The Russian Federation is undertaking the biggest military exercise in its history, Vostok 2018 (East 2018). These large exercises are held each year, focusing on one region in the country. Last year’s Zapad (West) war …
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Australia’s international broadcasting effort in the Asia–Pacific is at its lowest-ever level. These are the worst of times for Australian international TV, which is 25 years old this year. And these are the hardest of …
For 25 years, Australia’s international TV voice has been a political plaything and a broadcasting afterthought, constantly facing chops and changes. Australian governments have treated our international TV service more as a political game than …
Launching Australia’s international radio service in December 1939, Prime Minister Robert Menzies declared: ‘The time has come to speak for ourselves.’ World War II woke Australia to the need for its own, distinctive international voice. …
Some have argued that the US–Australia alliance exists simply out of inertia or, worse yet, sentimentality. Shared sacrifice and longstanding habits of cooperation may play a role, but they’re not the basis upon which sovereign …