Asia-Pacific Spending Spree

The Asia-Pacific will comprise 26 percent of global naval and maritime security builds within the next 20 years as complex relationships and rivalries drive procurement. Asia-Pacific

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Maritime Security for Georgia

The foundation of a Maritime Operations Control Center was laid in Supsa, western Georgia with financial support of $1.2 million from the United States on Tuesday.

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Big drug catches in Pacific

The bow of the USS Thach was slicing the Pacific waters off Colombia's coast when the alarm blared; time to hunt down a cocaine ship. US ships look to net big ...

Australia says people smuggling on rise

Growing cross-border movements of people throughout the region is fueling a rise in human trafficking and people smuggling, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Tuesday. Australia says people smuggling on the ...

India, Japan Conduct Naval Meet

Recently the Japan Maritime Defence Force and the Indian Navy met in a multilateral forum to undertake coordinate anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. India, Japan conduct naval meet Recently the Japan Maritime Defence Force and the Indian ...

Australia ‘critical’ to US

AUSTRALIA is a "critical pillar" in the US pivot to Asia and the rebalancing of its military strategy, the region's most senior American commander says. Australia 'critical' to US Asia strategy AUSTRALIA ...

Security Diamond

Since assuming office at the end of 2012, Japan's new prime minister has started conducting a diplomatic offensive to counteract China's influence in the Asia-Pacific region. Abe advocates 'security diamond' against ...

Time to bring Fiji in from the cold

LAST month a new regional organisation was born. It arrived with little fanfare, but it may very well reshape the architecture of co-operation in the South Pacific. In early November a ...

Asean chief warns on China’s plan

The head of Asean has said China's plan to board ships in disputed areas of the South China Sea could escalate tensions. Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan told Reuters news agency that Beijing's ...

Obama urges easing of Asian tensions

Barack Obama, the US president, has called on China, Japan and other Asian nations to show restraint as a series of simmering maritime disputes threatens to upset peace and stability ...
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