🇦🇺 DefMin @RichardMarlesMP is in Tokyo this week to see 🇯🇵 DefMin Koizumi. Noteworthy tempo:
- Marles was in 🇯🇵 in Dec 2025
- Koizumi expected in 🇦🇺 this month
- PM Takaichi perhaps coming late April / early May
This 🧵 [1/7] explores what's going on 👇 minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases…2/7
The official reason for this visit is the 1st annual ministerial under the Framework for Strategic Defence Coordination.
FSDC, announced by Marles & Koizumi in Dec 2025, is the latest move towards collective deterrence, as @Stewart_ASPI explained 👇 aspistrategist.org.au/australia-and-…
Sep 4, 2025 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
It's the 🇦🇺-🇯🇵 2+2 with @RichardMarlesMP @SenatorWong & 🇯🇵 counterparts tomorrow. Here is a short 🧵 about what we might expect, and why it matters.
Firstly, let's recall last year's 2+2, which @ASPI_org's @raji143, @graham_euan & @Dr_M_Davis unpacked ⤵️ aspistrategist.org.au/australia-japa…2/ Marles & Wong are veterans of 2+2s, but this is the 1st for 🇯🇵 ForMin Iwaya & DefMin Nakatani. Since the last 2+2 in Sept 2024, the 🇦🇺-🇯🇵 special strategic partnership has been bolstered by selection of @MHI_Group's Mogami frigates for @Australian_Navy aspistrategist.org.au/australia-choo…
Jul 19, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Short 🧵 1/6
unpacking what the 🇬🇧's Defence Command Paper Refresh #DSR23, published yesterday, says about #AUKUS and 🇦🇺...
gov.uk/government/pub…2/6
🇦🇺 & 🇳🇿 are bundled together as Indo-Pacific partners for 🇬🇧. This is understandably careful handling, but also implausible. 🇦🇺 is a far more important strategic partner for 🇬🇧.
Interestingly, 🇨🇦 is not mentioned as an Indo-Pacific, despite their IP strategy last year.
