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