Geopolitics

Extremely capable Chinese ships: NZ

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New Zealand’s defence minister has warned that Chinese warships located off the east coast of Australia are armed with “extremely capable” weapons that could...

N Korea objects to US N-sub visit

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North Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the United States is again posing a grave security threat by sending a nuclear submarine to a...

Australia and PNG prepare defence treaty

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A half-century after gaining independence from Australia, the Pacific island state of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia are negotiating what the two sides...

The case for UK’s nuclear naval upgrade

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In this article, we counter some of the arguments frequently presented by those campaigning for the UK to abandon its nuclear deterrent, Navy Lookout...

Chinese ships off Sydney coast

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The Australian Defence Force is monitoring three Chinese navy ships which are understood to be sailing east of Sydney. According to a Defence Department...

Taiwan: short war a delusion

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By Walker Mills* The last two presidential administrations have presided over a shift to an increasingly confrontational relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...

Chinese fighter releases flares near RAAF plane

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A Chinese fighter aircraft released flares in front of an Australian military plane during what Defence describes as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction in...

China’s exploitative fishing fleet

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Chinese fishing research vessels are scouting the Arabian Sea. The two research vessels are expected to glean information that will, in the future, support...

China in Pacific: UK admiral’s warning

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Western countries should avoid pressuring Pacific Island nations from making a binary choice between working with China or the United States and its allies,...

Sanctions shatter Russian LNG project

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Novatek's LNG construction center outside Murmansk is left in the dark as contractors and subcontractors abandon the plant. There used to be up 15,000 workers...