China’s hospital-ship statecraft
By Malika Knapp*
Medical assistance and defence objectives are closely intertwined, with free treatment serving to normalise a foreign military presence while advancing China’s geopolitical...
Ukrainian drone wrecks Russian ship
A high-profile Russian security service vessel, designed for Arctic operations, has been struck by a Ukrainian drone while docked at the Vyborg shipyard near...
Australia-European Union Security and Defence Partnership
On 24 March Australia and the European Union announced that they are strengthening cooperation through a new Security and Defence Partnership. The Prime Minister...
Understanding Iran’s power over Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz has a particular geographical importance to the world, as the land on one side belongs to Iran, and the country...
Overcoming Diego Garcia misinformation
By Nilanthi Samaranayake*
Criticism by both U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer about using the Diego Garcia military base for U.S....
Australia right to aid Gulf states
By Jennifer Parker*
In the second week of the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, Australia on 10 March announced a limited...
Whoops: China’s FON concession
By Sean Andrews*
When Anthony Albanese raised concerns in Beijing about the PLA Navy’s live-fire exercise off Australia’s east coast, Xi Jinping’s reply was blunt:...
Reducing reliance on the US
By John Blaxland*
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a stark warning in his address to the Australian parliament. The post-war global order is “breaking...
AUKUS binding us to a dangerous leader
By Hugh White*
In a dangerous and uncertain world, what should US allies do? Draw closer to America, or pull away? When the United States...
Protecting Hormuz passage
By Tom Sharp*
Today, to all intents and purposes, the Strait of Hormuz – the only entrance to the Persian Gulf – is closed to...