Oceania
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New Zealand embarks on military transformation with $7 billion defense plan
Peter Parson The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will be transformed into a combat-ready military aligned with regional Allies and Partners and equipped to face escalating geopolitical tensions under a…
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Australia deepens engagement in Solomon Islands amid geopolitical tensions
Peter Parson Australia is expanding its engagements in Solomon Islands with an array of medical, public health and maritime security initiatives, reaffirming its commitment to regional stability as Beijing’s attempts…
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Australia-Vietnam defense training reflects expanding partnership
FORUM Staff The largest-ever contingent of Vietnamese military personnel training with Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sailors for at-sea combat survivability exemplifies the nations’ expanding defense relations. Seventeen Vietnam People’s Army…
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Charting a Course
United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard has increased its international engagements throughout the Pacific in recent years. Through initiatives such as the Pacific Area Campaign Plan, the…
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Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability
Dr. Andre J. Stridiron III/U.S. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND The Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability (PMTEC) program strives to rapidly enhance and enable joint and coalition interoperability across the Indo-Pacific. Funded…
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Sharing Environmental Intelligence
FORUM Staff Kiribati’s plans for an improved pier on Kanton Island were at a standstill. Australia had committed to completing the project, but outdated information about the underwater topography surrounding…
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Illegal Catch
FORUM Staff The Marshall Islands advanced the battle against illegal fishing in June 2024 when the Pacific island nation of 82,000 people officially became a party to the international contract…
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Critical Conduits
FORUM Staff Even as the world plunged into war, Direction Island seemed a strange destination for a German landing party in November 1914. Part of the largely uninhabited Cocos atoll…
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Airfield upgrade highlights Northern Mariana Islands’ growing role in Free and Open Indo-Pacific
FORUM Staff The covenant creating the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a 300-mile-long archipelago in the Western Pacific, was approved by legislators and voters in 1975. The territory is…
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Naval base modernization highlights growing Australia-PNG-U.S. defense cooperation
Peter Parson The refurbishment of a key naval base and joint initiatives with Australia and the United States underscore Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) enhanced defense posture. The upgrades to the…
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