Tag: military
Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns over Pacific
Asia Pacific Report
Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the...
Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing.
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...
It may be genocide against Gaza, but it won’t be stopped
ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) refused to implement the most crucial demand made by South African jurists: “The State of...
‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG unrest
By Caleb Fotheringham
Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots.
Port Moresby is in a...
Media targeting public for a war with China, warns Declassified Australia
Pacific Media Watch
Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing,...
Ian Powell: Context of the ‘New Washington Consensus’ and China ‘threat’ for New Zealand
POLITICAL BYTES: By Ian Powell
There is a reported apparent rift within cabinet between Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Andrew Little over Aotearoa...