Frank O'Donnell

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24 September 2026 10:20

“Pakistan has conducted precision aerial and drone strikes in 10 locations across Afghanistan in retaliation for drones launched from the neighbouring country a day earlier, Information Minister Atauallah Tarar said in the early hours of Thursday”

Frank O'Donnell

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15 September 2026 10:19

We are hiring for a new Policy Fellow! Come work with us @apln.network - deadline Sep 30 to apply!

Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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15 September 2026 10:19

Australia's biggest ASW gaps are not the submarines. Neither class of surface combatant has a towed array sonar, a planned strategic array purchase appears cancelled, and the Navy no longer develops specialist ASW officers. New paper by Jennifer Parker: www.apln.network/projects/mar...

Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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15 September 2026 10:19

Australia is investing well beyond the submarines: Ghost Shark XLUUVs, Speartooth large UUVs, 36 MH-60R helicopters, 14 P-8A Poseidons, a new Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit. But the workforce to integrate all of this does not yet exist.

Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

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15 September 2026 10:19

Three Asia-Pacific states without nuclear weapons are heading for nuclear-powered submarines. The safeguards rules have not kept pace. New APLN paper by Jamie Kwong compares Australia's AUKUS pathway, South Korea's Jangbogo-N, and Japan's emerging debate: www.apln.network/projects/mar...