Strategic Entanglements: Australia, the US and China
Diametrically opposed world views by the USA and China demand strategic management of risks in both regional defence and international trade.
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September 8, 2026
Asia-Pacific / Commonwealth Government / Julian Moti / Pacific Neighbours / PNG / Solomon Islands / Vanuatu
Absent Family: The Contest for the Blue Pacific
The 55th Pacific Islands Forum has highlighted the tug of war over seabed resources, pitching regional powers against each other and a Goliath.
September 5, 2026
The Sand Remembers What the State Forgets: Uyghur Cultural Survival and the Architecture of Forgetting
Survival of Uyghur culture is dependent on the transmission of language and culture among its diaspora.
July 3, 2026
Echoes of 1914: U.S.-China Tensions and the Spectre of Conflict Over Taiwan
Increasing tensions in the South China Sea mimicking those in 1914, could be mitigated by dialogue and negotiation.
July 25, 2025
Strategic versus Political Reasons for War with China
Australia has no compelling reason to take military action against China.
July 16, 2025
Who owns Australia? Who owns the Pacific?
While the Australian Labor Party squanders billions of dollars chasing a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to appease the ghost of its former leader, sacrificed before completing even…
May 17, 2011