Regional Round-up July
Cold Cyber Warfare warning Australia joined a host of western countries to gang up on China as the perpetrator of cyber-attacks. It would appear there is more to this story. It’s
Everybody’s rushing to the South China Sea
Activity is really ramping up in the South China Sea as western powers send their navies in a show of, a show of something, we don’t really know what. READ THE ARTICLE We s
The Americans lead the way to the South China Sea
As the Pentagon considering permanent naval task force to counter China in the Pacific we sought the views of Professor Peter J. Dean is a strategic studies scholar who specialises
Behind the Lab Leak Theory
Professor Nikolai Petrovsky is the Director of endocrinology at the Flinders Medical Centre is one of those medico who believes we still don’t know the source of COVID 19 and the
Kiwi Diplomacy – a tale of two countries
It’s clear Australia and New Zealand share most views about China but the two countries say what they think in very different ways and get very different outcomes. We spoke with
A new era for New Zealand–China relations?
As China’s power and economic influence have grown, the state has pursued its interests and asserted its worldview more actively. The Chinese Communist Party has concluded that t
The Weak Links in China’s Drive for Semiconductors
“Our dependence on core technology is the biggest hidden trouble for us”, said Xi Jinping in 2016. Semiconductors are crucial to China’s global leadership ambitions &
A rare test of China diplomacy
Australia and New Zealand provide a case for whether it pays to be nice – or if it’s simply not worth bothering. The term “political science,” as many have observed, is som
Breaking with intelligence: Trump and the case of pandemic blame
Is a dark episode of intelligence history repeating? The Trump administration zeal to blame a Chinese government laboratory in Wuhan for the Covid-19 pandemic – together with the
Australia joins world powers to mobilise against Beijing in South China Sea
Beijing, be warned. Germany’s sending a frigate. The UK has an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. Australia’s joining India in part of a Pacific tour. And now, the US has