Global jigsaw
Subtitle: ASPI's strategic assessment 2008
By: Rod Lyon, Christine Leah
Contributors: Leah, Christine; Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Series: Strategy
Publisher: Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Barton, ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781921302367
Description: The Assessment argues that Australia will increasingly have to find its security in a world of power shifts and greater interconnectedness. The paper provides a global overview and considers such issues as US influence, warfare, the proliferation of WMD, terrorism, Iraq and the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Asian security environment, North Asia, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, national security and Australia's strategic options. It also puts forward scenarios of what the world might look like in 2050 to encourage thinking about the possible shape of a more distant world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48).
Table of contents: title: Executive Director's introduction; title: Executive summary; title: Global overview; title: The United States; title: Warfare; title: Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; title: Terrorism; title: Iraq and the Middle East; title: Afghanistan-Pakistan; title: The Asian security environment; title: North Asia; title: Southeast Asia; title: South Pacific; title: National security; title: Australia and its strategic options; title: Future shock- the world in 2050.