A pre-polling snapshot of Papua New Guinea’s national election: An observer’s insights
TEDDY WINN | Papua New Guineans will go to the polls on 2 July 2022. This will be the tenth time citizens will… Read More
Topic-Security
Southeast Asia snapshot #29
SOVINDA PO | The progress of the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Asia’s premier defense summit—the… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 15 June
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Pacific focus at Shangri-La Dialogue A plethora of defence and security folks congregated in Singapore for the first Shangri-La Dialogue since… Read More
The India-Australia bond and its impact on the Indo-Pacific
PETER LAYTON | For several decades, the relationship between Australia and India seemed limited to Commonwealth, cricket and curry. Today however, geostrategic changes, globalisation… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #28
SOVINDA PO | Manila’s stance toward China after the Philippines election Since the proclamation of his victory in the Philippines election in… Read More
A flare up in China’s deliberate pattern of aggression
PETER LAYTON | It’s time to be alarmed not just alert. On Sunday, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles revealed a “very dangerous”… Read More
China’s grey-zone activities: Concepts and possible responses
PETER LAYTON | In recent years a new term has thrust itself into the military lexicon. ‘Grey-zone’ has become verbal shorthand for the type… Read More
Australia-India-Japan trilateral cooperation for strengthening supply chain resilience
SHINO WATANABE | The rise of the minilateral framework has been a defining characteristic of multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific in recent years. The Quadrilateral… Read More
The Pacific Step-up: Drowning not waving
PAUL SLATER | In 1999, tensions between ethnic groups in Solomon Islands were rising. For anyone who cared to notice, there was even a… Read More
Antarctica adrift: Australia’s southern blind spot
ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | When it comes to Antarctica there are four key problems Canberra faces. First, Australia overlooks its southern flank in somewhat of… Read More
