As Papua New Guinea is our closest neighbour, we’ve got direct security interests in the country’s...
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Who will PNG call for assistance when Port Moresby is burning?
Large-scale rioting, looting and burning took place in Port Moresby last week, sparked by a...
A grumpy strategist meets a China business consultant
In this 15 minute interview, the ABC's Geraldine Doogue talks about Australia and China with SAA's...
2024: elections in a fragmenting world; Future Fund forgets Australian industry – & export controls, again
Episode 9 - 2024: global elections bring a fragmenting world, investing everywhere but into...
Missing his moment: PM afraid to say difficult things but comfortable leaving our military in harm’s way
At APEC in San Fransisco, Mr Albanese told us this about his meeting there with Xi Jinping “I also...
Australia has lost its strategic authority at APEC
In a brief media doorstop after arriving in San Francisco, Anthony Albanese used the word...
Hoping no one joins the dots: what Mr Albanese’s three visit journey shows the world
You have to wonder what Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and Cook Islands’ Mark Brown make of prime minister...
Aust-US alliance is thriving in new areas, less healthy at its military core
Anthony Albanese’s visit to America has done three things. It has broadened the ambition for the...
Pandas, lobsters and turkey talk push security to the side
It suits Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping to keep the Prime Minister’s China visit focused on...
What price has Australia paid to get Mr Albanese’s meeting with Xi Jinping?
The meeting between Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping in Beijing this week is the culmination of the...
In Washington, Mr Albanese must be a contributor to collective defence, not a needy bystander
Mr Albanese is visiting Washington at a time when US defence and foreign policy is focused on...
We should learn from Israel that strategic shocks can happen here too
Israel’s intelligence services and military were clearly surprised by the Hamas attack but an...
Australia can’t be a bystander as Washington’s submarine debate grows
Two years on from the AUKUS announcement in September 2021 and only 6 months from Joe Biden, Rishi...
Talisman Sabre 2023: big lessons from a large exercise
The biggest version of Talisman Sabre ever conducted ended on 8 August. This high-end...
Saltwater Strategists podcast “The China Challenge” and Australian security
A podcast covering strategy, capability, the region, China and the US recorded with Saltwater...