Why is Australia risking conflict with China

Like all nations, Australia has a right to a military presence in the South China Sea. But how and why it exercises that right have become key policy questions. Should Australia risk kinetic conflict with China with aerial intelligence probes along its coast and possible freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) challenging its maritime claims, all […]

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MP ‘Madame Dear’ quits PPRP

List-MP Watanya Bunnag, also known as Madame Dear, has resigned from the Palang Pracharath Celebration (PPRP), forfeiting her House seat, within a show of discontent following a bid to modify the election costs collapsed for insufficient a quorum on Monday.Continue Reading

Geoeconomics, not geopolitics, to drive I2U2 alliance

When US President Joe Biden sat down next to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in front of a large screen in a Jerusalem hotel last month, it appeared as if the usual post-pandemic videoconference was about to unfold. But on the other end of the video call were two more world leaders, President Mohamed bin Zayed of […]

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