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South Pacific
Solomons plus Beijing-Timor ties signals critical moment in our region’s security
There was a touch of Fidel Castro in Manasseh Sogavare’s speech at the UN last week. In a...
Seabed mining rules lapse is window for Pacific regulations
In late July, after weeks of fierce debate at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in...
Australia and Israel have a common blue economy future
Around the world, sustainable ocean economic activity, or the blue economy, is swelling. This...
Saltwater Strategists podcast “The China Challenge” and Australian security
A podcast covering strategy, capability, the region, China and the US recorded with Saltwater...
America walks the walk in battle for Pacific minds
NATO leaders gather in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, this week and Ukraine will dominate the...
Our chance to take charge of seabed mining legislation
The extraction of deep seabed mining resources on an industrial scale at incredible depths is a...
Modi goes to PNG – why it matters to the region and Australia
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Papua New Guinea early next week and then go on to...
Biden skipping Sydney Quad meeting’s bad, but our underwhelming Strategic Review is worse
US President Joe Biden’s decision not to attend a summit of the Quad countries in Sydney is...
Climate changes the role of Australian police in the Pacific
The Defence Strategic Review points out that if climate change accelerates over coming decades it...