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![Suspected Russian Diplomat Is Occupying Proposed Embassy Site Vetoed by Australia Suspected Russian Diplomat Is Occupying Proposed Embassy Site Vetoed by Australia](jpg/thediplomat_2023-06-23-174622.jpg)
June 24, 2023
Suspected Russian Diplomat Is Occupying Proposed Embassy Site Vetoed by Australia
By Rod McGuirk
A man has been living on the site in a portable building since Sunday, after Parliament passed emergency legislation last week blocking Russia’s lease on security grounds.
![End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center? End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?](jpg/thediplomat_2023-06-19-111724.jpg)
June 19, 2023
End Days for Australia’s Nauru Detention Center?
By Dechlan Brennan
The offshore processing facility’s last asylum seekers are expected to be removed by the end of this month.
![2 Men Who Helped Run Megaupload Sentenced to Prison in New Zealand 2 Men Who Helped Run Megaupload Sentenced to Prison in New Zealand](jpg/thediplomat_2023-06-15-165232.jpg)
June 16, 2023
2 Men Who Helped Run Megaupload Sentenced to Prison in New Zealand
By Nick Perry
The men last year struck a deal with prosecutors from New Zealand and the United States.
![Palau Leader Stresses Need for US Help to Deter China in the Pacific Palau Leader Stresses Need for US Help to Deter China in the Pacific](jpg/thediplomat_2023-06-15-161053.jpg)
June 16, 2023
Palau Leader Stresses Need for US Help to Deter China in the Pacific
By Mari Yamaguchi
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.
![Has China Overplayed Its Hand in the Pacific? Has China Overplayed Its Hand in the Pacific?](jpg/thediplomat_2023-06-14-185843.jpg)
June 15, 2023
Has China Overplayed Its Hand in the Pacific?
By Grant Wyeth
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.
![What to Expect From Chris Hipkins’ Trip to China What to Expect From Chris Hipkins’ Trip to China](jpg/thediplomat_2022-07-05-134110.jpg)
June 12, 2023
What to Expect From Chris Hipkins’ Trip to China
By Geoffrey Miller
New Zealand’s prime minister is making his first trip to China at the end of the month.
![Ben Roberts-Smith and the Legacy of the War on Terror Ben Roberts-Smith and the Legacy of the War on Terror](jpg/thediplomat_2023-06-09-101707.jpg)
June 09, 2023
Ben Roberts-Smith and the Legacy of the War on Terror
By Aisyah Llewellyn
A judge last week ruled that the decorated Australian veteran committed a host of war crimes while deployed in Afghanistan.
![Fiji Reconsiders Security Ties With China Amid Pacific Tensions Fiji Reconsiders Security Ties With China Amid Pacific Tensions](jpg/thediplomat_2023-06-07-142450.jpg)
June 07, 2023
Fiji Reconsiders Security Ties With China Amid Pacific Tensions
By Nick Perry
Fiji’s government is finalizing a defense agreement with New Zealand, even while it considers scrapping a 2011 police cooperation agreement with China.
![New Caledonia’s FLNKS Still Seeking Independence New Caledonia’s FLNKS Still Seeking Independence](jpg/thediplomat_2022-05-25-171733.jpg)
June 02, 2023
New Caledonia’s FLNKS Still Seeking Independence
By Dechlan Brennan
FLNKS says it is seeking advice from the International Court of Justice over the 2021 independence referendum, which the pro-independence party boycotted.
![Australia’s Undeclared National Crisis: A Dire Lack of Affordable Housing Australia’s Undeclared National Crisis: A Dire Lack of Affordable Housing](jpg/thediplomat_2023-05-31-182913.jpg)
June 01, 2023
Australia’s Undeclared National Crisis: A Dire Lack of Affordable Housing
By Grant Wyeth
For Australia to be a country that truly values its security, it needs to offer its young, and not-so young, adults the conditions for them to thrive.
![Albanese at the Modi Show: Blurring the Line Between Australian Diplomacy and Indian Domestic Politics Albanese at the Modi Show: Blurring the Line Between Australian Diplomacy and Indian Domestic Politics](jpg/thediplomat_2023-05-31-142514.jpg)
May 31, 2023
Albanese at the Modi Show: Blurring the Line Between Australian Diplomacy and Indian Domestic Politics
By Grant Wyeth
When Modi visit countries with significant Indian diasporas, he puts on a stadium performance which serves primarily domestic political aims.
![Australian General Says US Warned War Crime Allegations Could Prevent Work With Australia’s SAS Australian General Says US Warned War Crime Allegations Could Prevent Work With Australia’s SAS](jpg/thediplomat-australia-1157502_1280.jpg)
May 31, 2023
Australian General Says US Warned War Crime Allegations Could Prevent Work With Australia’s SAS
By Rod McGuirk
The warning came in the form of a letter from a defense attache “indicating that the release of the Brereton report and its findings may initiate Leahy Law considerations.”
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