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CIMSEC podcast from the Asia-Pacific. Hosted by Natalie Sambhi of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

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Sea Control 119 – Action and Analysis from Shangri-La Dialogue 2016

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By Natalie Sambhi

Recorded along the sidelines of this year’s Shangri-La
Dialogue in Singapore, find out how the region’s top strategic thinkers reacted to the big speeches, the posturing of the U.S. and China, the way forward on maritime disputes and the other security challenges we should be paying attention to like ISIS and climate change.

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SINGAPORE (June 4, 2016) Secretary of Defense Ash Carter greets Japanese Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani and South Korean Defence Minister Han Min-goo prior to a trilateral meeting in Singapore, June 4, 2016. (DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim D. Godbee)(Released)

Natalie Sambhi interviews an all-star cast featuring Professor Rommel Banlaoi (Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research), Mr. Graeme Dobell (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Ms. Bonnie Glaser (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Dr. Euan Graham (Lowy Institute for International Policy, Australia), Ms. Mercedes Page (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Ms. Janet Dyah Ekawati (independent defence consultant, Indonesia) and Mr. Dzirhan Madadzir (Janes Defence Weekly, Malasysia).

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Sea Control 116 – Indonesia, A History of Violence and Horror Fiction

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983650568_bfdf96be73_zIn this week’s episode of Sea Control: Asia Pacific, Natalie Sambhi chats with Nadia Bulkin, a Senior Associate at The Asia Group, on Indonesia’s history of violence, its turn towards democratic nationalism and what that means for the country today. They delve into legacies and policy implications of military rule and colonialism. Natalie and Nadia also discuss the recent confrontation between Indonesian and Chinese coast guards in the South China Sea. Lastly, they explore Nadia’s passion for writing ‘socio-political horror’ fiction and what literature and film can teach us about understanding Indonesia’s psychology.

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Nadia Bulkin is a Senior Associate at The Asia Group where she is the defense industrial team lead. Nadia holds an M.A. in International Affairs from American University’s School of International Service and graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College with a B.A. in Political Science and a double-minor in Economics and Environmental Science. She is fluent in Indonesian. Read her fiction writing here.

Image courtesy of Flickr user Chez Julius Livre 1.

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Sea Control 112 – Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper

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Australia’s Defence White Paper, submarines and scotch? Sounds like a recipe for a fun time.

Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, launches the 2016 Defence White Paper at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) in Canberra. *** Local Caption *** On 25 February 2016, the Prime Minister, The Hon Malcolm Turnbull, MP, and the Minister for Defence, Senator The Hon Marise Payne released the 2016 Defence White Paper, the Integrated Investment Program and the Defence Industry Policy Statement. Together, these three documents set out the Government's direction to Defence to guide our strategy, capability, and organisational and budget planning.

Get ready for a special joint episode with the Perth USAsia Centre’s Perspectives podcast series. In this episode, Kyle Springer, Program Associate at the Perth US Asia Centre, asks Natalie Sambhi, host of Sea Control: Asia Pacific, and Reed Foster, retired US Army officer and defence capabilities analyst at IHS Jane’s, to share their thoughts on the newly-released Australian Defence White Paper 2016. Kyle asks whether Australia faces any conventional threats, and the trio also discusses major capability acquisitions planned by the white paper including submarines, international engagement with countries like the US and Indonesia, and ponders a hypothetical scenario posed by a ballistic missile-capable North Korea.

This week’s episode features the guests sipping on Bowmore 12-year old Scotch Whisky.

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Sea Control 110 – Small Arms Control and the South Pacific

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This week Natalie Sambhi interviews fellow Aussie Laura Spano, Arms Control Manager with the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction and Pacific Regional Coordinator for 2385627680_e6f8561069_bControl Arms. They discuss small arms flows globally before focussing on the impacts of illicit arms flows, as a result of weak maritime security, into the South Pacific Islands—a region of great strategic importance to Australia. Laura explains the Arms Trade Treaty and how UN regimes on arms control are essential for development in Australia’s closest region.

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You can follow Laura on Twitter @lspano27

For a quick glance at the Arms Trade Treaty, check out this fact sheet.

Image courtesy of Flickr user Teknorat.

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