Griffith Research Fellow to join panel with ex-president of Costa Rica on US sojourn

Business and government
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Griffith University Research Fellow Dr Ferran Martinez i Comais set to find himself in internationally esteemed company when he travels to the United States on a speaking trip this month. Dr Martinez i Coma has been invited to speak at both the Organisation of American States and the US Department of State Bureau of Intelligence […]

Conference examines strategic actions of United States and China in the South China Sea

Griffith Asia Institute
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In October 2015, the United States Navy conducted a well-prepared freedom of navigation (FON) operation within 12 nautical miles of the Subi and Mischief reefs off the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (SCS). As The New York Times put it, the major purpose was to “challenge Beijing’s ambitions in the South China Sea,” […]

Obama visit lifts lid on simmering Asia tensions

Griffith Asia Institute
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U.S. President Barack Obama landed in Tokyo last week to launch an Asian tour dedicated to reinvigorating his policy of “rebalancing” US foreign policy towards a dynamic Asia. “East Asia is a tumultuous region with a multitude of fractures that the US has done little to mend over the last half-century”, said Christian Wirth, a […]