China’s cable cutting theatre
A weekend headline from the South China Morning Post declaring “China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable-cutter that could reset the world order” caught plenty...
Tracking China’s pressure points
New research from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute reveals a range of nations are increasingly willing to challenge China’s excessive claims in the South...
G7’s pledge on maritime security and law
On 14 March 14, 2025 the G7 Foreign Ministers released the following statement from Charlevoix in Quebec.
1. We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France,...
Houthis try attack on USS Truman
The Houthis attempted an attack on aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and its escorts in response to a series of U.S. attacks...
Focus on what we agree on with China
By Edward Chan*
Since taking office in 2022, the Albanese government has stabilised Australia-China relations, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holding his third formal meeting...
Danger in Diego Garcia transfer
It has been widely reported that, during his meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week, President Trump gave his consent to the UK’s...
Rethink AUKUS, ex-Defence chief says
The United States has become an unreliable ally under Donald Trump’s presidency and the Albanese government should urgently develop a plan B for Australia’s...
AUKUS: Why Australia should stay the course
The world is in a difficult stage of its recent history, and the new United States administration’s change of tack is undeniably jarring, Jennifer...
AUKUS: a conspiracy of silence
Australians have never had the chance to properly vote on AUKUS. The major parties haven’t allowed them, Bernard Keane writes in Crickey.
It was foisted...
Report to US Congress on AUKUS and Indo-Pacific security
On 3 March the US Congressional research Service released an updated ‘In Focus’ report on AUKUS and Indo-Pacific Security. It stated:
In 2021, Australia, the...