Tag: defence
Fiji’s defence and security review – a pivotal step towards stability
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh
Fiji Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua’s national defence and security review initiative announced last month marks a bold and pivotal step...
Oppenheimer’s warning lives on: global laws, treaties fail to stop new arms race
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie
J. Robert Oppenheimer — the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb”, and now subject of a blockbuster biopic —...
US envoy persuades two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed...
Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakarta’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason case defence
Jubi News
A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced “systemic racism” by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court...