There’s something very familiar about the Albanese government’s new 2026 National Defence...
The Trump-Albanese meeting: Good news – he’s just not that into us
In the beating heart of this nation’s capital, Canberra, many of us have been thinking and...
Gaza, Israel & Hamas: path to peace is about more than gestures
In one war Israel defeated Hamas, (it now has no clear chain of command or a formidable armed...
Is Australia willing to pay the costs of unthethering from America?
As we watch Donald Trump’s unpredictable America bomb Iran, and see Xi Jinping building his...
Why Netanyahu is going for broke: six things to watch out for
Israel’s military strikes against Iran are broader than nuclear facilities, air defence and...
Defence 2025: Dollars and decisions
by Marcus Hellyer, Michael Shoebridge and Peter Jennings
This report comes at an unusual moment for Australian security. We’re in the middle of a federal...
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...
The ‘5 Eyes’ & Trump: problems of trust & mistrust
The 5 Eyes intelligence partnership between Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK is...
Role of crime in anti-Semitic attacks is a complicating factor, not a cleansing one
It was all a criminal hoax. That was the headline from this week’s police admission that the...
The 2025 Defence budget update: still sleeping walking to disaster
The Government recently released the 2024-25 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES)...
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...
Australia is a coin toss away from a mass casualty attack
A caravan packed with explosives is the means. A note in the vehicle with Jewish addresses...
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...
Job done for China’s ambassador — but 2025 will be much harder
China’s ambassador Xiao Qian has replaced wolf warrior language with silken tofu. According to his...















