{"id":51506,"date":"2019-10-25T15:21:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T04:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=51506"},"modified":"2019-10-25T15:33:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T04:33:55","slug":"aspi-suggests-152","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/figure>\n

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

US President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions<\/a> on Turkey following a promise that it would cease fighting in northern Syria. Vox<\/a><\/em> argues that Trump\u2019s stance on Syria is the clearest articulation of his foreign policy so far\u2014only fight wars in which the US has an interest or a clear path to victory. Meanwhile, War on the Rocks<\/a><\/em> suggests that, while Trump made the right decision to withdraw US forces from Syria, it demonstrates his belief that alliances are a means not an end. Over at The Atlantic<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Kathy Gilsinan says that Trump\u2019s \u2018sloppy\u2019 success in Syria is unlikely to last.<\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s latest foreign policy speech<\/a> at the Heritage Foundation has caused quite a stir, mainly for his remark that the purpose of the Quad is to keep China in its \u2018proper place\u2019. Iain Henry writes<\/a> in The Interpreter<\/em> that Pompeo\u2019s airing of views presents an opportunity for some plain speaking on the purpose of the Quad to ensure all nations are on the same page. Also, read this Foreign Policy<\/em> piece<\/a> on the takeaways from US Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s most recent speech on China.<\/p>\n

Victorian Premiere Daniel Andrews\u2019s renewed endorsement of the Belt and Road Initiative is a cause for some concern. Read this piece<\/a> in The Strategist<\/em> by ASPI\u2019s Michael Shoebridge to gain a clearer understanding of the strategic implications of Victoria\u2019s latest move.<\/p>\n

Speculation about China\u2019s leasing of the island of Tulagi from Solomon Islands has been circulating for over a week now. See the original New York Times<\/em> article<\/a> that broke the story late last week. This article<\/a> in The Interpreter<\/em> raises doubts over whether the Chinese company could actually lease an entire island and highlights the perils of China\u2019s attempting to do so. On a related note, the Lowy Institute has published a report<\/a> that uses a data-driven approach to assess Beijing\u2019s \u2018debt-trap diplomacy\u2019 in the South Pacific.<\/p>\n

Indian foreign policy wonks are in for a treat this weekend. The Center for a New American Security published a great report<\/a> looking at India\u2019s asymmetric power differential with China. Dhruva Jaishankar\u2019s latest Brookings paper<\/a> provides a 360-degree overview of India\u2019s tilt to the Indo-Pacific. Listen to this insightful conversation<\/a> between Jeff Smith, Tanvi Madan and Nitin Gokhale on current US\u2013China\u2013India dynamics. And while we\u2019re on the topic, don\u2019t forget to check out this stellar article<\/a> in Foreign Affairs<\/em> urging the US to continue with its policy of \u2018strategic altruism\u2019 vis-\u00e1-vis India.<\/p>\n

The ABC\u2019s \u2018Australia Talks<\/a>\u2019 quiz has produced a pair of shocking results: 68% of men who responded to the survey don\u2019t call themselves feminists, and 42% of men believe that men and women are treated equally in Australia. Those numbers brought to mind last year\u2019s Gender equality at work<\/em> report<\/a>, which points out that there are more men named Andrew at the helm of ASX 200 companies than women CEOs. So it\u2019s not clear why the ABC statistics weren\u2019t lower and higher, respectively. This great long read<\/a> in National Geographic<\/em> is a timely reminder of the struggles of obtaining gender equality and the barriers that are yet to be overcome.<\/p>\n

Speaking of equality, the necessity of women\u2019s participation in peacekeeping was highlighted in a speech<\/a> given by the UN deputy secretary-general in Addis Ababa earlier this week. Amina Mohamed presented the evidence that female participation produces more inclusive, effective and durable peace. Those observations are echoed in this Financial Times<\/em><\/a> piece on the importance of increasing the number of female peacekeepers and placing them in leadership roles, which, according to the UN, makes local populations feel safer and has been shown to reduce conflict. And see this article in IOL<\/em><\/a> which follows the experiences of the only female commander on the African continent, Lieutenant Colonel Tiisetso Sekgobela.<\/p>\n

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

Naval Group has announced<\/a> that Jeumont Electric will design the main electric propulsion equipment for Australia\u2019s Attack-class submarines, and a subsidiary will be established in Australia. The first sheet of the French navy\u2019s new defence and intervention frigate was cut<\/a> at Naval Group\u2019s site in Lorient. Delivery of the first ship is expected in 2023. France\u2019s defence minister, Florence Parly, said<\/a> the new frigates will incorporate a four-panel, 360-degree radar system; Aster missiles; and towed sonar, and will be able to deploy both a helicopter and a drone at the same time.<\/p>\n

The UK Ministry of Defence announced<\/a> that the operational handover of HMS Audacious<\/em> to the Royal Navy will be delayed due to \u2018emergent technical issues\u2019<\/a>. It\u2019s not the first time the Astute-class nuclear submarine program has been delayed. In 2012, The Guardian<\/a><\/em> revealed that the program had been plagued by design and construction flaws.<\/p>\n

Airbus has confirmed<\/a> that there have been compatibility issues affecting mid-air refuelling between the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport and F-15 fighter aircraft. Changes have been made to the software that controls the A330 tanker boom because of the F-15\u2019s receptacle design. As Australia was the first country to operate the MRTT, it\u2019s likely<\/a> that it will seek to update the software on its aircraft so that it can refuel US and Singaporean F-15s.<\/p>\n

