Rare earth materials are necessary components in the building of such various equipment as combat aircraft, weapons systems, wind turbines and electric vehicles, among other things. They are available in different geographic locations, but are difficult
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to take back key national assets from Chinese control amid fears the communist superpower could disrupt our crucial infrastructure using advanced cyber attacks.
Two of Australia s most important harbours - Darwin Port and the Port of Newcastle - were leased to Chinese companies as state governments cashed in on lucrative private investment.
The Port of Newcastle, the world s biggest coal port, was handed over to a Chinese-backed consortium for 98 years for $1.75 billion when Mike Baird was NSW Premier in 2014.
The decision means the port is half controlled by Aussie company Gardior and half by China Merchants Port Holdings Company until 2112.
Posted April 23, 2021
Modern polar scientific expeditions originated with the first International Polar Year in 1882–1883 and have developed further during each of the three subsequent International Polar Years, the most recent in 2007–2008. The idea for the first International Polar Year can be traced back to the 1870s, when the Austro-Hungarian military officer Karl Weyprecht campaigned for ship-borne expeditions to be replaced with a multinational network of land-based Arctic observatories or geophysical stations following the “failure” of an Arctic expedition he had led with another officer.
1 As a result of Weyprecht’s campaign, during the first International Polar Year 11 European nations combined their expeditions to study meteorology and magnetic phenomena in the Arctic.
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Each year since 2011, Arctic experts, policymakers, private sector representatives, and Indigenous Peoples and other community leaders from a variety of countries have met annually at the East-West Center in Honolulu for wide-ranging discussions on Arctic issues, with a particular focus on the North Pacific region. Presentations from each year’s
Over the past four years, external funding has facilitated a strong focus on the inclusion of the next generation of Arctic leaders and a NPAC Fellowship Initiative. At the conclusion of the October 2020 conference, which was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fellows were invited to write forward-looking, policy oriented articles for a special web series:
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