Asia Pacific
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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 […]
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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. U.S. aids creation of maritime […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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’ […]
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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 […]
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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 […]