The US Army will have unfettered access to PNG’s territorial waters and airspace following a security cooperation agreement scheduled to be signed on about May 20, Radio New Zealand reported. According to the radio station, which has a draft document in its possession, under the agreement, which is expected to be signed soon by a…
America’s Democrat-Republican duopoly is as united as Australia’s Labor-Liberal one is when it comes to these AUKUS allies’ shared goal of containing China regardless of leadership shifts. US political commentators tend to overlook foreign policy continuity whenever the White House flips between parties since it’s in their narrative interests to claim that Democrats and Republicans…
Australia’s plans to return to the Lombrum Naval Base on Manus that it previously occupied in Papua New Guinea prior to the island state’s independence is a power play for leadership in the South Pacific on behalf of the Quad’s desire to “contain” China in this strategic space. The news just broke that Australia is…