In other news, Taiwan is reportedly<\/a> building a fleet of kamikaze drones to defend itself against China, which has released wind tunnel imagery<\/a> of a two-stage-to-orbit space launch system. The US is working towards integrating<\/a> US Marines into British carrier operations, and a US$35 microcomputer is reported<\/a> to have achieved a higher level of performance than a professional fighter pilot.<\/p>\n

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

This week in 2011, Muammar Gaddafi<\/a>, Libya\u2019s dictator of 42 years, was found hiding in a culvert and killed shortly after by forces of the National Transitional Council. Now, eight years on, Libya is still in the midst of a horrible civil war. The ABC<\/a> takes a look at what went wrong.<\/p>\n

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

Al Jazeera\u2019s The Bottom Line<\/em><\/a> investigates what Trump\u2019s impeachment is actually about and where it\u2019s heading. [26.29]<\/p>\n

The Atlantic<\/em><\/a> has published a photo series of the often violent demonstrations that have been erupting across Chile.<\/p>\n

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

Always worth a listen is the Kings College podcast<\/a>, which this week focuses on feminism in international relations and security. [44:50]<\/p>\n

CSIS interviews<\/a> Steve Hadley, US President George W. Bush\u2019s assistant for national security affairs, who discusses his journey to the White House as well as the contemporary challenges between Washington and Beijing. [27.58]<\/p>\n

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

Melbourne, 28 October, 6\u20137.30 pm, Australian Institute of International Affairs: \u2018Dilemmas in counter-terrorism decision making\u2019. Tickets here<\/a> ($30).<\/p>\n

Canberra, 31 October, 5.30\u20137.30pm, ASPI: Launch: Sticking to our guns<\/em> by Chris Masters. Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world US President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions on Turkey following a promise that it would cease fighting in northern Syria. Vox argues that Trump\u2019s stance on Syria is the clearest articulation of his …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":51509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[835,52,439,69,2328],"class_list":["post-51506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-aircraft","tag-china","tag-gender","tag-india","tag-quad"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nASPI suggests | The Strategist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASPI suggests | The Strategist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The world US President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions on Turkey following a promise that it would cease fighting in northern Syria. Vox argues that Trump\u2019s stance on Syria is the clearest articulation of his ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Strategist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ASPI.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-25T04:21:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-10-25T04:33:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6979790363_f002f9261a_c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James Brorson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ASPI_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ASPI_org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James Brorson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/\",\"name\":\"The Strategist\",\"description\":\"ASPI's analysis and commentary site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6979790363_f002f9261a_c.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6979790363_f002f9261a_c.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"HMS Astute returned home on Thursday, March 1 after a 142 day deployment to America. It was also a voyage of discovery. HMS Astute was tried and tested as never before and she came through with flying colours. She spent 77 days at sea, 65 alongside, and was inspected by 18 stars worth of American and British naval authority including the First Sea Lord and America\u00eds naval equivalent, the Chief of Naval Operations. She 'battled' against USS New Mexico, America's newest and best Virginia class hunter attack submarine. She deep dived, fired her Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and navigated through a course of 16,400 miles. Photographer: LA(Phot) Paul Halliwell Image 45153736.jpg from www.defenceimages.mod.uk For latest news visit: www.mod.uk Follow us: www.facebook.com\/defenceimages www.twitter.com\/defenceimages\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/\",\"name\":\"ASPI suggests | The Strategist\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-25T04:21:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-10-25T04:33:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/9b33d7c39c1ead55d3fda7d21fddd6f8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ASPI suggests\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/9b33d7c39c1ead55d3fda7d21fddd6f8\",\"name\":\"James Brorson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03be43af8fd854405dd2b8cd55ff6fcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03be43af8fd854405dd2b8cd55ff6fcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"James Brorson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/author\/james-brorson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ASPI suggests | The Strategist","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ASPI suggests | The Strategist","og_description":"The world US President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions on Turkey following a promise that it would cease fighting in northern Syria. Vox argues that Trump\u2019s stance on Syria is the clearest articulation of his ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/","og_site_name":"The Strategist","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ASPI.org","article_published_time":"2019-10-25T04:21:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-10-25T04:33:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6979790363_f002f9261a_c.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"James Brorson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ASPI_org","twitter_site":"@ASPI_org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"James Brorson","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/","name":"The Strategist","description":"ASPI's analysis and commentary site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6979790363_f002f9261a_c.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/6979790363_f002f9261a_c.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"HMS Astute returned home on Thursday, March 1 after a 142 day deployment to America. It was also a voyage of discovery. HMS Astute was tried and tested as never before and she came through with flying colours. She spent 77 days at sea, 65 alongside, and was inspected by 18 stars worth of American and British naval authority including the First Sea Lord and America\u00eds naval equivalent, the Chief of Naval Operations. She 'battled' against USS New Mexico, America's newest and best Virginia class hunter attack submarine. She deep dived, fired her Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and navigated through a course of 16,400 miles. Photographer: LA(Phot) Paul Halliwell Image 45153736.jpg from www.defenceimages.mod.uk For latest news visit: www.mod.uk Follow us: www.facebook.com\/defenceimages www.twitter.com\/defenceimages"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/","name":"ASPI suggests | The Strategist","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2019-10-25T04:21:56+00:00","dateModified":"2019-10-25T04:33:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/9b33d7c39c1ead55d3fda7d21fddd6f8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-152\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ASPI suggests"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/9b33d7c39c1ead55d3fda7d21fddd6f8","name":"James Brorson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03be43af8fd854405dd2b8cd55ff6fcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03be43af8fd854405dd2b8cd55ff6fcd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"James Brorson"},"url":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/author\/james-brorson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51506"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51512,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51506\/revisions\/51512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}