The 2018 Timor Sea Treaty signed in New York between Australia and Timor-Leste on 6 March 2018 is a landmark agreement between the two countries and provides a pathway for the final settlement of the …
Articles by: "Donald Rothwell"
The spotlight is once again on Australia and whether it will conduct freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the South China Sea. The debate has been revived as a result of remarks made by the …
The Timor Sea conciliation between Australia and Timor-Leste has already been the subject of some significant developments in 2017. Following a contentious period last year when Australia actively contested the competency of the Conciliation Commission, …
The unanimous decision of the five-member Arbitral Tribunal in favour of the Philippines in its South China Sea case against China is breathtaking in its scope and will have profound consequences for regional geopolitics for …
The PNG Supreme Court’s Manus Island decision of 26 April has created legal and diplomatic challenges for PNG and Australia. The ruling that the ongoing detention of asylum seekers at the Manus Island Regional Processing …