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This Week in Asia: March 17, 2023
The Diplomat’s weekly video round-up of Asia news.
Breach of Bail to Return as an Offense for Children in Queensland
By Dechlan Brennan
Queensland’s new crackdown on youth offenders will be “felt for generations,” experts warn.
Visionary Proposal or Pipe Dream? AUKUS Poses Challenges for Australia
By Corey Lee Bell and Elena Collinson
The impact of AUKUS is likely to be profoundly consequential across a wider purview of government, policy, economic structure, and national identity.
Leaping Into the Unknown: AUKUS and Australia’s Nuclear Submarines
By Richard Maude
The plan announced on Monday is ambitious, massively expensive, and laden with risk far exceeding anything Australia has attempted before.
Australia Says Nuclear Subs Needed to Counter Militarization
By Associated Press
Prime Minister Albanese called the AUKUS deal “the biggest single investment in Australia’s defense capability in all of our history.”
Helping a Friend: Looking Back on Australia’s Intervention in Solomon Islands
By Catherine Putz
An interview with Michael Wesley about his history of Australia and the international intervention Canberra led in the Solomon Islands.
Innovative Solutions Needed for Indian Community Tensions in Australia
By Grant Wyeth
Left unchecked, tensions, which have sparked vandalism of Hindu temples and attacks on Sikhs, have the potential to poison the Australia-India bilateral relationship.
Albanese in India: A Reflection of Growing India-Australia Ties
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The visit demonstrated the diversified and comprehensive nature of the India-Australia partnership.
Is Australia’s Defense Strategy Based on a Mistaken Assumption?
By Marigold Black and Austin Wyatt
Australia can only achieve “impactful projection” if it can be sure of its neighbors' responses to any conflict scenario.
Australia Aims to Bolster Security, Economic Ties With India
By Ashok Sharma
The two sides did not directly refer to the war in Ukraine but praised their growing cooperation in defense and security.
This Week in Asia: March 10, 2023
The Diplomat’s weekly video round-up of Asia news.
Australia’s Former ‘Favorite Muslim’ Courts Credibility With US Right
By Joanna Psaros
In 2017, the imam was exposed as a fraud. But six years on, Mohammad Tawhidi is seeing an explosion in his popularity and prestige abroad – particularly in the U.S.