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...
China’s claims in South China Sea illegal, Australia says
Australia has declared “there is no legal basis” to China’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea, marking an escalation of recent...
How to stop Chinese takeover of South China Sea
By Jeff Becker*
China appears to be accelerating its campaign to control the South China Sea and the Senkaku Islands (pictured) in the East China...
Australia likely to join Indian Malabar exercise
By Aarti Betigeri*
Australia’s strategy on engaging India has long revolved around the so-called “three Cs”: cricket, curry and the Commonwealth. In light of the changing...
US joins Black Sea exercise
The US warship Porter entered the Black Sea on Sunday to take part in an annual NATO exercise, days after Russia placed its Black...