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Euan Graham
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Euan Graham
@graham_euan
Indo-Pacific defence & security l Expert Associate @NSC_ANU l Senior Fellow @aspi_org l Matthew Flinders Adjunct Fellow @ConGeostrategy
New South Wales, Australia
Joined May 2015
- Curious why many Filipinos say they’re from a “small” country. Philippines has a land area the size of Italy, plus a large territorial sea. Its population of 115 million is second only to Indonesia in SE Asia.Carlos Yulo seizes ‘huge’ Olympic gold for ‘really small country’ trib.al/TvYcDho
- Taiwanese people are “sitting on Chinese real estate”. What an utterly disgraceful comment and interview from Paul Keating:
- I’m hearing that Russian ambassadors to some SE Asian countries are explicitly using continuity of supply/maintenance for defence equipment as leverage to dissuade their hosts from shows of support for Ukraine.
- But China will be strategically sated after it gobbles up Taiwan, right? Isn’t that what the ‘progressive realists’ believe?Analysis: China moves to play 'Okinawa card' over Japan's Taiwan stance 'Ryukyu research center' could reverse Beijing's position since Mao era s.nikkei.com/4gsTVYa
- Could watch this for ages without getting tired of it. Superbly conceived and executed defensive grip, disciplinary slap, rounded off with a handshake. All in one seemless manoeuvre. Stuff of genius.Here’s someone who knows how to deal with Trump
- Japanese F-35 fighters deploying regularly to Darwin in support of the rules-based order is just historically sublime:
- Barbie has an existential dependence on maritime supply chains that rely upon on free and open navigation. She should know better than to amplify claims of creeping jurisdiction.Vietnam bans 'Barbie' movie over South China Sea map reut.rs/3JJcCIt
- Europe really has to slap itself awake. The US will not continue to underwrite continental security against this scale of challenge unless Europe takes up more of the burden. Nordics, Baltics and Poland get it. Western Europe remains in denial.Russia plans to wage war for another 3-4 years, as evidenced by the increased development of its military production What this article is about: ▫️ Russian arms production "leaves the West behind" and in 3 years Russia can gain an indisputable advantage on the battlefield 👇
- The fastest sailing route from GB to Australia circa 1850. Clippers taking advantage of strong westerlies in southern latitudes could cover <400 miles/day. Passengers bound for Melbourne would typically not sight land until Cape Otway, Victoria (Blainey, Tyranny of Distance)
- With respect, it is important -vital- not to conflate “Chinese ancestry” with 🇨🇳 or its political leaders. Chinese Australians are diverse, including those who settled from SE Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, or 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation who feel no affinity with PRC or its leaders.Australia is proudly home to 1.4 million people of Chinese ancestry. They're an important part of our national story, and an integral part of our national identity.
- Robust, no-nonsense responses from Teodoro here. A model in clarity that regional counterparts could learn from.If China were to take the Sierra Madre, a grounded Philippine WWII battleship and outpost, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro says he would expect U.S. intervention.
00:00 - I will double my wine and beef consumption if China follows through. We’re all this together.China threatens to stop Australian wine and beef imports in response to Canberra's bipartisan call for an independent inquiry into the origins of and response to #COVID19. This speaks for itself really. canberratimes.com.au/story/6736562/…
- I sometimes feel I’m not cynical enough about big defence announcements in Australia. But let that sink in. For the first time in its history, Australia’s surface combatant fleet will surpass the Royal Navy’s.The Australian Navy will grow to have 30% more surface ships than the Royal Navy (26 vs 19) - this is a serious expansion of defence capabilities to meet real threats.
