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TAFI Perspective ★ Featured Jul 31, 2026

China’s Model on the Offensive

Beijing’s 15th Five-Year Plan promotion in the Pacific Islands is a governance-model export. All nine PRC embassies have run coordinated advocacy, and three moved past description into offering to help host governments design their strategies along Chinese lines.

By Jonah Bock

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PRC Pacific Embassies Monitor · Special Report ★ Featured May 25, 2026

Last-Mile Threat: AccLinks Communications

How AccLinks embeds high-risk Chinese hardware in Pacific Island telecommunications, gating Western-funded subsea cables.

By Jonah Bock

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TAFI Perspective Aug 31, 2026

AUKUS: Sharpening the Enterprise for Deterrence

Dr. Nishank Motwani’s submission to the Independent Public Inquiry into AUKUS: the enterprise is underperforming on execution, not ambition. Seven recommendations spanning deterrence, Pillar II funding, autonomous capability, governance, workforce, domestic innovation and Australian capital.

By Dr. Nishank Motwani

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TAFI Perspective Jul 31, 2026

Beyond the Submarine

TAFI’s submission to the Independent Public Inquiry into AUKUS: preserve AUKUS, preserve and expand SRF-West, and discontinue the sovereign nuclear-powered submarine pathway in favour of the capabilities where Australia holds a comparative security advantage.

By Adam Leslie

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Southern Signals · Research Jun 24, 2026

AUKUS At The Watershed

Why three capitals signed, what the official case glosses over, and what the wager really costs.

By Marc Ablong

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Red Team Report Mar 17, 2026

Pacific Islands Red Team Event Report

A strategic red-team exercise examining PRC objectives and decision-making across four regional scenarios in the Pacific Islands.

By TAFI Red Team

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