Graeme Dobell, Author at Baird Maritime

June 6, 2023.

OPINION | The choppy seas and non-dialogue of US-China relations

In the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, June 3, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) ship and a US Navy ship came within 150 yards (137 metres)...

October 3, 2018.

FEATURE | China challenges Australia in the South Pacific

[caption id="attachment_65429" align="alignnone" width=""]From December 6-16, 2017, the Royal Australian Air Force joined the United States Air Force...

June 5, 2018.

FEATURE | Indo-Pacific versus Asia-Pacific as Makinder faces Mahan

When Australia adopted the term "Indo-Pacific" five years ago – replacing "Asia-Pacific" – the aim was to widen Canberra’s understanding of "the region"....

May 30, 2018.

FEATURE | Kangaroo step-up and Kiwi reset in the South Pacific

Australia and New Zealand are reaching for fresh thoughts about the South Pacific. Canberra offers the Islands economic and security "integration" and...

March 20, 2018.

ASEAN and Australia peer from the summit

Southeast Asia is where Australia’s geography collides with our future. And Southeast Asia acts as the threshold for what Australia faces in the Asian...

December 4, 2017.

FEATURE: Foreign policy white paper 2017 – Integrating the South Pacific

Reaching beyond the usual language of partnership with the South Pacific, Australia is offering economic and security integration. The integration policy...

October 30, 2017.

Australia, Solomon Islands and RAMSI

[caption id="attachment_59814" align="alignnone" width=""]Private Shaun Dwyer from the 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment based in Townsville...

October 16, 2017.

OPINION: Australia and the South Pacific: trade, security and media soft power

Three things Australia didn’t want to do in the South Pacific came to culmination this year. Two of them were things Australia hadn’t wanted to do,...