Tag: US military
Caitlin Johnstone: US presidential races hide the criminality of the Empire
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The thing I hate about Western electoral politics in general and US presidential races in particular is that they take the...
Australian author leads silence protest over ‘blood debt’ owed to Papuans
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian author and advocate, Jim Aubrey, today led a national symbolic one minute's silence to mark the "blood debt" owed to...
Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific...
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...
Media targeting public for a war with China, warns Declassified Australia
Pacific Media Watch
Barely a day passes without a story in the British or Australian media that ramps up fear about the rulers in Beijing,...
How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’...
COMMENTARY: A special correspondent in Port Moresby
As an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Papua New Guinea government, I have to...
PNG academic says Port Moresby politicians naïve over US defence deals
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A Papua New Guinean academic says the new security deals with the United States will militarise his country...
O’Neill says defence pact giving US forces ‘immunity’ threatens PNG sovereignty
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Former Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O’Neill says the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement threatens the country's sovereignty.
He...
Guam’s indigenous people ‘feel less safe’ over US military build-up
By Don Wiseman, NZ Pacific journalist
Guam has long faced tensions due to the heavy United States military presence on the island.
But as Washington moves to...
‘Two-way highway’ – PNG-US defence pact signed in spite of protests
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the...
UPNG student protesters call for ‘transparency’ over US defence pact
By Stella Martin and Rose Amos in Port Moresby
Thousands of students at the University of Papua New Guinea staged a protest at the Waigani...
Security pact: PNG expects more US military boots on ground
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea expects to see a steady increase in United States military presence following the signing of the US-PNG Defense Cooperation Agreement...
PNG’s Marape confident of pulling off PNG-US defence pact in spite...
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape is still confident of delivering the PNG-US Defence Cooperation...
Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
US President Joe Biden will cut out his historic trip to Papua New Guinea -- and also to Australia...
US planned security pact with PNG raises concerns for Pacific
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
The United States is poised to sign a security pact with Papua New Guinea which would give US armed...
Philippines and US plan biggest ever Balikatan joint op with 17,600...
By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila
The Philippines and the United States will hold their largest Balikatan exercise this year, with 17,600 troops expected to participate...
Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance
A new book about one of New Zealand's foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New...
US to boost aid to Micronesia in exchange for broader military...
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan, editor-in-chief of the Pacific Island Times
The Federated States of Micronesia will receive more US economic assistance under the Compact of...
John Minto: RNZ and the news media – asking the hard...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The last 10 days has seen the entire media focus (aside from the ubiquitous concern for the All Black prospects in...
John Minto: Bucha – the Russian army’s Fallujah. Justice needed for...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The discovery of many civilian bodies lying dead in the Ukrainian city of Bucha this week has brought out more Western...
Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands...
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro
The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and...
‘Fortress USA’: How 9/11 produced a military industrial juggernaut
ANALYSIS: By Clare Corbould, Deakin University
Since the September 11 terror attacks, there has been no hiding from the increased militarisation of the United States....
US looks at defence, foreign policy and impact of Chinese aid...
RNZ Pacific
The US Defense Department is to report to the US Congress by December 1 on a range of security concerns in the northern...