Defence

Solomons: Putting a draft security deal with China in local context

A draft MOU between Honiara and Beijing on security related issues has sparked international headlines and worried response from

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NZ Minister of Defence visits Fiji and Australia this week

New Zealand’s Minister of Defence Peeni Henare departs for bilateral visits to Fiji and Australia to reaffirm his country’s commitment to regional security in the Pacific and discuss ways to strengthen

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Neighbours: Australia and New Caledonia boost diplomatic and defence ties

Eighty years ago, fearful of Japan, Australia sent a diplomat and a warship to New Caledonia. Today, Australia is mobilising defence and diplomacy against another rising Asian power. On the morning of 19 September 1940,

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Australian defence encounters new Pacific realities

Canberra has turned its attention back to the Pacific. No more potent a symbol of this renewed interest could be found than the Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith’s visit to Tonga on the eve of releasing

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