Tag: security
‘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...
Australia’s defence – navigating US-China tensions in changing world
SPECIAL REPORT: By Peter Cronau for Declassified Australia
Australia is caught in a jam, between an assertive American ally and a bold Chinese trading partner....
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...
Have New Zealanders really been ‘misled’ about AUKUS, or is involvement now a foregone conclusion?
ANALYSIS: By Marco de Jong and Robert G. Patman
When former prime minister Helen Clark spoke out against New Zealand potentially compromising its independent foreign...
Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or a domestic strategy?
SPECIAL REPORT: By Richard Naidu, editor of Islands Business
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been described...
Threat of another coup still ‘one of biggest dangers’ for Fiji, says Ratuva
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
The biggest danger to Fiji’s security and stability remains the possibility of another coup “when the circumstances are right”, warns...