Reeling in illegal fishing is crucial to Australia’s maritime security
MELISSA CONLEY TYLER, MICHAEL HEAZLE, JADE LINDLEY AND SHARON COWDEN | Combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) is… Read More
Commentary
Southeast Asia snapshot #50
SOVINDA PO | Cambodia hosts the 32nd Southeast Asian Games After more than 60 years, Cambodia is now hosting… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 10 May
TESS NEWTON CAIN | US steps up Pacific engagement The USA continues to step up its Pacific engagement in its attempt to counter China’s influence… Read More
AUKUS sets sail in the Indo-Pacific
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s acquisition of a replacement for its Collins class conventional submarine fleet is proving remarkably complicated. The 2009 Australian Defence White… Read More
Trade talks mask growing tensions between India and Russia
IAN HALL | Talk of a new free trade agreement between India and Russia should not distract from the unravelling of their strategic… Read More
Chinese spy bases on Myanmar’s Great Coco Island? Here we go again
ANDREW SELTH | A little history should help dampen some wild speculation about eavesdropping facilities in the Indian Ocean. On 31 March, Chatham House… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #49
SOVINDA PO | Myanmar junta conducted an air strike on an anti-junta gathering On 11 April 2023, the Myanmar military conducted an air… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 26 April
TESS NEWTON CAIN | UK Foreign Minister visits Pacific The UK Foreign Secretary, Hon James Cleverly, visited the Pacific islands region recently. He met… Read More
Not the Indo-Pacific: A Melanesian view on strategic competition
PATRICK KAIKU | Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare recently affirmed his country’s adherence to the “friend to all, enemy to none” foreign policy ideal. He,… Read More
Mekong River: Turning declaration into actions
ANDREA HAEFNER | Australia has been engaged in the Mekong region for decades, including supporting the Mekong River Commission. This support has been multi-faceted… Read More
