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

Today, the Olympic Winter Games kick off in Pyeongchang, South Korea. North Korea\u2019s Kim Yong-nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People\u2019s Assembly, along with Kim Jong-un\u2019s sister<\/a>,<\/u> will attend. They\u2019ll be the first DPRK officials to visit South Korea in years, increasing the rumours that talks will be held<\/a>. However, it\u2019s too soon to be entirely optimistic, argues<\/a> Kim Sengupta.<\/p>\n

Last month, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton\u2019s controversial remarks<\/a> about alleged African gang violence stirred some heat. This New York Times<\/em> feature<\/a> offers a more positive view of the wider Sudanese community in Melbourne, including some great photos capturing everyday life. The article gives an insight into how the minister\u2019s comments affected the young men\u2019s lives. Two other interesting pieces about migrants\u2019 challenges: The Atlantic<\/a><\/em> examines Israel\u2019s hostility towards African migrants, and Al Jazeera<\/a>\u00a0reveals findings about systematic racism within Sweden\u2019s police force.<\/p>\n

This week marked Zirkeltag<\/em>, the point at which the Berlin Wall has been down for as long as it had been up\u201410,316 days. Der Spiegel<\/em> has before-and-after pictures<\/a>, while The Economist<\/em> looks at what\u2019s next<\/a> in the \u2018post-post-wall era\u2019.<\/p>\n

Leaked documents from Brussels indicate that the EU wants the power to \u2018suspend certain benefits<\/a>\u2019\u2014such as access to the single market\u2014if the UK doesn\u2019t play by EU rules during the two-year post-Brexit transition period. This hardened EU negotiating position puts Brexiteers in a tricky spot<\/a>, having promised economic growth as a feature of a post-Brexit Britain. The Irish Times<\/em> injected some acerbic optimism<\/a>, arguing that Brexit\u2019s saving grace is that it\u2019s nowhere near as mad as the Hundred Years\u2019 War.<\/p>\n

Two compelling investigative journalism pieces came out this week. Reuters published<\/a> its investigation into the execution of 10 Rohingyas by villagers and soldiers in Myanmar in September 2017\u2014allegedly the first time that soldiers have been implicated with photographic evidence. During the investigation, two Reuters reporters were arrested<\/a>. And the BBC<\/a> tells the stories of the women and girls forced by Boko Haram to become suicide bombers in an innovative graphic novel.<\/p>\n

As the US retreats from the international world order, we\u2019re seeing the rise of two other \u2018great powers\u2019\u2014China and Russia. This piece from Foreign Affairs<\/em><\/a> analyses shifting US national security priorities while evaluating the viability of Xi Jinping\u2019s and Vladimir Putin\u2019s growing ambitions.<\/p>\n

Should Watergate continue to be the yardstick against which political scandals are measured? Politico<\/a> has compiled a list of 46 scandals that meet the \u2018worse than Watergate\u2019 benchmark. Somewhat relatedly, the New York Review of Books<\/em> discusses<\/a> the bloody legacies of three authoritarian dictators: Hitler, Stalin and Mao.<\/p>\n

Some fresh research from George Washington University\u2019s Program on Extremism<\/a> chronicles the paths of 64 American jihadists in Iraq and Syria. Almost half of them are still alive and remain a potential threat. Canada\u2019s intelligence agency<\/a> has released some key findings from its study of 100 individuals who \u2018radicalised to violence\u2019. The takeaways include the fact that 80% of those who mobilise do so as part of a group. Also, 20% of mobilisers were female and \u2018women and girls almost never acted alone\u2019.<\/p>\n

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

This week saw the successful launch<\/a> of SpaceX\u2019s<\/a> \u2018Falcon Heavy\u2019 booster. Falcon Heavy is the most powerful<\/a> rocket on Earth, able to lift 64 tons of payload to low Earth orbit. It carried Elon Musk\u2019s personal Tesla roadster\u2014with a space-suited \u2018starman\u2019<\/a> at the wheel\u2014into a trajectory towards Mars. The defence and national security implications of Falcon Heavy are significant<\/a>. The US, for the first time since the 1970s, now has a Saturn V\u2013class booster that can loft large satellites into geostationary orbit<\/a>. This opens up interesting possibilities for large military satellites that were previously too big to launch because there wasn\u2019t a suitable launch vehicle. Or a lot of smaller satellites could be deployed in one launch.<\/p>\n

China looks set to integrate AI<\/a> into nuclear submarines in an effort to make its submarine force more effective. Meanwhile, on the surface, the US Navy has begun operational testing<\/a> of the Sea Hunter anti-submarine unmanned vessel. Robot sub hunter versus AI subs is unlikely to remain science fiction for much longer.<\/p>\n

The US Air Force is looking to upgrade<\/a> the F-22 Raptor to keep it competitive through 2060. Enhancements will include new avionics, radar, sensors, weapons and AI. This is in the face of Russian and Chinese developments in fifth-generation fighters. Yet quantity has a quality of its own, and with only 187 Raptors in service, the F-35<\/a> will be heavily relied on at least until the late 2030s, when future<\/a> systems<\/a> may emerge.<\/p>\n

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

BBC Newsnight reports<\/a> on legislative weaknesses in internet regulation and the immunity provided to social media companies in the US through section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.<\/p>\n

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

John Sipher, CIA National Clandestine Service veteran, talks to Michael Morrell about Russia\u2019s active measures to influence US consciousness in the latest episode of Intelligence Matters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

For anyone who\u2019s interested in insightful analysis on terrorism, Talking Terror<\/a><\/em> from the University of East London\u2019s Terrorism and Extremism Research Centre is a great resource.<\/p>\n

The Global Politico<\/a><\/em>\u2019s Susan Glasser talks to conservative historian Walter Russell Mead about Donald Trump\u2019s Jacksonianism.<\/p>\n

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

Canberra, 12 February, 3\u20134.30 pm, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU: \u2018Aid for trade in Asia and the Pacific\u2019. More information and registration here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

Canberra, 12 February, 6\u20137 pm, ANU SDSC War Studies Seminar Series: \u2018Unwinnable wars: Afghanistan and the limits of Western military power\u2019. Details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Melbourne, 13 February, 6\u20138.30 pm, LaTrobe University China Studies Research Centre: \u2018Reflections on the Australia\u2013China relationship\u2019 with the Hon. Kevin Rudd. Info and tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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