Pacific Island leaders are pushing back against the rising geopolitical jousting between big powers in their region by barring international development partners, including the U.S. and China, from their annual summit this week. Beginning Monday, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele will host this year’s five-day meeting of leaders from the 18 Pacific Island Forum member countries, including Australia and New Zealand, in his country’s capital, Honiara. On the agenda will be topi...| Responsible Statecraft
Two people wearing masks showing colors of the Uighur heartland’s flag with a hand painted with the Chinese Communist Party’s colors over it. Photo Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson As the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands, and other countries condemn China’s violence, internment, sterilization, and so-called re-education against its Uyghur population for the crime that it is—genocide—China’s actions … Continue reading An Unlikely Pair: The Link Between the Uyghur Genocide and 9/11| Georgetown Security Studies Review
U.S., Japanese and Australian forces conduct trilateral military drilling exercises in the South China Sea. Photo Credit: U.S. Navy Analyzing the political trends makes one thing clear: if the Unit…| Georgetown Security Studies Review
The deepening partnership between Russia and North Korea—fueled by Moscow’s global search for troops and weapons to sustain its invasion of Ukraine—carries profound security implications for both Europe and the Indo-Pacific region. Although Pyongyang has contributed relatively few soldiers compared to Russia’s large military force, their presence on Europe’s frontiers has raised alarm among policymakers and elites across the continent. This development also prompted South Korea’s ...| cftni.org
Hundreds of billions of dollars have gone to aiding Taipei but geography is still the island's best defense| Responsible Statecraft
By Ryan D. Martinson While much of the international attention on China’s naval buildup is focused on its rapidly modernizing surface fleet, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is also taking bold steps to field a first-rate submarine force. By the end of this year, the service could have as many as 25 Yuan-class submarines, … Continue reading Exposed Undersea: PLA Navy Officer Reflections on China’s Not-So-Silent Service→| Center for International Maritime Security
This republication is adapted from “War without Surprises—Education for Command in the People’s Liberation Army Navy,” published by the Naval War College Review of the U.S. Naval War College. It is republished with permission. By Ryan D. Martinson Most analyses of Pacific scenarios have focused on the quantities and capabilities of the platforms that the … Continue reading War Without Surprises: Education for Command in the PLA Navy→| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By David Scott French maritime strategy has been on full public display with the deployment of the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from November 2024 to April 2025, carrying out an extended deployment across the Indo-Pacific in the furthest ever Operation Clemenceau. The French Carrier Strike Group included various components: FS … Continue reading French Maritime Strategy – Carrier-Led and Indo-Pacific Focused→| Center for International Maritime Security
By David Scott The Italian Navy deployed in force to the Indo-Pacific in the second half of 2024, sending a Carrier Strike Group comprised of the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour and frigate ITS Alpino, along with the independent deployments of ITS Raimondo Montecuccoli and ITS Amerigo Vespucci. These deployments, which represented various firsts for Italy, … Continue reading On Wider Seas: Italian Naval Deployments and Maritime Outreach to the Indo-Pacific→| Center for International Maritime Security
Cyber Command has requested significantly more funds to support cyber defense in the Pacific region and the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.| DefenseScoop
Dilapidated Air Force barracks on Guam previously also housed sailors and Marines until the conditions sent Navy officials into an uproar.| Task & Purpose
” (…) it is important to underline also on this occasion how the new political and economic line traced by Trump is not the result of a rash move, even if the character might make you t…| An internationalist Articles Selection & Review
U.S. airpower is flowing to the Indian Ocean outpost as threats to Iran escalate and the bombing campaign against the Houthis grinds on.| The War Zone
Relying on U.S. goodwill to protect non-American economic interests was always going to be a fool’s errand. Yet, that has been the accepted wisdom of Ottawa’s ruling class for decades.| The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy - l’Institut pour la paix et la diplo...
“Within the Context, Joint Force Capabilities, At Decisive Points” — just one of the haikus written by Army officers during the Advanced Military Studies program.| Task & Purpose
The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy will host the 4th Annual Indo-Pacific Strategy Forum (IPSF 2024) on December 10, 2024 in downtown Ottawa.| The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy - l’Institut pour la paix et la diplo...
"Despite the incessant noise and fury of a deliberately murderous war from Gaza and Israel to Lebanon, which can soon be expected from Yemen to Iran as well; despite the noise and fury of an interminable war between Russia and Ukraine, which becomes increasingly globalized, (1) a comparably peaceful silence seems to reign on the side of the Pacific Ocean, so wrongly named, which is disputed in a fierce and interminable struggle between China and the USA. However, both the USA and its allies ...| An internationalist Articles Selection & Review
The key question for the Euro-Atlantic states is whether they can adapt to the new multipolar global reality where they are no longer the self-appointed arbiters of other region's security orders.| The Institute for Peace and Diplomacy - l’Institut pour la paix et la diplo...
Image Source: Wikimedia February 2024 marked the third anniversary of Myanmar’s military coup, which threw the country’s nascent democracy into chaos and set off a geopolitical chain reaction acros…| Georgetown Security Studies Review
Anduril has laid out big plans for the Ghost Shark, one of which is now in the U.S., especially when it comes to proving out new payloads.| The War Zone
A Chinese Type 071 amphibious transport dock has emerged from a refit sporting a new laser directed energy weapon system. A Chinese amphibious transport dock has emerged from a refit sporting a new laser directed energy weapon system.| The War Zone
The REFORPAC exercise will be a first-of-its-kind demonstration of how the Air Force expects to execute a high-end fight in the Pacific.| The War Zone
Canadian MPs were among those that converged in Taipei for Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China summit, Canadian naval ship transits Taiwan Strait, and more.| canadachinabrief.substack.com
If Harris wins the election in November, she is likely to continue the Biden administration’s approach to Pyongyang. That would be a mistake.| thediplomat.com
Written by Joshua Wilkes. This article focuses on the UK’s interest in stability across the Taiwan Strait in terms of defence and security. It examines two UK’s security partnerships in…| Taiwan Insight
Written by Max Dixon. This article argues that dealing with Taiwan is central to the new Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s notion of progressive realism, including its security commitment to Ja…| Taiwan Insight