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About Security Challenges
Security Challenges (ISSN 1833-1459) is the only peer-reviewed journal on future security issues published in Australia. The journal reaches a wide audience of established military, government, commercial and academic experts as well as up-and-coming younger players in the security field. It is a vehicle for innovative thinking about future challenges to the security (broadly defined) of Australia and other countries in the Asia Pacific region.
Interpreting 10 Years of Violence in Thailand's Deep South
Winter 2012 Edition
Mid-2012 is a time of great strategic uncertainty for many countries in the Asia-Pacific, and our authors in this edition engage with those concerns over a wide range of issues.
- Desmond Ball, Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.
- Nicholas Farrelly, Research Fellow in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.
- Leszek Buszynski, Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University.
- Richard Brabin-Smith, Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University.
- Will Clegg, Commonwealth Scholar at Balliol College, Oxford.
- Michael Evans, ADC Fellow at the Australian Defence College, Canberra.
For links to the article abstracts and author biographies, see the table of contents of this edition on the
Security Challenges website. Hard copies can be ordered
here.
The full text of this issue is available to Kokoda members in the
members-only section of our website.
Issues and Ideas for the Asia White Paper
The Autumn 2012 edition
The Autumn 2012 edition of Security Challenges examines several topical issues in Australia's foreign and defence policy. Several distinguished authors proposed issues and ideas for consideration by the Gillard Government's Asia White Paper:
- Alexander Downer, former Foreign Minister of Australia;
- Michael L'Estrange, former Secretary of DFAT and Director of the National
Security College at the Australian National University;
- Andrew O'Neil, Director of Griffith University's Asia Institute; and
- Malcolm Cook, Dean of the School of International Studies, Flinders University
In addition, this issue features articles and comments on:
- The legality of Australian uranium exports to India;
- The idea of a concept of powers in Asia;
- Historical lessons for the future of ADF amphibious capability;
- Third party nationals in Australian Defence industry and the ITAR reforms
For links to the article abstracts and author biographies, see the table of contents of this edition on the
Security Challenges website. Hard copies can be ordered
here.
The full text of this issue is available to Kokoda members in the
members-only section of our website.
Summer 2011 edition
Responsibility to Protect and Protection of Civilians
The Summer 2011 edition of Security Challenges contains up-to-date articles on two issues of major importance for internatinal security in recent months: The Responsibility to Protect concept after the Libya Intervention, and political change and reform in Myanmar.
Vesselin Popovski; Ramesh Thakur; Michael Smith, Jeni Whalan and Peter Thomson; Hugh Breakey and Angus Francis; and Charles Sampford all examine the relationship between the two related concepts of Responsibility to Protect, and the Protection of Civilians in wartime, in light of recent developments in Libya and elsewhere.
John Blaxland and Christopher Roberts argue that the time for Western engagement with Myanmar has now come.
Full text articles of this edition are available on the
Security Challenges website. Hard copies can be ordered
here.
Winter 2011 edition
In the Winter 2011 edition of Security Challenges, a range of experts discusses the future of the Australian Army after Afghanistan. With contributions by John Caligari, Peter Leahy, James Brown, Andrew Davies, Hugh White, Michael Evans, and John Blaxland, the new edition of Security Challenges is an essential resource for anyone interested in the future of the Australian Army.
In addition, Derek Woolner examines the governance arrangements for maritime security in Australia, arguing that the current structures have failed. Desmond Ball examines Chinese cyberwarfare capabilities, and Peter Hayes and Michael Hamel-Green make the case for a nuclear weapon free zone in Korea.
Full text articles of this edition are available on the
Security Challenges website. Hard copies can be ordered
here.
