Author: Roberto Rabel

Roberto Rabel recently attended the 11th South China Sea International Conference ‘Cooperation for Regional Security and Development’ in Hanoi, with the support of the Asia New Zealand Foundation.

What happens in the ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea matters to New Zealand because this strategically located maritime zone involves some of our most vital trade routes and commercial activities.

Article: https://www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/opinion/the-new-normal-in-the-south-china-sea/
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Author: Dan Satherley

New Zealand-based space company Rocket Lab is confident it's figured out what caused its last launch to fail.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/rocket-lab-figures-out-what-caused-its-last-mission-to-fail.html
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Author: Jeff Becker

China appears to be accelerating its campaign to control the South China Sea and the Senkaku Islands (pictured) in the East China Sea. Beijing does itself no favours with the highly ambiguous nature of its claims in the region. Its internationally condemned ‘nine-dash line’ sometimes appears to be delineating its claims to the island features within it. More ominously, Beijing sometimes insinuates the line as a maritime delineation, carving out sovereign control of the sea itself as well as the airspace above it.

Article: https://navalinstitute.com.au/how-to-stop-chinese-takeover-of-south-china-sea/
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Author: NZDF

A statement from Air Marshal Kevin Short: I would like to acknowledge the work of the Inquiry team headed by Sir Terence Arnold and the Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer — and I welcome the Inquiry’s Report.

Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/report-of-the-inquiry-into-operation-burnham-released-d8ad9e203f51
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Author: Ben McKay

A long-awaited inquiry into the conduct of New Zealand SAS troops in Afghanistan has found Defence Force chiefs and one defence minister deflected and failed to disclose the truth regarding civilian casualties during a 2010 raid on a village.

Article: https://www.wellingtontimes.com.au/story/6858457/defence-misled-public-over-nz-afghan-raid/
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Author: Zeke Miller & Colleen Long

US President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and facing economic turmoil amid an escalating health crisis, has suggested delaying this year’s American presidential election.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/donald-trumps-america/300070480/trump-floats-delaying-us-elections-but-it-wont-happen
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Author: Sky News Australia

Sky News host Paul Murray says one would hope the press gallery journalists being filmed by a woman who claimed to be from a Chinese state news organisation would be “more curious than they seem to be”.

A bizarre standoff was caught on camera at the Prime Minister's media conference in Canberra after a Chinese journalist demanded a camera operator stop filming her.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWHaju5tGHQ
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