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China's first overseas military base in Djibouti likely to be a taste of things to come

On 26 November, China confirmed it was in talks with Djibouti to construct its first overseas military base. This represents a major symbolic and practical step in China's emergence as a global military power. According to a Chinese spokesman, the new military 'support facilities' will provide

By David Brewster

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Chinese worldviews and China’s foreign policy

Four key narratives help explain the way that China acts in and interprets the world, providing a more nuanced guide to China’s aims and ambitions and helping to shape more effective responses to China

By Merriden Varrall

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Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea

Several posts on The Interpreter have argued recently that Australia should join the US in conducting freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea. This is not a good idea for several reasons, not least of all is how our involvement would be perceived in the region. The

By Sam Bateman

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Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?

The difference between freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) and warships transiting under 'innocent passage' sounds arcane and legalistic. But this wonkish distinction is now central to understanding the nature of the US Navy’s activities in the South China Sea last week and going

By Euan Graham

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Why Australia must send its navy to assert the freedom to operate in the South China Sea

After much internal debate and soul searching, the US has conducted its first 'Freedom of Navigation' operation in the South China Sea for several years. It will not be the last and we are fast approaching the point at which Australia needs to decide whether it will assert, with more than

By James Goldrick

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US launches FoNOPS in the South China Sea: Better late than never?

So, the much-heralded US freedom of navigation (FoN) operation in the South China Sea has finally seen daylight. The designated lead, the USS Lassen, is a guided missile destroyer which has already been patrolling the South China Sea in recent weeks. After leaving port in East Malaysia this

By Euan Graham

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South China Sea dispute: US challenge may fall into China trap

South China Sea dispute: US challenge may fall into China trap Euan Graham The Australian Financial Review 19 October 2015

By Euan Graham

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The perception gap: reading China's maritime objectives in Indo-Pacific Asia

In this Lowy Institute Report Nonresident Fellows Linda Jakobson and Rory Medcalf identify both the real differences in interests between China and other powers in the Indo-Pacific, but also the sharp divergences in perceptions regarding China’s maritime strategic objectives

By Linda Jakobson, Rory Medcalf

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Chinese aid in the Pacific

In this interactive Lowy Institute map, Philippa Brant illustrates China’s growing foreign aid program in the Pacific Islands region

By Philippa Brant

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The Geopolitics of Chinese Aid

The Geopolitics of Chinese aid: Mapping Beijing’s Funding in the Pacific Dr Philippa Brant Foreign Affairs 4 March 2015 Please click here for the online text

By Philippa Brant

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China's first overseas military base in Djibouti likely to be a taste of things to come

Chinese worldviews and China’s foreign policy

Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea

Innocent passage: Did the US just fumble its South China Sea strategy?

Why Australia must send its navy to assert the freedom to operate in the South China Sea

US launches FoNOPS in the South China Sea: Better late than never?

South China Sea dispute: US challenge may fall into China trap

The perception gap: reading China's maritime objectives in Indo-Pacific Asia

Chinese aid in the Pacific

The Geopolitics of Chinese Aid

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