by DANIEL Y TENG – US SENATORS have warned Beijing will become the “owner and minder” of the Solomon Islands if a controversial bi-lateral security pact is implemented. Chairman of the US Foreign Relations Committee Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), on a visit…
RUSSIA’s invasion of Ukraine has been a “rude awakening” for political leaders who thought the global rules-based order could be maintained through treaties and not armed force, according to a defence expert from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. “The big thing that…
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has outmanoeuvred China’s trade threats by securing alternate markets for discretionary items – strengthening Australia’s hand dealing with Beijing’s “structural” trade needs. In a move described as “smart”, the Prime Minister has made Australia a harder target for Beijing according to defence and security expert Michael Shoebridge.
