Ukraine war: tensions rise in Crimea as Russia prepares for a likely spring offensive
Mar 28, 2023 14:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
To paraphrase the words of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, everything began with Crimea, and everything will end there as well. When Russia first occupied Crimea in 2014, it was a major win for Putin, who...
Mar 28, 2023 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Early this month, the Daily Mail published a story online implying three Chinese men taking photos at the Avalon Airshow in Melbourne were spies. After complaints and an open letter condemning the paper for racially...
In Russia's war against Ukraine, one of the battlegrounds is language itself
Mar 28, 2023 14:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
More and more Ukrainians are switching from speaking Russian to speaking Ukrainian. In the media, this language shift is frequently portrayed as recent, dating back to the Russian invasion of February 2022. But the...
How Lithuania is spearheading EU and NATO efforts facing Russia
Mar 04, 2023 12:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In 2008, as part of a nation branding exercise an attempt to give a country an easily recognisable identity the Lithuanian communication specialists came up with the slogan Lithuania a brave country. At the time, the...
Ukraine recap: spring comes too early for Putin's tanks
Mar 04, 2023 12:01 pm UTC| Politics
Reading the international press on the first day of spring in Ukraine, it appears that Russia has jumped the gun somewhat in its spring offensive. It has poured troops and armour into an area around the town of Vuhledar...
As Australia's military ties with the US deepen, the Top End becomes even more vital to our security
Mar 04, 2023 11:53 am UTC| Insights & Views
There are several challenges making Australias national security strategy more complicated these days Russias invasion of Ukraine, the impacts of climate change, our green energy transition and economic...
'No indication of aliens': spy balloon saga continues to surprise amid rising US–China tension
Feb 14, 2023 12:54 pm UTC| Politics
Over the past week, the US has realised and revealed that an active fleet of Chinese spy balloons has been operating across the northern hemisphere for several years. This all started to become apparent when a Chinese...
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