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

Welcome back for our weekly round-up of news, reports and events in the defence, NatSec and strategy world.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s one minute past midnight, as the sequester<\/strong>\u2014USD$1.2 trillion of cuts across the US federal budget over the next decade, including defence\u2014has gone into effect. Expect more bickering to follow, writes<\/a> The Economist<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For readers interested in strategy<\/strong>, Adam Elkus has a short and sweet review<\/a> of a new edited volume by John Andreas Olsen and Colin Gray called The Practice of Strategy: from Alexander the Great to the present<\/em><\/a> which asks the fundamental question, is there unity to all strategic experience?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s cautious optimism from Trita Parsi in this piece<\/a> on recent negotiations over Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/strong>; <\/strong>the meeting in Almaty saw the paradigm of the talks shift from perpetual escalation to an exchange of concessions and incentives.<\/p>\n

On a related note, why eliminate nuclear weapons<\/strong>? James E. Doyle has a new Survival<\/em> article available free for download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of a Yearbook pre-launch series, SIPRI has recently announced that arms sales<\/strong> of the top 100 companies have decreased in 2011<\/a>. And here\u2019s a list<\/a> of the top 100 arms-producing companies, excluding China.<\/p>\n

Updated: Two of our ASEAN neighbours, Malaysia and the Philippines<\/strong>\u00a0have been drawn into resolving skirmishes that have resulted in the deaths of 14 Filipinos and six Malaysian\u00a0police officers<\/a>. Here\u2019s a quick summary: according to media reports<\/a>, the violence was sparked when dozens of followers from the Sulu sultanate in the Philippines sailed to Borneo 9 February to claim the Malaysian territory Sabah<\/a> on the grounds of ancestral rights. Although leaders<\/a> of both countries have called for an end to hostilities, the stand-off continues. For more detail, Reuters has looked at oil interests of major firms in Sabah<\/a>, Former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos has provided his analysis<\/a> and Fairfax\u2019s Lindsay Murdoch has examined the ramifications for Malaysia\u2019s elections<\/a> if violence continues.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re researching the conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan<\/strong>, RAND has a new report that measures US troops deployments<\/a> in terms of service and length.<\/p>\n

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

Canberra<\/span> readers, register now for ANU\u2019s 2013 Myanmar\/Burma Update Conference<\/a>, Friday 15 to Saturday 15 March. It features panels addressing democratisation, political and economic issues, ethnic conflict, and the role of the security forces, and for the first time, a Burmese-language session.<\/p>\n

Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki will be speaking about Japan\u2019s second Abe government and its implications for the Asia\u2013Pacific region<\/a>. Hosted by AIIA ACT, it\u2019s on Wednesday 13 March at 5.30pm.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in a career in national security, defence or intelligence, head down to the Kokoda Foundation National Security Careers Night on Thursday 14 March from 5.15pm, register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Sydney<\/span>-siders, Paul Barratt AO and Dr Sue Wareham OAM will be addressing the question, why did we go to war in Iraq?<\/a> Hosted by the AIIA NSW, it\u2019s on Tuesday 12 March at 6pm.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of Flickr user The White House<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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