Nautilus Institute in Australia

Staff

Melbourne: Peter Hayes, Richard Tanter, Jonathan O'Donnell, and Arabella Imhoff

Nautilus in the News

• Allan Behm and Anthony McMichael: Indonesia 'crucial' in weathering climate storm, Tom Hyland, Age, 23 November 2008.
• Richard Tanter: Tokyo itches to take on pirates, Kosuke Takahashi, Asia Times, 21 November 2008
  
• Richard Tanter, Japanese opposition puts stranglehold on parliament, Asia Pacific, Radio Australia, ABC, 20 November 2008.
• Richard Tanter: Karzai peace initiative rejected by Taliban leader, Paul Woodward, The National (UAE), 18 November 2008.
• Richard Tanter: US elections and foreign policy, Greg Barns and Peter Faris, Conflict of Interest,  5 November 2008,  Part 1a and Part 1b.
  
  
• Previous news

Projects:

• Austral Peace and Security Network
• Australian Forces Abroad Briefing Books
• Reframing Australia – Indonesia security
• Australia-Japan civil society cooperation for nuclear disarmament

Austral Peace and Security Network

APSNet Bulletin - twice weekly overview of news that affects the Austral-Pacific region and that of its Asian neighbours.

• APSNet 1 December 2008

1. [Thailand] Yellow, Red Camps Bring Country Closer to the Brink
2. Alarm Bells Ringing for China's Leadership
3. Privatising the Fight against Somali Pirates
4. Indonesia Treads Novel Path
5. Aussies Keep Spy Files on Afghans
6. Michael Fussell Named as Australian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
7. [India and Pakistan] Attacks Imperil Delicate U.S. Role between Rivals

• Previous issues

Austral Policy Forum - analytical essays from leading writers and researchers on peace and security

• Policy Forum 08-13A: Climate Change and Security: The Time to Act is Now - Allan Behm
• Previous policy forums  

APSNet Special Reports and Briefing Notes

• Briefing Note: Commission of Truth and Friendship – Indonesia-Timor Leste - Richard Tanter and Arabella Imhoff
• Previous special reports
• Previous briefing notes

Australian Forces Abroad Briefing Books

Drawing together existing knowledge concerning ADF and AFP deployments on missions outside Australia. By making such material accessible, a pool of common knowledge will be created which will assist the Australian community and those communities in which ADF and AFP forces are deployed to assess Australian government policy and its impact. Briefing Books already published deal with Australian Forces in Afghanistan, Solomon Islands, and Tonga. Subsequent Briefing Books will deal with Iraq, East Timor, and other Pacific deployments and relationships.  

• Australia in Afghanistan
• Australia in Solomon Islands
• Australia in Tonga
• Australia in the Pacific Islands
• Australian Bases Abroad
• Australian Defence Facilities

Reframing Australia – Indonesia security

Reframing Australia-Indonesia security is a Nautilus project in collaboration with Indonesian partner organisations through shared work on global problems: in particular climate change and energy insecurity.

• Australia-Indonesia nuclear dynamics
• Nuclear developments and Australia-Indonesia security
• Indonesia - nuclear power
• Muria nuclear power proposal site map
• Australia - nuclear proliferation

• Climate change and security
• AdaptNet
  
• Bahasa Indonesia (in partnership with Yayasan Pelangi Indonesia)
• English/Vietnamese (in partnership the Vietnam Green Building Council)
• Chinese (in partnership with the NGO Research Center, Tsinghua University)

Australia-Japan civil society cooperation for nuclear disarmament

The Australia Japan Foundation has awarded the Nautilus Institute at RMIT $40,000 to support Nautilus Institute's response to the increased danger of nuclear war and proliferation through Australia-Japan cooperation for nuclear disarmament. The government-government relationship between Australia and Japan will be deepened by the Australian initiative to establish the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, co-chaired by Australia and Japan. This project seeks to supplement that with parallel work at the civil society level, which at least in the area of strategic relations, has been less developed than in other sectors.

Contact us

Voice mail: +61 3 9925 3170
Facsimile: +61 3 9925 2387
Electronic mail: austral@rmit.edu.au

Mailing address
Nautilus Institute at RMIT
RMIT University
GPO Box 2476V
Melbourne Victoria 3001
AUSTRALIA

Delivery address
Nautilus Institute at RMIT
RMIT University
Room 10, Level 2, Building 91
110 Victoria Street
Carlton Victoria 3052
AUSTRALIA

1 January 2009