Submarine

2 mn readThe US Department of State has released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for Taiwan over the past three years. These reports indicate that while Taiwan is a functioning democracy, there are concerns surrounding freedom of speech and the liberal use of libel and slander laws, focusing on the curbing of disinformation, the Law for Maintaining Social Order, and the criminalization of defamation and public humiliation.

2 mn readOn March 13th, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom announced the decades-long AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine project. Canberra will purchase Virginia-class attack submarines from the US, while the UK and Australia will produce and operate a new class of attack submarines, dubbed the SSN-AUKUS.