary for political affairs, in which he talks all things North Korea\u2014ranging from opportunities on de-escalation to his impressions from discussions with officials in Pyongyang in December (15 mins).<\/p>\n

The German Marshall Fund of the United States has a new podcast. The second episode<\/a> of Out of Order<\/em> focuses on how China has changed its position in the world since Donald Trump entered office and the role the current world order played in China\u2019s rise (60 mins).<\/p>\n

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

Melbourne, 6 February 2018, 12.30\u20131.30 pm, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute and Monash University: \u2018Environmental governance in China\u2019. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sydney, 7 February, 1\u20132 pm, University of Sydney: \u2018Diabetes, an emerging public health challenge in China\u2019. Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Canberra, 8 February, 1.30\u20137.30 pm, ANU Climate Update 2018. Agenda and registration here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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