Beijing has come under increasing international pressure over its building and militarisation of the maritime features it occupies in the Spratly Islands. On 30 January, the US Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer within 12 nautical …
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US allies would be well advised to keep a weather eye on the nuclear modernisation debate now unfolding in Washington. That’s because they have important interests at stake—including the future of extended nuclear deterrence and …
You can see the many currents in the Australia–US relationship by using different lenses: war fighting and alliance, strategy, economics and trade. Add filters for surprises and rule writing and ambition and history and the …
Everyone’s favourite hermit kingdom has done much to excite and exercise the world of late, first with last weekend’s rocket launch, and then through the decision to boot 248 South Korean managers from the Kaesong …
Afghanistan has yet again made headlines over the past fortnight, and, as is often the case, not for positive reasons. On 1 February a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up at a police office in …