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Rental Family Interviews - Brendan Fraser and Hikari on filming in Japan, cultural differences and found family - HeyUGuys
To celebrate the UK release of Rental Family, we sat down with Brendan Fraser and Hikari to discuss the cultural differences when filming abroad, the production of the film and the motivations for making it. Brendan details the interest in filming in Japan and the differences that he felt when working there. In the film, he plays an out of work actor who moves to Japan and lands a unique job pretending to be people in others lives.
Sara Khorami, Kim Falck & Roar Uthaug Talk Troll 2, Norwegian Folklore & Filmmaking Challenges
Troll 2 is the sequel to the smash-hit Norwegian Netflix production of Troll. We join stars Sara Khorami and Kim Falck, and Writer/Director Roar Uthaug for a discussion on how it feels managing eyelines against a CG troll, to the importance of the film for Norway and Norwegian Folklore. Director Roar Uthaug discusses the feeling of the success of the prior film and how it changed his outlook going into making a second one.
Sparctacus - House of Ashur Interviews - HeyUGuys
In these interviews, Nick Tarabay, Tenika Davis and showrunner Steven DeKnight sit down with us to discuss the excitement around the new Spartacus series, House of Ashur. The conversation ranges drastically from their dream walk out song in a modern gladiator fight, to the importance of diversity and creation of the new Gladiatress.
The world cannot afford a war between US and China
It is so obvious that the world cannot afford a war between US and China. We have a very serious COVID pandemic with us. We have to try to feed the 7-8 billions global citizens around the world affected by this pandemic and keep them safe from illnesses and dying. We could be facing even a greater economic depression of 1930s in coming months and years. Australia is not alone. We all are in it in this US-China crisis, as evident from the echoes of our silent cry and voices.
Reflections on the maritime thought of Sam Bat" by Chris Rahman
TEST2021 > 6800 Title Evangelist for the sea: Reflections on the maritime thought of Sam Bateman Open Access Status This publication is not available as open access First Page 16 Last Page 44 Share COinS Link to publisher version (DOI) http://dx.
A flare up in China’s deliberate pattern of aggression
It’s time to be alarmed not just alert. On Sunday, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles revealed a “very dangerous” intercept by a People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s (PLAAF) fighter of an Australian P-8 maritime patrol aircraft took place on 26 May over the South China Sea. The P-8 aircraft was flying in international airspace at the time, well outside territorial waters.
Economic diplomacy: Supply chains, ASEAN wanes, and Japan’s coal dump
Two worlds When the US and Japan kicked off a bid to take control of the next generation of mobile technology during a summit of their leaders last week, they also pushed the global debate over supply chains into a new orbit.
Is Landfill part of the ‘Circular’ Economy?
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Port Adelaide to Shanghai: Sports diplomacy and the long road ahead
Trust between Australia and China is at a nadir. Little more than a year ago, the prospects for positive long-term engagement remained strong – not just for business ties, but also for that most peculiarly Australian game. AFL club Port Adelaide had taken Australian football to Shanghai for the first games played for premiership points in Asia. That all stopped with Covid-19.
Sovereignty and sensibility: What now for US-Mexico relations?
Of the many challenges facing the new Biden-Harris administration, it seems Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (commonly known by his initials, AMLO) intends to be one of them. AMLO was among the last of the world’s leaders to acknowledge the election of Joe Biden to the US presidency, saying he was waiting until the legal challenges to Biden’s election were resolved.
US retreat from multilateralism blunts the fight against COVID-19 | East Asia Forum
26 August 2020 Author: David Lubin, Citigroup During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IMF and the World Bank were quick to trumpet their contribution to stabilising the global economy from an unprecedented shock. But the noisy claims belie the fact that multilateral institutions have little room to manoeuvre now that the United States — the country that underpins multilateralism — has lost interest in the idea. Take the World Bank.
Deepening pressure on Singapore's ruling party to democratise | East Asia Forum
25 August 2020 Author: Lily Zubaidah Rahim, Georgetown University Singapore has been governed by the Peoples’ Action Party (PAP) since 1959. The results of Singapore’s July 2020 general election sent an ominous signal to the ruling PAP. Despite the advantages of incumbency and the COVID-19 crisis, the PAP’s vote share dropped by 8.6 per cent relative to the 2015 election.
The status quo on Taiwan and the importance of strategic ambiguity | East Asia Forum
24 August 2020 Author: Editorial Board, ANU In June Beijing passed the national security law for Hong Kong, forbidding ‘secession, subversion, terrorist activities, and collusion with a foreign country or external elements to endanger national security’. The law allows the Chinese government to establish agencies in Hong Kong to uphold Beijing’s definition of national security, which almost certainly includes opposition to the mainland’s Chinese Communist Party.
