East Asia and Australasia.

Focuses on the armed forces and defence policies of East Asia and Australasia. Concerns raised by the U.S. over the military modernisation programme of China; Information on the joint military exercises of the U.S. and the Republic of Korea; Decision of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to extend the deployment of the Japanese Self-Defense Ground Force in Iraq to December 14, 2006; Defence budget of China for 2006; Financial difficulties faced by the armed forces of the Philippines.