How Putin and Xi are putting Western might to the test

How Putin and Xi are putting Western might to the test

America and its allies have no appetite for a war with Russia,yet that is also a message to China:that US hegemony is finished.

  • byPeter Hartcher

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‘Old,esteemed friends’:Putin and Xi unite against the West

‘Old,esteemed friends’:Putin and Xi unite against the West

Vladimir Putin facing threats if his forces attack Ukraine,heard Xi Jinping propose they cooperate to “more effectively safeguard the security interests of both parties”.

  • byAnton Troianovski andSteven Lee Myers
What’s behind the crisis in the Solomon Islands?

What’s behind the crisis in the Solomon Islands?

Honiara is on fire,the local high school has been looted,rioters have torched a timber company and protesters have vandalised Chinese-owned businesses. Why?

  • byEryk Bagshaw
Former Japanese PM warns of ‘increasingly severe’ regional security environment

Former Japanese PM warns of ‘increasingly severe’ regional security environment

Shinzo Abe wants to further elevate defence co-operation between Australia and Japan and their allied groupings in the face of the rise of China.

  • byKatina Curtis andLisa Visentin
‘Paid agents’:New report lifts lid on Chinese maritime militia

‘Paid agents’:New report lifts lid on Chinese maritime militia

Those hundreds of commercial fishing boats in disputed areas of the South China Sea? A new report says they have been recruited to act on Beijing’s behalf.

  • byChris Barrett
King Keating sticks it to the world

King Keating sticks it to the world

A quarter of a century since he lost the prime ministership,Paul Keating is giving orders to the world’s leaders. None is listening,but that doesn’t stop him.

  • byPeter Hartcher
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Keating vs the ‘ning-nongs’ in the debate on China
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Keating vs the ‘ning-nongs’ in the debate on China

The former PM says the Herald’s journalists are missing the point on China. No,we aren’t.

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‘Loss of confidence’:Two officers fired after South China Sea submarine collision

‘Loss of confidence’:Two officers fired after South China Sea submarine collision

Sound judgement,prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures,“could have prevented the incident”,the US Navy said.

US submarine in underwater collision in South China Sea

US submarine in underwater collision in South China Sea

The Seawolf-class submarine’s nuclear propulsion plant was not affected,the US Navy said.

Philippine ‘Angels of the Sea’ use their voices to repel Chinese ships

Philippine ‘Angels of the Sea’ use their voices to repel Chinese ships

In the battle over the South China Sea,a radio operator was hailed a hero on social media and lauded in local news reports as “the woman who made the Chinese ships go away”.

  • byDavid Pierson,Aie Balagtas See andLos Angeles Times
‘Clumsy,deceitful and costly’:Turnbull slams handling of nuclear submarine decision
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‘Clumsy,deceitful and costly’:Turnbull slams handling of nuclear submarine decision

Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has warned Australia will need to develop a nuclear industry to maintain its proposed fleet of submarines and lashed its treatment of France.

  • byAnthony Galloway andPeter Hartcher