The new Summer 2009 edition of Security Challenges is now available for sale.

Authors traverse a broad spectrum of security concerns:

• Rod Broadhurst and Lee King Wa examine the history and future of Triads in Hong Kong;
• Andrew O'Neil asks: Is Nuclear Restraint Sustainble?
• Kim Beazley compares the Labor defence debate on the 1987 and 2009 White Papers;
• Sandy Gordon investigates Anti-Crime Cooperation in South Asia;
• Chris Hanna questions Australia's approach to Cyberwarfare; and
• Desmond Ball and Andrew Selth discuss defectors' accounts of a possible Burmese nuclear weapons program.

For links to abstracts and author information, see the table of contents of this exciting issue.

Hard copies can now be ordered here.

The new Spring 2009 edition of Security Challenges is now available for download. It includes contributions by experts from Australia and overseas.

The role of irregular forces in counterinsurgency is an issue of critical importance for Australia and the Coalition in Afghanistan. Two articles by Will Clegg and Andrew Phillips in this edition are contributing substantially to the debate about this vital aspect of counterinsurgency strategy.

Other highlights include:

• Lessons from the Collins Class production for SEA 1000;
• Naval rivalry in East Asia;
• Jounalists and counter-terrorism legislation; and
• Police human intelligence strategies.

For links to the full text of the individual articles, see the table of contents of this edition. Hard copies can be ordered here.

The Winter 2009 edition of Security Challenges is fully devoted to analysizing and assessing the 2009 Defence White Paper. The only publication of its kind, it provides a thorough evaluation by leading Australian experts of all major areas covered in that important document. The edition includes articles by:

• Patrick Walters on the Making of the White Paper
• Allan Behm on the International Outlook
• Hugh White on Strategic Interests and Objectives
• Paul Dibb on the US Alliance
• Stephan Frühling on Strategy and Capability Priorities
• Chris Barrie on Maritime Capabilties
• Alan Stephens on Air Capabilities
• Peter Leahy on Land Capabilities
• Andrew Davies on Intelligence, IT and Cyber Programs
• Mark Thomson on Defence Budget and Planning
• Richard Brabin-Smith on Scientific Support
• Robert Wylie on Defence Industry Policy
• Stephen Bartos on Defence Governance
• Mark Nixon and Grant Dreghorn on the Strategic Reform Program

For links to the full text PDF files of the individual articles, see the table of contents of this edition. Hard copies can be ordered here.