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21 December 2012 11:06
- A major scoop for The Australian, getting its hands on a draft of next year's Defence White Paper.
- The US-Japan alliance continues to strengthen, with the Pentagon announcing a deployment of stealth fighters to Japan. (Thanks Malcolm.)
- Maritime Security: A Practical Guide. (Thanks Chris.)
- The peace movement is almost 200 years old, but has had no real impact on world events. (Thanks Martine.)
- On Tuesday I linked to an article claiming mass shootings are not on the rise in the US. Here's the counter-argument.
- The rise and fall of Russia's economics think tanks. (Thanks Steve.)
- Mayan apocalypse rumours are most widespread in China. (Thanks Danielle.)
- The Global Mail looks at the local implications of PNG's resources boom. (Thanks Danielle.)