Oceania
Oceania Countries are Getting Drawn into anti-Chinese Games
On 6 July the Associated Press (AP Agency referred to official information sources from Australia and New Zealand in its announcement stating that during the upcoming Pacific Islands Forum (PIF in September of this year, representatives from Australia and New Zealand are set...
Australia Confirms its Colonial Status With Expulsion of Russian Diplomats
Both the prime minister and the Foreign Minister are trained lawyers. As part of the training they would have been imbued with some of the most profound and enduring concepts of the common law. These include such fundamental points as the presumption of innocence; the onus of proof...
Does Australia Believe in International Law: The Case of Syria
One of the most common phrases heard from senior Australian government officials including the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister is Australia’s belief in what it is pleased to call the “rules based international order.” This phrase is usually used…