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Remembering WWII's 'forgotten army': VJ Day
Eighty years on from Victory over Japan day in 1945, the contribution of British and Commonwealth soldiers in a brutal battle against the Imperial Ja…
9 months, 1 week ago
What Ukrainians want from Trump and Putin's meeting
As US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin get ready to meet in Alaska, there has been lots of talk about what Washington, Moscow and e…
9 months, 1 week ago
Frenemy: why Australia can't live without China
Australia holds a unique position in global geopolitics - on the other side of the world but still very much a 'Western' country.
To that end, Roland …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
How Putin, Xi and Trump sparked a new nuclear arms race
Nuclear weapons are back.
This week, Moscow announced that it would no longer abide by the once hugely significant Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Israel's growing isolation - and why it benefits Hamas
Amid growing international outrage over an unfolding famine in Gaza, lack of aid supplies and the high death toll in the ongoing war, Israel is incre…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
China’s military (3/3): Why, when and how it might invade Taiwan
Will China invade Taiwan? If so, when and what signs should we look for that will show it is imminent? How exactly could Beijing seize the island? An…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
China’s military (2/3): Its three major flaws and how Xi is trying to fix them
China’s military is not a real army - it’s the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party. Ideology is paramount and corruption is endemic.
Plus, the …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
China's military (1/3): How it went from obsolete to world-class
Dive into the strengths and weaknesses of China’s military and its remarkable transformation over the last few decades from obsolete to world-class i…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Why Gaza is starving, plus Thailand-Cambodia conflict explained
What exactly is going on inside the Gaza strip? Amid growing reports of children starving to death and fears of full-blown famine, the international …
10 months ago
War with China: Inside Taiwan's biggest ever drills
Amid growing speculation around China’s invasion of Taiwan, the island nation has held its largest ever military exercises.
Fresh from reporting on l…
10 months ago