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  • Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP

    USINDOPACOM Office of Women, Peace & Security holds inaugural gender advisor course

    FORUM Staff The United States Indo-Pacific Command’s (USINDOPACOM) Office of Women, Peace & Security (WPS) conducted its first Indo-Pacific Regional Military Gender Advisor Course in Hawaii in late August 2023. The event marked the launch of a five-year training initiative by USINDOPACOM. The WPS Office designed the annual course to develop a trained network of gender advisors from partner nations,…

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  • Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP

    Defense leaders at Shangri-La Dialogue call for discourse, upholding international law

    FORUM Staff Communication and coordination were major themes at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in early June 2023. More than 600 delegates from 49 nations attended the security forum, which draws defense officials, senior military officers, diplomats and analysts from around the world. Opening the summit, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described dialogue as a crucial guardrail among nations and…

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  • Oceania

    Fiji, New Zealand finalizing defense agreement

    Reuters Fiji and New Zealand are finalizing a defense agreement that will increase engagement between their militaries, and build capacity and skills in the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said in early June 2023. “The agreement will allow defense officials to undertake engagement in different areas, including capacity building and upskilling, exposure to new technologies,…

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  • Oceania

    Indo-Pacific military personnel learn skills, build relationships at Pacific Defender exchange

    FORUM Staff Pacific Defender exchanges improve interoperability and build relationships among military and security personnel from Indo-Pacific nations and elsewhere. The tutorials and discussions during the five-day program in early May 2023 in Honolulu, Hawaii, served to enhance regional security. The gathering at the United States military’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam involved military personnel from Canada and New Zealand. The…

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  • Oceania

    Papua New Guinea Defence Force training focuses on Women, Peace & Security

    FORUM Staff The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) provided specialized training in March 2023 aimed at reducing gender-based violence, incorporating gender perspectives and recognizing gender-specific security needs. At the request of the PNGDF Gender Committee, the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Office of Women, Peace & Security (WPS) designed, developed and led the Gender Focal Point course. It was…

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  • Oceania

    Australian, New Zealand armies training Ukrainian Soldiers in U.K.

    Tom Abke For their fight against Russian invaders, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are being trained by the Australian and New Zealand armies in a range of battlefield activities, including weapons handling and firing, urban and forest combat, trench warfare, and medical survival techniques. As part of the United Kingdom-led Operation Interflex, the training is taking place at British…

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  • Features

    Cyberspace Freedom

    FORUM Staff When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the internet in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) echoed the Chinese government’s noncommittal stance, declining to portray Moscow’s military assault in Europe as an unprovoked attack. Censors commissioned by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were similarly vigilant in early 2022, limiting online exchanges during a COVID-19 lockdown, including information…

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  • Key Issues

    Fijian, New Zealand forces reaffirm enduring partnership

    New Zealand Defence Force From training recruits, musicians and plant operators to deploying Fijian Sailors on a New Zealand ship, the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions has allowed the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to resume activities and reaffirm its long-standing partnership with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF). With borders reopened, RFMF personnel have traveled to New Zealand…

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  • Oceania

    Women in defense go head-to-head in inaugural New Zealand vs. France rugby match

    FORUM Staff In a match as much about camaraderie and cultural sharing as competition, New Zealand’s Defence Ferns team battled France in the first-ever women’s International Defence Rugby Championship (IDRC). The October 25, 2022, contest, which ended with the French team narrowly ending New Zealand’s unbeaten run with a 9-8 victory, capped three weeks of tournament play that included six…

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  • Indo-Pacific

    Indo-Pacific allies conduct Exercise Cartwheel military drills in Fiji

    Radio Free Asia Military forces from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States enhanced interoperability and readiness during Exercise Cartwheel 2022, which concluded in late September 2022 in the Pacific Island nation. The 11-day exercise — named after Operation Cartwheel, a major military operation for the Allies in the Pacific during World War II — aimed…

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