Chinese-built airport near Manus naval base
By Thomas Shugart
Judging by recent satellite imagery, it appears that significant progress is being made on an expansion and upgrade project at Momote Airport,...
Huge Chinese fishing fleet off Galapagos
By Melodie Ruwet
The Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) covers 133,000 square kilometres and was established in 1998 to protect the remarkable biodiversity of the Galapagos...
India’s naval message to China
If anyone was wondering why the Indian Navy has deployed almost its entire fleet of ships and submarines into the Indian Ocean region, one...
South China Sea explainer
An excellent "explainer" summary of what is happening in the South China and its importance to Australia has been written by The Sydney Morning...
Magic trick at AUSMIN talks
By Michael Shoebridge*
Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds pulled off a magic trick at this week’s AUSMIN meeting. Australian decisions...
PNG sides with China on Hong Kong law
By Jeffrey Wall*
The United Nations Human Rights Council recently voted on a resolution supporting China’s draconian national security law that has effectively crushed free...
Iran fires missile a mock-up Nimitz-class carrier
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state television reported...
Advantages in fighting illegal fishing
By Matthew Ader*
Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing costs Asia billions of dollars a year and constitutes a third of the entire regional catch....
Naval base ‘could draw PNG into conflict’
By Brendan Nicholson*
There’s concern in Papua New Guinea that allowing Australia and the United States, or China, to build a regional naval base on...
Australia to boost defence co-operation with US in South China Sea
Australia has pledged to increase defence cooperation with the US in the South China Sea – but stopped short of making any specific new...