Nic Maclellan reports that over 1000 Fijians are working in Iraq and Kuwait as soldiers, security guards, drivers and labourers, and more than 2000 Fijian soldiers are serving in the British Army. So far at least eight Fijians working in Iraq have been killed, with many others wounded. The official and unofficial Fijian deployments to...

Richard Tanter argues that there is a tendency in both Japan and abroad to underestimate Japan’s actual military strength – especially that of its naval forces. Maritime Self Defense Force destroyers and refuelling supply ships have been continually on-station in the Indian Ocean since November 2001, well away from the public eye. The rules of...