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ASPI suggests
Posted By The Editors on July 30, 2013 @ 13:05
The normalisation of tension on the Korean Peninsula is settling onto its foundations, with South Korea pledging US$7.3 million of humanitarian aid to North Korea over the weekend. The move came one day before South Korea offered a ‘final’ round of talks with the DPRK to re-open the Kaesong industrial complex on the north-south border. Meanwhile, Pyongyang celebrated the (July 27) 60th anniversary of the Korean Armistice agreement, predictably, with a military parade.
…the will to change has returned to Japan, and so has strength. The “revolving door” politics with its high turnover for which Japan is now known has disappeared and is now a thing of the past.
…the 2013 white paper is unlikely to have a long shelf life beyond the election. What should government do with Defence policy after the 2013 general election? There is no deeper need than to reset the relationship between the minister and the department.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/6647222363_5fa483dc53_b.jpg
[2] pledging US$7.3 million of humanitarian aid: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/world/asia/south-korea-pledges-humanitarian-aid-for-north.html?ref=asia&_r=0
[3] South Korea offered a ‘final’ round of talks: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/07/29/64/0301000000AEN20130729002800315F.html
[4] 60th anniversary of the Korean Armistice: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-korean-war-60-years-on/
[5] military parade: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/world/asia/north-korea-shows-military-might-at-mass-rally.html?ref=asia
[6] a speech in Singapore: http://www.iseas.edu.sg/news_content.cfm?news_id=923F8F5A-E453-8236-09C14BD29091F88F
[7] worries that Mr Abe may use his mandate to push a nationalist political agenda: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21582268-shinzo-abe-must-not-be-distracted-his-economic-programme-licence-grow
[8] Washington has appointed Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Japan: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/679e6682-f50a-11e2-b4f8-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2aUPdgG00
[9] the emerging agenda for cybersecurity: http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publication_details.aspx?ContentID=369&pubtype=-1
[10] talks here to the ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-29/australia-urged-to-make-cyber-security-a-priority/4849170
[11] an editorial: http://www.afr.com/p/opinion/cyber_security_threats_must_be_priority_Yh9sERUjHHoOr7ZvND7tuN
[12] an article in Policy Magazine: http://www.cis.org.au/images/stories/policy-magazine/2013-winter/29-2-13-peter-jennings.pdf
[13] hosting a debate on Australian foreign policy: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/events/australian-foreign-policy-debate-hosted-lowy-institute-international-policy
[14] Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/7233265893/?ref=enivtefor001&invite=Mzk0MDQ0MS9LYXJsY2xheHRvbkBhc3BpLm9yZy5hdS8w&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformal001&utm_term=eventpage
[15] Michael Day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whoisthatfreakwiththecamera/6647222363/in/photostream/