Australia’s reliance on imported urea is a clear strategic weakness that is allowing the instability in the Gulf region to ...

China may claim neutrality and call for peace in the Middle East, but it is heavily invested in the Iran conflict. Perhaps because of its dependence on Iran for energy security, it is transferring ...

Establishment of the Australian government’s proposed Advanced Capability Investment Fund (ACIF) is an overdue step. Up to ...

Australia’s 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) marks a quiet but consequential shift from its predecessor, fundamentally ...

Revisions to defence export controls adopted by Japan’s cabinet today demonstrate the urgency with which Tokyo is shaking up ...

We may be living in an increasingly dangerous world, as Australia’s 16 April National Defence Strategy reaffirmed, but at ...

If Australia had wanted early warning of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz that began last month, it needed only to have ...

The most consequential line in Washington’s new Cyber Strategy isn’t about defence. Released in early March 2026, the ...

We no longer face a knowledge problem on critical minerals. We face a coordination failure, and the cost of that failure is ...

Australia’s updated defence capability spending plan has put strong emphasis on uncrewed air and underwater systems, strike ...

With the war in Iran, Australia is facing a second major external shock this decade. The lived experience of Covid-19 and the ...

Iranian research years ago pointed to development of the strike drones that have been lighting up air defences across the ...