In the skies above the South China Sea last Friday a Chinese People’s Liberation Army J-16 fighter...
Vacuous Quad joint statement sets off warning bells
The best that can be said of the statements, declarations, compacts and media transcripts from...
Biden skipping Sydney Quad meeting’s bad, but our underwhelming Strategic Review is worse
US President Joe Biden’s decision not to attend a summit of the Quad countries in Sydney is...
Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
“The night was still wilder than the last. In particular, one concentration of fire at quarter...
Defence should hand over David Peever Review for AUKUS or fail on ambitions
The media headlines were all about submarines but innovation will be the productive core of the...
It’s time to return fire against AUKUS naysayers
The AUKUS pathway for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines is barely 10 days old. Already it is...
Twelve steps towards delivering a successful defence program
Given the world’s tough economic outlook and the eroding geo-strategic situation, Anthony Albanese...
Nation’s challenge: how to deliver on AUKUS
Next week in the US, Anthony Albanese will make the most consequential national security...
Show some steel on China’s investment in our critical assets
Anthony Albanese’s National Press Club speech on Wednesday offers a victory lap after just nine...
With eye on Beijing, it’s urgent we step up support for Kyiv
Australia’s response to the war in Ukraine should be based on four big judgments. First, if Russia...
We’ve lost a wise, bold strategist on national security
In his book Danger on our Doorstep, Jim Molan describes a surprise attack from communist China on...
Message from Beijing: don’t rock the boat
At his Lunar New Year media conference this week, China’s ambassador in Canberra, Xiao Qian, was...
Memo PM: on AUKUS, you need to lead it or lose it
On the Australia-US alliance, leaders in both countries always say relations have never been...
Chaotic start to 2023 for our China strategy
The first week of the new year presented the Albanese government with a tangled policy problem:...