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We woke up one day last week to find that North Korean missiles can target Australia. We're not sure if they could put a nuclear weapon on it, but nobody thinks that's far away. Australians may reasonably wonder whether money for submarines that will only start to be delivered 15 years from now could be better spent protecting us from more immediate threats. But Andrew Davies explains why governments must take a longer view.

Talisman Saber 2017, Australia’s largest combined military exercise, concluded in Brisbane yesterday after meeting a number of key milestones and achievements.

Britain has launched an aggressive public pitch to build Australia's new $35 billion fleet of warships, pledging the British design is better than that...

Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a US Navy surveillance plane over the East China Sea at the weekend, with one jet coming within about...

China has threatened to attack Vietnamese bases over gas drilling in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, according to diplomatic sources in...

"It was a bit of a cat-and-mouse game. They claim something that the world does not agree with. They are very active these days," said the Chief Petty Officer. For the first time that Canadian sailors can remember, Chinese warships have shadowed ships from the Royal Canadian Navy.

At current growth rates, China may become a comparable power to the United States in economic and military terms in the not too distant future. In this future world, China will be less constrained than it is today to attempt to coerce other Asian nations to its will. China’s economy may be slowing at the moment, with significant concerns over sustainability of high debt and growth. Notwithstanding, China is still set to overtake the United States between 2030 and 2045 based on the global power index, which is calculated by Gross Domestic Product, population size, military spending, and technology, as well as new metrics in health, education, and governance. An unbalanced multipolar structure is most prone to deadly conflict compared to a bipolar or balanced multipolar structure. Jason Y. Osuga does the analysis.

A high-tech Chinese spy ship has been spotted off the Queensland coast monitoring joint military exercises between Australia and the United States, in what...

By Professor Rory Medcalf* India’s security structure is plagued by shortcomings when it comes to coordinating its substantial capabilities. If it is to live up to its rising political and economic stature, reform must occur soon.

By Matthew Lidz* The United States is a continental land power bridging the earth between two mighty oceans. Through our presence at home ports in both the Atlantic and Pacific and forward deployed forces in Asia and Europe we can rapidly project naval power to virtually any spot on the globe. Our naval forces deter threats, support economic growth, maintain global political stability and perform vital counterterrorism missions. These missions are essential to 21st century national security.