Why are we allowing America to encroach into our Realm while complaining about China?
Why is New Zealand allowing US expansion in the Pacific while warning about China? A look at defence, diplomacy and the Realm.
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Pacific Security 2026: US Retreat, China’s Advance & Rising Regional Risk
A 2026 assessment of Pacific security as US foreign policy retreats and China expands influence. Ben Morgan examines Trump’s strategy, AUKUS, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and rising regional instability.
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
NATO summit and potential Pacific trends This week NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary at its annual summit in Washington. The…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
US deploys its first Replicator Programme drones to the Pacific The US Indo-Pacific command is due to receive the first…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
Trouble in New Caledonia This week violent rioting broke out in Noumea, the capital of France’s Pacific colony, New Caledonia. …
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update – A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
South China Sea, a multi-national response to Chinese aggression On 7 April, Australia, Japan and the United States started a…
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PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024
Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand’s only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year — and it will mark the occasion at the Pacific Media International Conference in Fiji in July.
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update
NATO countries plan more exercises in the Pacific In mid-2024, German, Spanish and French aircraft will participate in a series…
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How the ‘chief covidiot’ has blocked world health unity with WHO freeze
Pushed into the background by the relentless sad statistics and pandemic doomsday stories around the globe are some other stories in the Pacific that normally struggle to get an airing in mainstream media.
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Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic
While the Pacific infection rates are still relatively low, many governments have been responding with panic, paranoia and creeping authoritarianism, especially in relation to freedom of information, media independence and constructive and accurate communication, so vital in these critical times.
