Gaza has been witnessing the largest ever protests against Hamas. Open opposition highlights how...
China’s maritime misbehaviour: common ground impossible while China remains a bad faith actor
In a recent article published by the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Edward Chan...
Islamophobia & anti-semitism: different problems that must each be understood
by Greg Rose and Anthony Bergin
This week a 16-year-old boy in Western Australia was arrested following an alleged online...
Muslim community statement excuses the intolerable
Two nurses in Sydney recently said on social media that they would kill patients. They were in...
Hamas degraded, but peace in Gaza still a long way off
by Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin
The spectacle from Gaza during hostage releases by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have...
Our hospitals won’t cope with a mass-casualty event
by Anthony Bergin and Tony Joseph
In January, a caravan was found in Sydney packed with explosives with a note in the...
Transparency essential if rebuilding is to be of Gaza, not Hamas
Speaking from Israel on Friday, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus was asked what Australia’s...
Mark Dreyfus visit to Israel is no gimmick, but it must go beyond Labor PR
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, a prominent Jewish member of cabinet, is visiting Israel for about...
Abandoning Israel comes with high price in Indo-Pacific
by Gedaliah Afterman and Anthony Bergin
The Middle East is experiencing game-changing developments with consequences that extend well...
Drug lords’ long range narco subs show what Australian Navy needs
by Anthony Bergin and Michael Shoebridge
‘Narco-subs’ are semi-submersible vessels drug lords have used for at least a decade to smuggle...
Labor must explain why it’s trashed a historic friendship
by Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin
In her recent Hawke Oration delivered on Monday night, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said we expect...
Australia is struggling to address national security challenges posed by critical seabed infrastructure
by Sam Bashfield and Anthony Bergin
This week a 1200m undersea fibre-optic cable linking Finland and Germany was severed. The two...
Australian government increasingly anti-Israel
As a child growing up in Melbourne, I remember lining up outside the huge display windows of Myer...
What does a Canada-India spat mean for Australia?
by Anthony Bergin and Michael Shoebridge
India and Canada are engaged in a growing political battle over foreign interference. It’s not...
War is horrifically destructive. Precedent and evidence are better guides than emotion
Australia’s Education Minister Jason Clare recently accused Israel of not complying with...