Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 9 February
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Marape’s overseas trip cut short Prime Minister James Marape has returned to Papua New Guinea, cutting short his trip to… Read More
China
Boosting maritime law enforcement in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea
MICHAEL HEAZLE | Five and a half years on from the international arbitral tribunal’s rejection of China’s expansive South China Sea claims in… Read More
Living with a feared China and Russian-built chaos
PETER LAYTON | To Western eyes, China’s wolf-warrior foreign affairs policy and Russia’s extravagant threats over Ukraine can appear cryptic. Read More
Will things change for the better in the tiger year?
COLIN MACKERRAS | On 1 February 2022, the Chinese New Year begins when winter in China gives way to spring. We bid farewell… Read More
Australia–Japan defence cooperation in the grey zone
PETER LAYTON | Over the last several years, the relationship with China has become increasingly awkward for both Australia and Japan. Other nations have… Read More
Southeast Asia Snapshot #18
SOVINDA PO | A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making the news in South East Asia Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visited Myanmar and… Read More
Geopolitical risk isn’t rare on earth
EDUADO ROCA, AKIHIRO OMURA AND JOHN FAN | Heightened geopolitical tension is drawing increased attention from businesses and financial markets. Geopolitical risk, occurring as… Read More
A disruptive innovation, future-focussed Australian strategic studies
PETER LAYTON | Australian strategic studies cannot keep up with current rates of geostrategic change. Focussing on different analysis methodologies — such as forward-looking,… Read More
Australia’s nuclear submarine surprise
PETER LAYTON | In September 2021, Australia’s Prime Minster startled almost everyone by declaring the replacement submarine for the nation’s COLLINS class boats would… Read More
Converging ways of war: Russian, China and America
PETER LAYTON | Thinking about major war is back in fashion as forever wars shuffle off and near-peer conflicts become considered plausible. Counter-insurgency is… Read More
