North Korea’s submarine construction
The Center for Strategic & International Studies has produced a very interesting video now placed on Youtube on North Korean submarine construction. The Sinpo South Shipyard...
France as an Indo-Pacific Player
By Jean-Mathieu REY*
SYNOPSIS
Although a European power, France has overseas territories in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Given its stake in the emerging Indo-Pacific, France...
France’s Indo-Pacific strategy
France’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific takes place in a context of regional political, economic and strategic re-engagement that dates back to the early 1990s....
China: Malaysia’s quiet, indirect defiance
Malaysia has pragmatically optimised diplomatic and legal instruments as the principal forms of statecraft to advance its interests. Diplomacy and selective deference are central...
Risks of competition in Pacific
By Joanne Wallis*
When US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Pacific Island leaders about the dangers of “economic coercion” and “retribution” in an address...
The dragon in the Indo-Pacific
The Dragon in the Indo-Pacific: Jaws, Claws, Paws, Wings, Fins, Tail and Brain
By Sudarshan Shrikhande, IN (Retd)
The title for this column is meant to...
Australia’s deeper ROK collaboration
Deeper naval collaboration to mark the 60th anniversary of Australia - Republic of Korea diplomatic relations
By John Blaxland
As 60 years of diplomatic ties between...
US and Australia muscle-flexing: China
China has said the U.S. and Australia were “flexing their muscles” with recent naval drills in the South China Sea, underscoring Beijing’s sensitivity over...
Chinese assertiveness and politics in the South China Sea.
Chinese Assertiveness and the Business of Politics in the South China Sea Dispute
Dr Pichamon Yeophantong*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review,...
The Quad: ambitions and reality
By Huong Le Thu and Sarah Teo*
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue has been the venue for the most visible foreign policy signalling on the Indo-Pacific from US...