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  • 25 Mar 2019 15:00

    The Mueller illusion

    by Daniel Flitton

    What the long investigation has really exposed is more of the same old politics at play.

  • 25 Mar 2019 13:30

    Film Review: The Wandering Earth

    by Bruno Maçães

    The film makes us think about the way in which civilisational differences can lead to new forms of artistic expression.

  • 25 Mar 2019 10:00

    Reset required for DFAT-AusAID integration

    by Richard Moore

    The promised magic to align aid with interests hasn’t actually materialised as power has shifted from the old aid club.

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China and the military balance

The International Institute for Strategic Studies has launched the 2018 edition of The Military Balance, which tracks the development of military forces around the world. It contains a striking stat about China’s naval development: OK, this is an isolated factoid, but it illustrates a
By Sam Roggeveen
19 Feb 18
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A reborn quadrilateral to deter China

Recent news that Australia’s Foreign Minister has indicated interest in taking part in a resurrected US-Australia-Japan-India quadrilateral dialogue on the sidelines of the upcoming ASEAN Summit is to be welcomed. It is an indication how much the strategic situation in the Asia Pacific has shifted
By John Hemmings
09 Nov 17
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Why do US warships keep having accidents?

James Goldrick has identified possible systemic problems in the US Navy that help explain recent accidents involving US warships. These problems may not be unique to the US Seventh Fleet and there has to be sympathy for Vice Admiral Aucoin, the Commander of the Seventh Fleet, who was made the
By Sam Bateman
29 Aug 17
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Collision at sea

The recent spate of US Navy accidents at sea has focused attention on the state of that service and raised questions about readiness and operational effectiveness in the Seventh Fleet. It has also been the subject of obvious schadenfreude on the part of at least one Chinese media outlet. Although
By James Goldrick
24 Aug 17
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South China Sea patrols: Does the Trump team get it?

On 10 August, a US Navy warship challenged China’s implied claim to a territorial sea around Mischief Reef in the South China Sea. By lingering for six hours within 12 nautical miles of the massive island China has constructed on the reef, the USS John McCain affirmed the principle, clearly
By Andrew Chubb
15 Aug 17
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US-China at sea incidents are likely the new normal

There has been yet another spate of US-China incidents involving US intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) probes in and over China’s bordering seas. In February, there was a close encounter between a US Navy P-3 Orion aircraft and a Chinese surveillance aircraft 
By Mark Valencia
20 Jun 17
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US FONOPs: Game on again in the South China Sea

According to this Reuters report, which was soon followed by others citing a Pentagon spokesman, a US Navy warship, the destroyer USS Dewey, has recently sailed within 12 nautical miles of the Chinese-occupied Mischief Reef in the South China Sea. This was the first such challenge to Beijing by the
By Sam Bateman
26 May 17
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