The mission of the US Central Intelligence Agency is extremely hazardous, writes Tim Weiner in his July 2025 book, The ...

Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing on May 14 and 15 for the first time in more than six months. It ...

The Arctic is no longer a distant sideshow. It is becoming a contested strategic arena, and Indo-Pacific states should start ...

About A$17.4 billion of the Australian government’s promised A$53 billion increase in headline defence spending over the next ...

Strategists in Canberra should factor in the plausible risk of Russian participation in a Western Pacific conflict, ...

The Taiwanese legislature’s curtailing of a defence acquisition budget on 8 May has impeded the government’s attempts at ...

Supply ships are increasingly vulnerable. Navies need numerous small and remotely controlled or autonomous vessels to move ...

Australia’s 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Program (IIP) demonstrate a stronger commitment to ...

Strategic competition now extends far beyond military capability and economic strength. Liberal democracies therefore have a ...

Most Australians already know something is wrong with our information environment. An Australian National University survey ...

The Northern Territory still struggles to convert opportunity into sustained economic growth because workforce shortages, ...

Rather than gradually expanding its defence and security engagement across the Indo-Pacific, Beijing may choose to accelerate ...