Asia Pacific

  • 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 Spending Spree TAIPEI — The […]

  • 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. U.S. aids creation of maritime […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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’ […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]