Geopolitics

Defence priorities at AUSMIN

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By Jennifer Parker* AUSMIN 2023 will occur against the backdrop of the largest ever iteration of Exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia’s north. Talisman Sabre, a...

NATO’s interest in a stable Pacific

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By Allan du Toit* Recent strident assertions by former Australian prime minister Paul Keating that NATO has no place in Asia and should limit itself...

NZ’s expanded Pacific relations

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Wellington’s overtures to the Pacific Island nations are starting to see results as its new approach to the region sees relations improve allowing for...

Chinese naval base in Cambodia near complete

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In Cambodia, a Chinese naval base, which could accommodate an aircraft carrier, is nearly done, Wion News reports. Satellite images released by BlackSky show...

NATO’s sense of urgency

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By Jennifer Parker* In the build-up to the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the sense of history was palpable. The original NATO construct of...

Defending Pacific to defend Australia

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By Tyson Sara* Australia is facing the largest challenge to its position of strategic primacy in the South Pacific since World War II as China...

US beefs up presence near Iran

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The Defense Department is sending F-35 fighter aircraft and a Navy destroyer, in addition to F-16s, to US Central Command in the Middle East,...

Turning dirty shipping clean

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What do you value more – stopping climate chaos or keeping global shipping cheap? That was the dilemma many developing countries faced at the...

Barbie adds credibility to nine-line dash

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By Donald R Rothwell* To think that even before Hollywood actors and writers went out on strike, the year had already produced one of the...

Top Russian mariner assassinated

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A Russian military official who had commanded a submarine in the Black Sea and appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist of alleged war criminals has...