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

\u2018Asia\u2019s premier defence summit\u2019<\/a>, the Shangri-La Dialogue, was held last weekend and was attended by defence ministers, government officials and think-tank representatives from across the region. Sam Sachdeva\u2019s Newsroom<\/em> report<\/a> captured the highlights well. In his Interpreter<\/em> piece<\/a>, Michael Fullilove argued that while acting US defence secretary Patrick Shanahan\u2019s performance was poor, it was his \u2018plain-spoken, tough-minded and funny\u2019 French counterpart, Florence Parly, who stole the show. ASPI\u2019s Graeme Dobell shared his on-the-ground insights from what he calls the annual \u2018speed dating\u2019 event for defence ministers, in a series of Strategist<\/em> pieces<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bilahari Kausikan\u2019s incisive opinion piece<\/a> in the Straits Times<\/em> is a must-read. He talks about the dilemmas of middle and rising powers, especially those (like Singapore) that have civilisational links with the Middle Kingdom and are caught in the rivalry between the US and China.<\/p>\n

This week marked the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. There were some great pieces of analysis published across the board, including on The Strategist<\/em><\/a>, which has all your bases covered. If you\u2019re interested in reading further (and you should be), these New York Times<\/em> articles (here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>) take you back in time and share an underlying message: \u2018never forget\u2019. Michael Auslin, writing in Foreign Policy<\/em>, argues<\/a> that the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s attempts to whitewash history and curb dissent at all cost speaks of an insecure regime that\u2019s doomed to failure. The ABC conducted an experiment<\/a> on how Chinese youth react to a picture of the iconic \u2018tank man\u2019. The result? While some defended the Chinese government, most were unwilling to talk, even those who knew about it. Some students even ran away.<\/p>\n

The level of press freedom in Australia has come in for a lot of scrutiny in the wake of federal police raids<\/a> on News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst\u2019s Canberra home and the ABC\u2019s Sydney offices earlier this week. The raids were in relation to the leaking of documents that led to the publication of stories on plans to expand surveillance powers<\/a> and possible crimes<\/a> committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a strong reaction to the story around the world. The BBC issued a statement<\/a> saying the raid on the ABC was \u2018deeply troubling\u2019 and the New York Times<\/em> ran an article<\/a> that asks whether Australia is indeed the most secretive democracy in the world. Columbia Journalism Review<\/em> noted<\/a> that the raids didn\u2019t invoke even more restrictive laws<\/a> passed last year and that the public-interest defence that protects journalists in Australia is \u2018loosely worded\u2019. There are concerns that even if journalists aren\u2019t jailed as a result of such publications (though that\u2019s a real possibility<\/a>), the raids will have a major chilling effect on the willingness of whistleblowers to come forward.<\/p>\n

The ABC\u2019s Barrie Cassidy argues<\/a> that the situation presents a real and present danger to Australia\u2019s press freedom and that the raids look more like a show put on to deter both potential whistleblowers and investigative journalists. In a statement<\/a>, ABC chair Ita Buttrose said they were \u2018clearly designed to intimidate\u2019.<\/p>\n

The episode has already sparked calls for legislation<\/a> to protect journalists and their sources, the public\u2019s right to know<\/a>, and free speech<\/a> more broadly.<\/p>\n

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

Global thermonuclear war is \u2018a strange game\u2019. As the line from the 1983 movie War Games<\/em><\/a> goes, \u2018the only winning move is not to play\u2019. But The Drive <\/em>notes that the movie (one of tech geek\u2019s favourites) also had a huge impact<\/a> on US President Ronald Reagan\u2019s thinking on cyber warfare and resulted in the first presidential directive<\/a> on cybersecurity.<\/p>\n

The US Air Force\u2019s B-1B Lancer bomber (aka \u2018the Bone\u2019) is back in the news, and not for good reasons. There are serious structural problems<\/a> associated with the jets\u2019 ageing, accentuated by insufficient resources to sustain mission readiness. Fewer than 10 of 62 aircraft are available for operations.<\/p>\n

And the next Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy<\/em>, won\u2019t be able to operate the F-35C<\/a> until 2027<\/a>, and even then some of its essential functions<\/a> won\u2019t work. Meanwhile, the US Navy may be arming its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with anti-missile lasers<\/a> as soon as 2021.<\/p>\n

As the US performs simulated<\/a> military strikes near Iran, there\u2019s some interesting analysis<\/a> on how US\u2013Iran tensions may affect Israel in War on the Rocks<\/em>. Staying in the Middle East, CNN broke the news that China is assisting Saudi Arabia<\/a> to boost its ballistic-missile capabilities.<\/p>\n

Finally, the general in charge of the US Air Force\u2019s Space Command has made it clear<\/a> that space is a warfighting domain and that any future conflicts with Russia and China will be partially fought in space.<\/p>\n

This week in history<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seventy-five years ago<\/a> this week, some 6,000 Allied ships left England as part of the biggest invasion fleet the world has seen. Along with hundreds of aircraft, they attacked France to liberate it from German occupation and open a second front against the Nazis that would ultimately lead to Germany\u2019s defeat less than a year later.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine any endeavour on such a scale today, but the BBC has published<\/a> an archive of the reports its journalists compiled on and around 6 June 1944 which goes some way to putting us in the shoes of those who were there. The Economist<\/em>\u2019s republished leader<\/a> from 10 June 1944 is also worth reading if you want to see the first draft of history in a little more detail\u2014it lauds Winston Churchill as the architect of the attempt to liberate Europe, though it recognises that the effort wouldn\u2019t have been possible without American help and the bloody war waged by Russia on the Eastern Front.<\/p>\n

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

History Hit<\/em> has two special D-Day episodes, one<\/a> on the stories of individual valour and heroism on the day and one<\/a> on the \u2018unexpected history\u2019 of the event. [41:16] and [42:30]<\/p>\n

On The Diplomat<\/em>, Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran dissect<\/a> the Shangri-La Dialogue and share their takeaways on great-power rivalry and the future of the Indo-Pacific. [34:35]<\/p>\n

Multimedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest episode of the ABC\u2019s Four Corners<\/em> is a must-watch. \u2018Tremble and obey<\/a>\u2019 is an in-depth look at the Chinese government\u2019s crushing of the democracy movement at Tiananmen Square in 1989.<\/p>\n

Check out Icemap<\/a>, an interactive map of the last Eurasian ice age that shows sea levels, glacier coverage and changes in temperature over a period of about 20,000 years.<\/p>\n

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

Canberra, 11 June, 6\u20137 pm, Australian Institute of International Affairs, \u2018Multilateralism and Australian interests: where to next?\u2019 Register\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sydney, 13 June, 6\u20137.30 pm, United States Studies Centre, \u2018The future of the Australia\u2013US alliance: report launch and panel discussion\u2019. Tickets ($10) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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