How does the public perceive the diplomatic isolation of Taiwan? | East Asia Forum Original
22 August 2020 Authors: Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of St Thomas, Charles KS Wu, Purdue University, Austin Wang, UNLV, and Fang-Yu Chen, Michigan State University Observers of Taiwan’s foreign relations are well aware of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) perennial efforts to isolate Taiwan from the international community. Under the ‘One China’ policy, establishing diplomatic ties with Taiwan is tantamount to breaking up with the PRC.
Thailand's student protests: a crisis of authority? | East Asia Forum
17 August 2020 Author: Greg Raymond, ANU With the return of student protests, Thailand’s nominally civilian government faces a significant crisis of authority. The 2016 transition from the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej to his less-popular son Vajiralongkorn dissipated the charismatic aura around the monarchy. The government, dominated by coup-makers and their cronies, is now increasingly exposed as it flounders in the worst economic downturn since the Asian Financial Crisis.
Demystifying Australia's South China Sea stance | East Asia Forum
12 August 2020 Author: Sam Bateman, University of Wollongong On 23 July, Australia lodged a note verbale to the UN Secretary-General setting out its position on China’s claims in the South China Sea. This was part of a series of notes verbale from countries bordering the South China Sea that was triggered by a December 2019 Malaysian submission to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) claiming a partial outer continental shelf in the South China Sea.
Strengthening the Philippines' approach to maritime security | East Asia Forum
4 August 2020 Author: Ellaine Joy C Sanidad, Philippine National Coast Watch System Over the last decade, a lack of expertise among countries in managing their maritime domain has allowed lawlessness and crime on the seas to proliferate. Emerging criminal networks have become more complex and harder-to-quell. The relationship between various security threats, such as maritime piracy and terrorist financing, is also becoming increasingly interconnected.
Costly cargo: The plight of seafarers in a pandemic
Amid the many consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of seafarers around the world are now locked onboard their ships with expired contracts and unable to get home.
Commentary: COVID-19 makes waves for international shipping
WOLLONGONG: The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the cruise ship industry has attracted much attention in recent weeks. But the associated global economic slowdown means that the impact of the crisis on other parts of international shipping will be even more severe. Advertisement Advertisement According to data from UNCTAD, passenger ships — including cruise liners and ferries — constitute only about 0.4 per cent of international shipping by deadweight tonnage (DWT).
COVID-19 makes waves for international shipping | East Asia Forum
22 May 2020 Author: Sam Bateman, University of Wollongong The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the cruise ship industry has attracted much attention in recent weeks. But the associated global economic slowdown means that the impact of the crisis on other parts of international shipping will be even more severe. According to data from UNCTAD, passenger ships — including cruise liners and ferries — constitute only about 0.4 per cent of international shipping by deadweight tonnage (DWT).
At sea, safety is just as important as security
The extraordinary rescue of crew from a stricken South Korean freighter off the US coast this week might have taken place on the other side of the world, but it serves as a reminder that safety of life at sea is a challenge everywhere. Closer to home, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) has made “Maritime Safety and Security” a priority area of focus, but almost all attention has focused on the security element. Safety arrangements for maritime cooperation remain underdeveloped.
FEATURE | Does Australia need a merchant shipping fleet?
If elected to government, Australia's opposition Labor Party says it will enhance Australia’s economic sovereignty and national security by creating a strategic merchant shipping fleet. As a first step, it will appoint a taskforce to guide the establishment of the "strategic fleet", which is likely to comprise up to a dozen vessels including oil tankers, container ships and gas carriers.
FEATURE | Does Australia need a merchant shipping fleet?
If elected to government, Australia’s opposition Labor Party says it will enhance Australia’s economic sovereignty and national security by creating a strategic merchant shipping fleet. As a first step, it will appoint a taskforce to guide the establishment of the “strategic fleet”, which is likely to comprise up to a dozen vessels including oil tankers, container ships and gas carriers.
Norwegian frigate sinking has far-reaching implications
In an incident that has attracted relatively little media attention in Australia, the modern 5,300-ton Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad sank in a Norwegian fjord after a collision with the large Maltese-registered oil tanker Sola TS. It’s now clear what happened. In the early hours of 8 November, the Ingstad was proceeding at 17 knots along the Hjeltefjorden near the Sture oil terminal. The Sola TS had just left the terminal fully laden and was proceeding at 7 knots.
Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 40/3 (December 2018)
Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 40/3 (December 2018) [Whole Publication] 36.00 USD Add to Cart Preliminary pages – Download ARTICLES 1. Unpacking ASEAN Neutrality: The Quest for Autonomy and Impartiality in Southeast Asia, by Ralf Emmers, author, Abstract The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has preferred to avoid entanglement in Great Power competition since its inception in 1967.
Many Considered This Submarine a Total Failure. It Could Make a Big Comeback.
The many submariners dismayed over decades by claims that their Australian-built Collins-class boats are ‘dud subs’ may ultimately be vindicated by the appearance of a sophisticated, long-range ‘Son of Collins’. Swedish industrial giant Saab now owns Kockums, the company that designed the 3,400-tonne Collins as an evolution of its much smaller, 1,130-tonne, Västergötland-class submarines.
Japan’s factions face off before leadership ballot
If Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to remain in power for the foreseeable future, he must ensure that a majority of his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s factions validate his leadership during the party’s triennial presidential election this September. This task may be unhinged by persistent doubts surrounding Abe’s involvement in two scandals over suspected cronyism and separate allegations of bureaucratic negligence and sexual misconduct at his defence and finance ministries respectively.
Managing fisheries in the South China Sea’s troubled waters
It has been suggested that the best approach for managing the territorial disputes in the South China Sea is for the relevant parties to set aside their competing sovereignty claims and focus on joint development and management of the area’s natural resources. Previous attempts to pursue this approach have focussed on joint development of the hydrocarbon resources in the South China Sea. But these attempts have been fraught with difficulty.
Regulatory reshuffle in China’s financial governance
In March 2018, China’s central government restructured its financial regulators. Overlapping institutions, bureaucratic turf wars and weak-toothed governance mandates had combined into a regulatory architecture that increasingly failed to regulate a complex financial market.
Is China ‘putting back the ladder’ to development?
The US–China trade dispute is on-again, off-again. While many are stressing the rights and wrongs of reigning in Chinese trade policies, there is little open contemplation of why China adopted such practices in the first place and what that might suggest about development prospects under existing global trade rules.
Reasons to be optimistic about North Korea
There has been a torrent of whining about the Trump–Kim summit. Critics are calling it little more than a photo opportunity for a dictator, and claim that nothing was agreed while North Korea’s horrific human rights abuses were overlooked.
Japan’s globalisation strategy under pressure
The negotiation over the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that concluded in March 2018 was perhaps the first occasion for Japan to take a distinctive initiative in international trade talks. After the United States withdrew from the original Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP 12) in January 2017, three conditions enabled Japan to play a more active role.
FEATURE | Reflections on the US Navy
The US Navy had a horror year in 2017 with tragic accidents and a major corruption scandal. While the cause may have been mainly budgetary, with inadequate resources allowed the navy, deeper cultural issues might also be involved. The US Naval Institute’s Proceedings is the main professional journal for the US Navy. It’s widely read by naval personnel around the world, as well as by academics and others interested in maritime security and naval affairs.
Are Indonesia’s regional elections a barometer for 2019?
On 27 June 2018, in 171 regions across Indonesia, voters will elect their local leaders in simultaneous direct elections known as Pilkada. Pilkada are usually seen as highly localised affairs that have little connection to, or bearing upon, national politics. But this year’s Pilkada take place less than a year out from the 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections and just months before the deadline for parties to nominate presidential candidates.
Baird Maritime - FEATURE | South China Sea – Paracels in the spotlight
On Sunday, two US Navy warships sailed through and near the Paracel group of islands claimed and occupied by China in the South China Sea. This was Washington’s latest freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) to counter what it claims are Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in these waters.
South China Sea: Paracels in the Spotlight
On Sunday, two U.S. Navy warships sailed through and near the Paracel group of islands claimed and occupied by China in the South China Sea. This was Washington’s latest freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) to counter what it claims are Beijing’s efforts to limit freedom of navigation in these waters.
U.S. Naval Accidents Revisited
The U.S. Navy is usually acknowledged as the biggest and best navy in the world. It is by far the biggest, and the best in terms of the hardware of naval warfare, although that position is now being challenged by China in some dimensions, such as missile technology and a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun.
US naval accidents revisited
The US Navy is usually acknowledged as the biggest and best navy in the world. It is by far the biggest, and the best in terms of the hardware of naval warfare, although that position is now being challenged by China in some dimensions, such as missile technology and a ship-mounted electromagnetic railgun.
