Oceania

Camilla Pohle of USIP notes that pending issues risk jeopardizing Washington's progress on the Pacific Partnership Strategy.

The offshore processing facility’s last asylum seekers are expected to be removed by the end of this month.

The men last year struck a deal with prosecutors from New Zealand and the United States. 

Speaking from Japan, Palau’s President Surangel Whipps Jr. said that three Chinese boats have made “uninvited” entries into his country’s waters since he took office in 2021.

Fiji announced a reconsideration of its 2011 security agreement with China just before signing a new defense agreement with New Zealand. It was subtle but clear signal to Beijing.

New Zealand’s prime minister is making his first trip to China at the end of the month.

Deterrence is the fulcrum of Australian defense policy, but questions of where, what, and how remain unanswered – especially regarding the new SSNs.

A judge last week ruled that the decorated Australian veteran committed a host of war crimes while deployed in Afghanistan.

France “intends to pursue a cooperative and inclusive approach that respects the sovereignty of all, without following a logic of blocs.”

Fiji’s government is finalizing a defense agreement with New Zealand, even while it considers scrapping a 2011 police cooperation agreement with China.

Unless countries remain committed to enforce adequate oversight and protection of the oceans that they depend on, it would be inconceivable for their blue economies to stay afloat.