The ocean is no longer a buffer. It is the battlefield. Darwin, April 2026 The Indo-Pacific is entering a phase where ambiguity is no longer …
Callum Hayes
Callum Hayes
Australian journalist at Phoenix24, expert in Indo-Pacific security and digital geopolitics
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Silent Frontiers: How Asia-Pacific Became the New Theater of Surveillance and Strategic Pressure
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Callum Hayes
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Callum Hayes
The region is being watched into submission. Darwin, April 2026 The Indo-Pacific is no longer defined only by fleets, missiles and summit communiqués. It is …
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Darwin, September 2025. The Indo-Pacific has become the laboratory where the next generation of military power is being tested. This is not simply a contest …
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Sea of Data: How the Indo-Pacific Became Ground Zero for the Digital Cold War
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Callum Hayes
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Callum Hayes
The invisible war is no longer about missiles—it’s about microchips, submarine cables, and the power to surveil without being seen. Darwin, August 2025.In the Indo-Pacific, …
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Strategic Ambiguity at the Edge: Taiwan, Deterrence, and the Indo-Pacific’s Unstable Balance
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Callum Hayes
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Callum Hayes
From the command rooms of Taipei to the naval corridors of Darwin, a quiet urgency is building in the Indo-Pacific. As tensions between China and …
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The Silent Archipelago: How the South China Sea Became a Battlefield Without Bullets
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Callum Hayes
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Callum Hayes
There are no sirens in the South China Sea. No midnight detonations, no convoys of refugees fleeing through the jungle. And yet, this remains one …