Geopolitics

The Australia-India strategic partnership

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By Dhruva Jaishankar* After five decades of testy or distant strategic relations, India and Australia began in the early 2000s to forge an increasingly cooperative...

Between giants: the future of the Taiwanese Navy

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By Jonathan Selling*  For years worries about a potential second Cold War between the United States and China have swirled within discussions on the Asia-Pacific....

Xi’s black-box strategic thinking

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By Peter Jennings* What is China trying to achieve by its sudden lurch to a bullying, ‘wolf warrior’ global stance? For all the billions of...

China moving in on climate-threatened Kiribati

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By Steve Raaymakers* The world knows the Republic of Kiribati as a very low-lying nation in the mid-Pacific that is in danger of inundation as...

ALP questions Chinese Darwin Port role

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By Luke Gosling, Labor Member for Solomon (NT) The Australian government says its new foreign relations bill is about one thing: ensuring foreign policy consistency...

Quad’s role in ocean environment protection

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By David Brewster* The explosion and fire on board a supertanker off Sri Lanka this month, following closely on last month’s disastrous oil spill in...

Chilean Navy’s assault on illegal fishing

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By Francisco Martinez* The Chilean Navy is more than just a national warfighting force aimed at conventional deterrence. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires, and tsunamis are...

China tests coercive naval diplomacy

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By Shang-su Wu*  Introduction Since the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its second aircraft carrier, the possibility of utilizing these capital ships for coercive diplomacy...

Norway expands port for US nuke subs

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A key Arctic port in Norway has been improved and additions made to pave the way for increased visits by US nuclear submarines, providing...

Indonesia should be wary of China’s maritime plans

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By Aristyo Rizka Darmawan* Jakarta has long made clear its position as a non-claimant state on the South China Sea, stating its principal interest in...