by Marcus Hellyer | Mar 3, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
It’s important not to panic and to jump at ghosts and shadows. But when the facts change, a sane person changes their plans. Simply continuing down the same path while ignoring reality is as irresponsible as wildly panicking. And the facts have changed—the second...
by Michael Shoebridge | Feb 24, 2025 | China, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Donald Trump being willing to negotiate a deal on the war in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin without Ukraine or European allies should be ringing alarm bells for how President Trump might operate when it comes to our part of the world down here in the Indo Pacific....
by Peter Jennings | Feb 6, 2025 | Policy
President Trump’s instinct to disrupt established pathways and his lack of deep engagement in international affairs is what allows the idea that “the US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too”. In his first term, Trump stunned the foreign...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jan 20, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability
In his second incarnation as US President, Donald Trump will be more certain of his own instincts and much more demanding than the Trump we saw between 2016 and 2020. That is big news for Australia, particularly because of President Trump’s approach to alliances...
by Lesley Seebeck | Nov 11, 2024 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Most commentary thus far has been on how the Australian government will handle a Trump Administration. More will emerge on the implications for Australia, from Trump’s tariff policies to the likely continued decoupling from China, and Trump’s transactional nature. As...
