Search for Security

Heterodox estimative assessments of the AUKUS security compact.

A. Search for Security: AUKUS and the New Militarism is a new edited collection out from Melbourne University Press that advances a heterodox analysis of the AUKUS security compact. Mark Beeson (University of Technology Sydney); Rebecca Strating (La Trobe University); and Van Jackson (Victoria University of Wellington) are amongst the contributors. Jackson’s work on strategic culture has influenced my own research program and he is an exemplar model for effective composition writing.

B. James D. Watson who co-discovered DNA has passed away. His career has recently been the focus of race realist and reactionary authors, due to his hereditarian views. This late-in-life controversy has overshadowed the rest of his research career; his sustained original contributions; and his philanthropic fundraising record.

C. Today’s MIT OCW free course is on International Women’s Voices created by Associate Professor Margery Resnick.

D. Australia is in an intermediary role (in a strategic triangle) between the United States and China concerning critical minerals and rare earths. ABC’s 4 Corners also covered this geopolitical risk issue this week.

E. The Night Manager season 2 has a trailer. Its portrayal of intelligence (field) officers focuses on emotional intelligence, psychological resilience and risk transfer skills.

F. An Oxford University third year class (in their mathematics program) on the Mathematical Models of Financial Derivatives: