NEW U.S. POLICY TO KEEP OUTER SPACE FREE FROM CONFLICT Readers may recall that, back in our 6 September 2021 blog item on space security, we highlighted a private sector and civil society letter calling for a ban on anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon testing: The letter begins: The undersigned urge the United Nations General Assembly to […]
Our blog (now posted early Friday afternoon) examines the daunting challenges facing our newly appointed Foreign and Defence Ministers and how they can rise to successfully meet them. We wish them well!
Today we look at some very sensible independent thinking by New Zealand, consider some surprising information about China and economic reforms, update the Afghanistan situation and lament slow progress in ditching outmoded military mindsets.
Canada wasn’t snubbed in the misguided AUKUS submarine deal and neither was New Zealand, which is also trying to pursue a nuanced engagement policy with China.