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Forget transparent seas. What’s the plan to deal with crowded oceans?
Eight Australian nuclear submarines operating sometime in the 2050s is a long way off. Even...
A ready reserve of nation’s civilian fleet makes sense for the RAN
Recent revelations that China has launched multiple new civilian ferries that could be used as...
G7 de-risks on China and supports Ukraine. Australia re-risks and shuffles feet.
Australia’s attendance at the G7 and Quad leaders meetings in Japan helps Anthony Albanese back...
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...
What we’ve learned from the Defence Strategic Review
While there’s only a single paragraph devoted to it down on page 23, it’s clear that the Defence...
Critics and cheerleading aside, Albanese’s defence strategy has Australia in good company
The first big national security decision prime minister Albanese has taken is on how Australia...
Taiwan: four big reasons it matters to Australians
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is meeting with US House Speaker McCarthy before travelling on to...
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...
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...
Chaotic start to 2023 for our China strategy
The first week of the new year presented the Albanese government with a tangled policy problem:...
Leave Solomon Islands’ Manasseh Sogavare to China, focus on his people
Australia is now in a competition with China to see who can be Solomon Islands Prime Minister...
The strategic challenge to keep Australia secure
The government’s defence review, to be announced in April, is its first chance to put its stamp on...