Tag: Defence
Pacific wants open discussion on AUKUS to keep region ‘nuclear free’
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
Keeping the Pacific nuclear-free, in line with the Rarotonga Treaty, was a recurring theme from the leaders of Tonga,...
Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the...
Viktor Yeimo denounces Jakarta’s ‘systemic racism’ in Papua in his treason...
Jubi News
A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced "systemic racism" by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court...
Pacific needs to sit up and pay close attention to AUKUS,...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor, and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Pacific elder and former secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum says Pacific...
Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia,...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
"We are part of them and they are part of us," declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG...
PNG negotiating security treaty with Australia (and NZ?), says minister
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's new Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko has revealed to Australian media his country is moving to negotiate a security treaty with...
Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry
If the coming election goes to Australia’s Labor party, Penny Wong is very likely to become Foreign Minister. So...
‘Something has shifted’ in NZ’s security and foreign policy for China,...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand's condemnation of Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections reflects a "hardening stance" towards China, says a leading...
Where will NZ stand in rising tensions between China and other...
ANALYSIS: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor
Rising tensions between Australia and China have raised the question of where New Zealand would stand if...
West Papua action group raises human rights issues with Taieri MP
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The local West Papua action group in Dunedin has met Taieri MP Ingrid Leary and raised human rights and militarisation issues...
Philippines military chief General Santos tests positive for coronavirus
By JC Gotinga in Manila
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff General Felimon Santos Jr has tested positive for the Covid-19 novel coronavirus.
Defence Secretary...
Michael Powles: ‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash
ANALYSIS: By Michael Powles with Anna Powles
Australia's recent Foreign Policy White Paper says that Australia's approach in the region will focus on "helping to...
Indonesia and Australia agree to restore full military ties
Indonesia and Australia have restored full military relations coinciding with the visit of President Joko Widodo to Canberra at the weekend. Video: Al Jazeera...
Australia funds fisheries surveillance, new long-range patrol vessel
The Forum Fisheries Agency welcomes Australian funding of aerial surveillance in FFA member states, reports Vanuatu Daily Digest.
FFA Director-General James Movick says the service will...
Indonesian troop build-up in West Papua troubles PNG MPs
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
More than 4500 Indonesian soldiers have been moved to Wamena in the Highlands of West Papua region of Indonesia,...
Indonesia: Civilian supremacy, or civilian inferiority?
OPINION: By Dwi Atmanta in Jakarta
After nearly 18 years of reform, public recognition of the Indonesian Military (TNI) as both defender of the state...
