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Jun 3, 2024 • Connor Fiddler
AIKEYME 2025: India Deepens Africa Ties Under MAHASAGAR Maritime Vision
India-Africa Maritime Cooperation; US Military Exercises in Asia; Recent Articles
Apr 22 • Connor Fiddler
Japan’s Shift to Regional Defense: One-Theater Strategy Aims to Boost U.S. Alliance
US-Japan Defense Planning; US-ROK Space Cooperation; US-Allies Military Exercises
Apr 18 • Connor Fiddler
New Zealand Plans for Rearmament
New Zealand releases new Defence Capability Plan
Apr 15 • Connor Fiddler
Assessing Australia’s 2024 Intelligence Review
Pete Hegseth's trip to Micronesia, Philippines, & Japan; New DIB Report; Indo-Pacific Articles
Mar 31 • Connor Fiddler

Australia

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New Zealand Plans for Rearmament
New Zealand releases new Defence Capability Plan
Apr 15 • Connor Fiddler
Assessing Australia’s 2024 Intelligence Review
Pete Hegseth's trip to Micronesia, Philippines, & Japan; New DIB Report; Indo-Pacific Articles
Mar 31 • Connor Fiddler
Parsing Taiwan’s 2025 Quadrennial Defense Review
EU Defense Report; AU's Opposition Foreign Policy Vision; US Drills with Indo-Pacific Allies
Mar 24 • Connor Fiddler
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India

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AIKEYME 2025: India Deepens Africa Ties Under MAHASAGAR Maritime Vision
India-Africa Maritime Cooperation; US Military Exercises in Asia; Recent Articles
Apr 22 • Connor Fiddler
Australia’s Emerging Hub-and-Spokes System in the Pacific
Australia-Papua New Guinea Security Treaty; Australia-India Economic Ties; Article Roundup
Mar 3 • Connor Fiddler
New Zealand's Diplomatic Setbacks in the Pacific Islands
New Zealand-Kiribati-Cook Islands; UK-Australia; India Defense Spending; Australia and Japan in the US
Feb 12 • Connor Fiddler
Key Takeaways from DoD’s 2025 Acquisition Report
DoD's Acquisition Reform Report; Indonesia Engages with India and Japan; France and the Indo-Pacific
Jan 28 • Connor Fiddler

Japan

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Japan’s Shift to Regional Defense: One-Theater Strategy Aims to Boost U.S. Alliance
US-Japan Defense Planning; US-ROK Space Cooperation; US-Allies Military Exercises
Apr 18 • Connor Fiddler
Assessing Australia’s 2024 Intelligence Review
Pete Hegseth's trip to Micronesia, Philippines, & Japan; New DIB Report; Indo-Pacific Articles
Mar 31 • Connor Fiddler
South Korea’s Naval Export Boom
South Korean shipbuilding; Japan's missile program; hypersonic missiles
Mar 18 • Connor Fiddler
New Zealand's Diplomatic Setbacks in the Pacific Islands
New Zealand-Kiribati-Cook Islands; UK-Australia; India Defense Spending; Australia and Japan in the US
Feb 12 • Connor Fiddler

Pacific Islands

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Australia’s Emerging Hub-and-Spokes System in the Pacific
Australia-Papua New Guinea Security Treaty; Australia-India Economic Ties; Article Roundup
Mar 3 • Connor Fiddler
New Zealand's Diplomatic Setbacks in the Pacific Islands
New Zealand-Kiribati-Cook Islands; UK-Australia; India Defense Spending; Australia and Japan in the US
Feb 12 • Connor Fiddler
Fiji’s Foreign Policy White Paper: Charting a Course for Multipolar Balance
Fiji Foreign Policy White Paper; AUKUS Meeting; US-Korea Dialogue
Oct 1, 2024 • Connor Fiddler
Paparo Leads Delegation to Papua New Guinea
US-PNG relationship, Japan's Pacific Islands strategy
Jul 23, 2024 • Connor Fiddler

Philippines

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Assessing Australia’s 2024 Intelligence Review
Pete Hegseth's trip to Micronesia, Philippines, & Japan; New DIB Report; Indo-Pacific Articles
Mar 31 • Connor Fiddler
The Future of the South Korean-US Alliance: Insights from the New Cost-Sharing Agreement
ROK-US Cost-Sharing; Sweden in the Indo-Pacific; ROK-Philippines
Oct 7, 2024 • Connor Fiddler
Seoul’s New Shield: The Rise of South Korea's Strategic Command
ROK STRATCOM; India and the Maldives; AUSMIN; US-Philippines
Aug 12, 2024 • Connor Fiddler
Will South Korea Make Nukes?
Nukes, Missiles, and the South China Sea
Jun 17, 2024 • Connor Fiddler

South Korea

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Japan’s Shift to Regional Defense: One-Theater Strategy Aims to Boost U.S. Alliance
US-Japan Defense Planning; US-ROK Space Cooperation; US-Allies Military Exercises
Apr 18 • Connor Fiddler
South Korea’s Naval Export Boom
South Korean shipbuilding; Japan's missile program; hypersonic missiles
Mar 18 • Connor Fiddler
Navigating Extended Deterrence: The US-ROK Nuclear Consultative Group in Focus
US-ROK Nukes Talks; Quad Meeting; Rubio Takes Charge; Fortifying Guam
Jan 13 • Connor Fiddler
Fiji’s Foreign Policy White Paper: Charting a Course for Multipolar Balance
Fiji Foreign Policy White Paper; AUKUS Meeting; US-Korea Dialogue
Oct 1, 2024 • Connor Fiddler

United States

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Key Takeaways from DoD’s 2025 Acquisition Report
DoD's Acquisition Reform Report; Indonesia Engages with India and Japan; France and the Indo-Pacific
Jan 28 • Connor Fiddler
Navigating Extended Deterrence: The US-ROK Nuclear Consultative Group in Focus
US-ROK Nukes Talks; Quad Meeting; Rubio Takes Charge; Fortifying Guam
Jan 13 • Connor Fiddler
Capitalizing on Critical Technologies: DoD's Office of Strategic Capital and its Plan to Secure America’s Strategic Edge
OSC's 2025 Investment Plan; Missile Sales to Japan; Sullivan's Capstone Trip to India
Jan 6 • Connor Fiddler
Pay the PIPIR: US and Indo-Pacific Defense Industrial Base Cooperation
Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR); Papua New Guinea; ASEAN-India Summit
Oct 15, 2024 • Connor Fiddler
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