Australia’s fuel crisis has triggered a familiar response: emergency coordination, reactive policy adjustments and renewed ...

The economic and social costs of the war in Iran, particularly its effect on global food security and agricultural production ...

US President Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran crisis and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz underlines an old lesson: force without planning, consultation and legitimacy rarely ends well. History ...

Antarctica rose to the surface of strategic competition this week. It appeared prominently in both the Australia–New Zealand Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations (ANZMIN) and in China’s new ...

China’s military budget increases keep painting a picture that’s inconsistent with the country’s claims to a defensive policy ...

Replacing vulnerable but nationally critical information-technology systems takes too long. Australia should follow the ...

Paranoia about fuel supplies has suddenly entered Australia’s mainstream debate, as Canberra wakes up and starts counting how many frigates and destroyers the Royal Australian Navy actually has. It is ...

Coalition warfare has always been messy. Different procedures, systems, standards, doctrines, and operational caveats ...

China’s latest five-year plan enshrines artificial intelligence as a key driver of economic growth and technological ...

As China pursues greater heights in frontier technology, it is also reckoning with the persistent problems of domestic demand, debt and demographic change. This was clear in the documents released ...

The state visit of King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark to Australia, that starting last Saturday, is an important ...

Food supply is long overdue for elevation into national security policy. As The Australian reported on 19 February, there are ...