Mabuhay from Manila
Rostum J. Baustista We are on enhanced community quarantine, at least in the whole island of Luzon for two days now. A euphonious term for "lockdown" any which way one looks at it. Hello to all our Friends in Hawaii! Mabuhay from [...]
An Analysis of Australian Defense Policy from 1901 to Present
Scholars generally consider there to be three main eras in Australian Defense Policy: The Imperial Defense era (1901-1945), Forward Defense era (1950-1975) and Defense of Australia era (1975-1997). These eras are informed by world events, leaders and outside powers [...]
Terrorism in the Indo-Pacific: The Year Gone by and the Road Ahead
Key Points Significant developments of 2019 included attacks in Pulwama, Kashmir; Christchurch, New Zealand; the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka; and shootings in El Paso and at Naval Air Station Pensacola in the United States. Progress continues to [...]
Thinking through the Unthinkable – How help from an unlikely source will strengthen capacity and reduce terrorist threats in and around the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
This paper describes how the United States government can help Singapore’s Information Fusion Center identify, target, and eliminate or reduce the threat of maritime terrorism in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (Straits). The geography of the Straits and [...]
