Category: security pact

Defence Industry Worried About Canada’s Absence From American-British-Australian Pact

January 17, 2023
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An association representing Canadian defence firms is adding its voice to those concerned that Canada is not included in a security pact between Australia, Britain and the United States. Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries president Christyn Cianfarani says one worry is that Canada won’t have access to the same technology as its closest…

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Biden Picks Up Where Obama Left Off in the Southwest Pacific

April 12, 2022
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Commentary Guadalcanal, Henderson Field, the Tenaru River, Sgt. John Basilone. These are places and names that are baked into the collective consciousness of the U.S. Marine Corps and a grateful nation (at least some of us, anyway). Over a six-month campaign from Aug. 7, 1942, to Feb. 9, 1943, 1,592 American troops were killed in…

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Under the Ukraine Cloud, China Makes First Challenge to AUKUS

March 31, 2022
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Commentary AUKUS, the new global strategic alliance, has been issued its first major challenge by Beijing while the world is preoccupied with the Russia-Ukraine conflict. A proposed strategic accord between the Solomon Islands and China has emerged as the first great test of the new Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) alliance and how quickly Australia could…

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