The image of Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-un standing together at Tiananmen Square was a masterclass in political theatre, a chilling and unambiguous declaration for many in the West of a ...

While submarines dominate the headlines, it is Pillar II of AUKUS – the push for cutting-edge capabilities – that could define the partnership’s true legacy. Since its launch in 2021, the ...

Every five or six years, Canberra gets a special visit. This month, officials from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Paris secretariat, supported by two other OECD countries, ...

There is near universal agreement that Australia should spend more money on defence. The big political parties want to spend more. The defence commentariat overwhelmingly agrees. And earlier this week ...

For some time now, Ukraine has been undertaking a long-range strike campaign against targets inside Russia. It has done this to degrade Russia’s war-making capacity by attacking factories and oil ...

Australia and Indonesia signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) last year, reinforcing the existing Lombok Treaty while signalling a commitment to deeper practical cooperation. However, concerns ...

The month of March consistently marks a period of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, as North Korea escalates military provocations in direct response to the annual US-South Korea joint ...

For several years, the US security establishment appeared fixated on the year 2027 as the deadline set by Xi Jinping to compel Taiwan with military force. First raised by then-INDOPACOM commander ...

The Trump administration has spent a week directing USAID and other government departments to remove any references to gender equality, women’s empowerment and LGBTQIA+ programs from their websites ...

As the second Trump administration assembled, the Philippines appeared relatively sanguine about the prospects of stronger bilateral relations. The elevation of China hawks such as new Secretary of ...

Growing up in India, it was most common to hear the word “population” juxtaposed with “explosion”, like a frightful bomb that would go off in our faces. The first known use of the term “population ...

In less than two months since assuming the Indonesian presidency, Prabowo Subianto has already visited six countries – China, United States, Peru, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the United Arab ...