Aid, influence and ‘strategic anxiety’ in the Pacific
In February 2018, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced his new government’s commitment to revitalising relations with the Pacific. He argued that a renewed foreign policy focus on the Pacific is necessary because the region has ‘become an increasingly contested strategic space’ and an area of ‘strategic anxiety’ for Australia and New Zealand. This claim echoes recent comments from Australian journalists and think-tank contributors.
Indonesia’s elite divided on China
The diffuse nature of policymaking in Indonesia discourages its leaders from departing from the country’s status quo policy towards Beijing. The status quo aims to allow Jakarta to have its cake and eat it too — that is, enjoy close relations with Beijing while preserving its strategic autonomy in ASEAN. Indonesia’s ‘non-balancing act’ policy towards Beijing usually involves close engagement with China for pragmatic benefits and to avoid a direct challenge to Chinese policy.
The AIIB’s creative spirit: experiments in infrastructure finance
Mid-January 2018 marked the second anniversary of the founding of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), but many are still debating whether it will be any different from existing multilateral development banks like the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The debate about the AIIB is in part a result of oversimplifying the challenges of setting up a new multilateral development bank from scratch.
What is socialist about socialist East Asia?
On the 100th anniversary of the Russian October Revolution, the general secretaries of Asia’s ruling communist parties, Xi Jinping in China and Nguyen Phu Trong in Vietnam, reaffirmed their commitment to the socialist project. Over 70 years ago communist parties in Asia turned to the Soviet Union for inspiration. On gaining power, they enacted constitutions and established institutions that, with varying degrees of faithfulness, replicated Soviet regulatory models.
Building Cooperation for Managing the South China Sea Without Strategic Trust
The ruling from the arbitral tribunal dealing with the case between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea provides opportunities for fresh approaches to building cooperation for managing the sea and activities within it. This cooperation is both a necessity and an obligation of the countries bordering the sea.
Gender equality in the Foreign Policy White Paper
International Women’s Day has, for more than 100 years, been a celebration of the contribution of women and girls to their communities, nations, and the world. As Australia’s first female Foreign Minister, I am keenly aware that while International Women’s Day is important, it is what we do on the other 364 days of the year that will eventually achieve genuine gender equality.
North Korea: How to start a nuclear war without even trying
If effective strategy requires realistic aims, then America is in trouble. US officials have shown themselves to be pathologically overconfident in their ability to achieve political outcomes with military signals, and the outcome they’re trying to achieve is utterly unrealistic. Imagine if the US flew what North Korea thought were nuclear-capable bombers up near its border, sporadically at first, then once per month. Then twice per month.
Freedom of navigation is in the eye of the beholder
The need for freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is invariably mentioned in statements from regional forums. For example, the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) and China recently agreed on the Asean-China Framework for the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea. An objective of this framework is to “ensure maritime security and safety and freedom of navigation and overflight”. Seen holistically, freedom of navigation is inherently good and worthy.
Why Do U.S. Warships Keep Having Accidents? | RealClearDefense
James Goldrick has identified possible systemic problems in the US Navy that help explain recent accidents involving US warships. These problems may not be unique to the US Seventh Fleet and there has to be sympathy for Vice Admiral Aucoin, the Commander of the Seventh Fleet, who was made the scapegoat for recent accidents and sacked ‘due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command'. This was just a short time before he was due to retire.
Chinese Spy Ships: The Devil in the Detail | RealClearDefense
Recent posts in The Interpreter (by Iain Henry, Euan Graham and James Goldrick) have commented on the presence of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ship off the Queensland Coast during Exercise Talisman Sabre. All these posts are broadly correct – the incident suggested Chinese hypocrisy with its objections to foreign military activities in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), specifically its objections to American surveillance and intelligence-collection in its EEZ.
What Freedom of Navigation is the U.S. Navy Exercising?
Editor’s Note: This was originally published by The Interpreter, which is published by the Lowy Institute for International Policy, an independent, nonpartisan think tank based in Sydney. War on the Rocks is proud to be publishing select articles from The Interpreter. A U.S. Navy warship, the destroyer USS Dewey, recently sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Chinese-occupied Mischief Reef in the South China Sea.
US FONOPs: Game on again in the South China Sea
According to this Reuters report, which was soon followed by others citing a Pentagon spokesman, a US Navy warship, the destroyer USS Dewey, has recently sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Chinese-occupied Mischief Reef in the South China Sea. This was the first such challenge to Beijing by the US under President Donald Trump, but neither the location or the operation itself should have come as a surprise.
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