The Somali pirates are having a very bad year and it’s all because of math. Pirate attacks were down 70 percent last year and it has been over a year since the pirates captured a large ship (that they could get several million dollars ransom for). The usual reasons given for this shift are…
ASYLUM-SEEKING is a strategic policy issue with domestic ramifications, not vice versa. And it’s also just one facet of our complex strategic relations with our neighbours. Recent Indonesian posturing that it is not the source of asylum-seeker flows, that it is Australia’s problem and that Indonesia is somehow not involved are examples of the…
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia and Vietnam agreed to continue to encourage discussions to find agreement for the implementation of “Code of Conduct” in South China Sea. “We have discussed situation in East Sea or South China Sea with an aim of assuring peaceful solutions of all problems in the region according to international…
(Reuters) – Owners of large ships using EU ports will have to measure and report annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from January 2018 under proposals the European Commission published on Friday. The plans stop short of including shipping emissions in the EU carbon market and the proposed start date is years later than envisaged in…