# Oceania

Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.

**Today: 14/100 — Calm**
Change vs yesterday: -1

## Historical values

- Yesterday: 15
- Last week: 20
- Last month: 13
- Yearly high: 32 (2026-10-26)
- Yearly low: 0 (2026-07-06)

## Latest coverage

- [Taiwan to close representative office in Papua New Guinea, blames China](https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/6/taiwan-to-close-representative-office-in-papua-new-guinea-blames-china?traffic_source=rss) — Al Jazeera, 2026-11-06
- [US Air Force eyes reviving WWII air bases in the Pacific](https://defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2026/11/06/us-air-force-eyes-reviving-wwii-air-bases-in-the-pacific) — Defense News, 2026-11-06
- [Australia preps Bluebottle USV for submarine-hunting role](https://defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2026/11/03/australia-preps-bluebottle-usv-for-submarine-hunting-role) — Defense News, 2026-11-03
- [Australia pushes to beef up air defenses](https://breakingdefense.com/2026/10/australia-pushes-to-beef-up-air-defenses) — Breaking Defense, 2026-10-28
- [Pentagon announces first US submarine joining Submarine Rotational Force-West](https://defensenews.com/naval/2026/10/26/pentagon-announces-first-us-submarine-joining-submarine-rotational-force-west) — Defense News, 2026-10-26
- [Australian MP's condition improves after alleged car attack](https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c670pr1ryxyno) — BBC News, 2026-10-24
- [Australia marks missile, cyber ‘firsts’ in exercise with Indonesia](https://breakingdefense.com/2026/10/australia-marks-missile-cyber-firsts-in-exercise-with-indonesia) — Breaking Defense, 2026-10-21
- [Australian MP loses both legs in vehicle attack as suspect appears in court](https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/australian-mp-loses-both-legs-in-vehicle-attack-as-suspect-appears-in-court?traffic_source=rss) — Al Jazeera, 2026-10-21
- [Australia gets the ball rolling on medium-range air defense](https://defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2026/10/19/australia-gets-the-ball-rolling-on-medium-range-air-defense) — Defense News, 2026-10-19
- [Australian MP seriously hurt in suspected car attack](https://dw.com/en/australian-mp-seriously-hurt-in-suspected-car-attack/a-79697660?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf) — DW, 2026-10-19
- [‘New kind of cyber incident’: OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack and reveals extent of attack](https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/29/openai-apology-rogue-agent-hacked-medicare-australian-government-websites) — The Guardian, 2026-09-29
- [US, UK test SM-6, other missiles on SINKEX target frigate](https://breakingdefense.com/2026/09/us-uk-test-sm-6-other-missiles-on-sinkex-target-frigate) — Breaking Defense, 2026-09-28
- [Stuck between superpowers: How Australia navigates the China-US rivalry](https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c61wxyzr4rwyo) — BBC News, 2026-09-28
- [Paul Keating says Aukus locking Australia into a US war against China, which it would ‘certainly lose’](https://theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/paul-keating-aukus-locking-australia-into-us-china-war) — The Guardian, 2026-09-18
- [Japan’s defence minister heads to Australia to meet Marles in wake of melon-gate controversy](https://theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/16/japans-defence-minister-heads-to-australia-to-meet-marles-in-wake-of-melon-gate-controversy) — The Guardian, 2026-08-16
- [A global threat for millennia: experts warn Australia’s nuclear submarine legacy will be weapons-usable uranium cache](https://theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/aukus-nuclear-submarines-danger-weapons-grade-uranium) — The Guardian, 2026-07-24
- [Australian PM says Chinese missile test could have caused ‘considerable damage’ if weaponised](https://theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/07/chinese-government-tells-critics-not-to-overinterpret-missile-test-in-pacific-as-criticism-grows) — The Guardian, 2026-07-07

Web page: https://globalwarindex.com/index/region-oceania/

_Not a forecast or a statement of probability: the readings reflect the tone and intensity of news coverage._