{"id":4649,"date":"2013-03-19T13:59:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T03:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=4649"},"modified":"2013-03-19T14:26:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T04:26:39","slug":"aspi-suggests-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-22\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>As the military modernisation the Asia Pacific continues, Taiwan<\/strong> is now looking at whether it can build its own submarine fleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve seen the movie Argo<\/a>\u2014the<\/em> Hollywood version of the rescue of six US diplomats<\/a> by the CIA<\/strong> and Canadian government\u2014here\u2019s the memoirs of CIA agent Tony Mendez<\/a> (Ben Affleck’s character) (PDF) on how things really went down.<\/p>\n In the 21st century security corner for this week: An update on the PLA\u2019s UAV program<\/a>\u00a0(PDF) from Project 2049, Study on Chinese UAVs<\/strong>, and CSIS\u2019 Peter Singer looks at the growth<\/a> in capabilities like drones and cyber<\/strong>, and says that Obama needs to take a greater role in articulating norms for their use.<\/p>\n From CSIS we have a report<\/a> on the nuclear aspect of Sino-US relations<\/strong>. The dynamic, they say, is stable for the moment, but the US will need to accept a Chinese minimum deterrent to keep it that way.<\/p>\n To mark a decade since the Iraq War<\/strong>, Foreign Policy<\/em> have published a photoessay<\/a> that looks at an operations journal of a young American lieutenant. The photos and entries depict his perspective of a post-9\/11 America and his deployment in Iraq (warning: it\u2019s grittier than most links we suggest).<\/p>\n Events<\/strong><\/p>\n Canberra<\/span>: ASPI\u2019s Andrew Davies and Ben Schreer<\/a> will provide their thoughts on the 2013 Defence White Paper, hosted by RUSI tomorrow, Wednesday 20 March at 5pm at the R1 Theatrette at Defence\u2019s Russell Offices.<\/p>\n Former DFAT Secretary, Mr Ric Smith AO PSM<\/a>, will be speaking about Australia in a world of change, covering the global shifts in power, the Indian Ocean and other foreign policy issues. Hosted at AIIA ACT\u2019s branch in Deakin, the event is on Monday 25 March at 5.30pm.<\/p>\n Sydney<\/span>: Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth<\/a>, will deliver a presentation on United Nations Security Council challenges for Australia at the Lowy Institute for International Policy, 22 March at 12.30pm.<\/p>\n