New Zealand’s Defence capability plan 2019 (DCP ’19), released last week, lays out ways to spend the NZ$20 billion pledged to defence by the coalition government early in its tenure. It clearly knits together future …
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The world Foreign ministers of NATO countries have gathered in Washington to mark the 70th anniversary of the organisation’s creation. For a brief history of NATO, what it does and who is a member, see …
Originally published 27 August 2018. Asia’s future is inextricably tied to the Himalayas, the world’s tallest mountain range and the source of the water-stressed continent’s major river systems. Yet reckless national projects are straining the …
The world US President Donald Trump has announced plans to hold a second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un early next year. The New York Times highlights the failure of the pair’s meeting in …
Sea state A year and two days after Argentinian submarine ARA San Juan went missing in the Atlantic Ocean, it was detected more than 900 metres below sea level off the Valdes Peninsula in Argentine …
President Donald Trump’s announcement earlier this year that the US planned to establish a space force prompted discussion about the overt militarisation of the rhetoric surrounding the international use of space. While some have argued …
The world There has been mixed reaction to the publication of an anonymous op-ed in the New York Times by a senior official in US President Donald Trump’s administration. The author claims that many of …
Asia’s future is inextricably tied to the Himalayas, the world’s tallest mountain range and the source of the water-stressed continent’s major river systems. Yet reckless national projects are straining the region’s fragile ecosystems, resulting in …
Remote Antarctica is becoming more accessible. Tourist numbers down south have grown significantly, along with calls for greater regulation. China’s Antarctic program is moving ahead: it will build its fifth research station on Inexpressible Island …
It’s a game changer. In the next few years, there’ll be year-round access to our polar real estate. Last Friday the Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced …
For well over three years now the ADF has been engaged in operations in the Middle East in the fight against Daesh. Our forces have acquitted themselves exceptionally well. The strike component of the Air …
Sea state During his visit to Beijing, Australia’s Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, was formally rebuked by his Chinese counterpart. Chinese Navy commander Shen Jinlong condemned the Australian Navy for having ‘compromised the …