Tag: military
Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore
ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday
The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international...
Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide
By David Robie
Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex...
‘Not an attempt to militarise our nation’ – Solomon Islands considers own military
By Koroi Hawkins
The Solomon Islands government is looking into establishing a defence force which would make it the fourth Pacific nation to have a...
Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave the way
ANALYSIS: By Anna-Karina Hermkens
Bougainville, an autonomous archipelago currently part of Papua New Guinea, is determined to become the world’s newest country.
To support this process,...
Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away with it’, says Bishara
Asia Pacific Report
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, has condemned Israel’s extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations — reportedly almost 500 times in 72...
Indonesian military impunity, poor training condemned over torture of Papuans
Jubi/West Papua Daily
Repeated cases of Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers torturing civilians in Papua have been evident, as seen in the viral video depicting the...