Month: May 2013

“When we think of the potential theatres where the use of nuclear weapons is possible in the 21st century, it is difficult to go past Asia as the prime region of risk.” So writes Professor Andrew O’Neil, Director of the Griffith Asia Institute, in the introduction to Asia, the US and Extended Nuclear Deterrence, his […]

Griffith Asia Institute was proud to host Assistant Professor Michael Cohen last Friday May 17th. GAI’s Director, Professor Andrew O’Neil, and Professor Michael Cohen (University of Southern Denmark) were selected for the 2012 Collaborative Travel Grant Scheme Award for their project titled: Testing the Nuclear Umbrella: Asia and Europe Compared. The project has been awarded […]

On 14-15 May 2013, Griffith Asia Institute PhD candidate, Ms Greta Nabbs-Keller participated in the inaugural Lombok Dialogue: Australia-Indonesian Next Generation Defence and Security Forum , hosted by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and the Department of Defence. The aim of the dialogue was to bring together emerging and experienced Australian and Indonesian policymakers, […]

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has refused to give the go-ahead to commission an experimental fast-breeder reactor due to safety concerns. The Monju reactor in the Fukui prefecture has been closed for almost two decades after a leak and a fire in 1995. The head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority has blasted Monju’s operator for its lack […]