The big problems facing most countries today are not ones they can solve by themselves. Climate change needs collective action as climate is a global common. The oceans and space are also global ...

It was warm and humid as I stepped out of my vehicle to greet the commander of the Australian Army’s elite 3rd Brigade at the High Range training area near Townsville, Queensland, last week. The ...

Australians have long known that our future security and prosperity will be determined in our region – the Indo-Pacific. Forty years of reports to government have warned that if Australia wants to ...

The twin messages from the spectacle that unfolded in Tiananmen Square on 3 September could not be missed. China’s military parade, watched over by Xi Jinping as he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with ...

Nepal has just experienced historic protests that resulted in the overthrow of the government. Sri Lanka in 2022 and Bangladesh in 2024 also experienced protests that ousted their leaders. That’s ...

The South China Sea has always been a flashpoint for regional tension, but the next phase of its militarisation might not be about aircraft carriers or submarines. It might be about ships with no ...

Max Uechtritz was a foreign correspondent then Director of News and Current Affairs at the ABC, Director of News of the Nine Network and Director of Programmes ...

While submarines dominate the headlines, it is Pillar II of AUKUS – the push for cutting-edge capabilities – that could define the partnership’s true legacy. Since its launch in 2021, the ...

The New York Times reported at the weekend that Donald Trump has shelved his plans to attend the Quad summit in India, following a testy exchange with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The resulting ...

US President Donald Trump’s policy on Beijing’s “transshipments” – Chinese products rerouted through third countries to avoid high tariff dues – appears ill-conceived in practice. The administration ...

Australia’s former prime minister Tony Abbott wrote in the Wall Street Journal recently that “a world dominated by Beijing would resemble China, with the silencing of dissent, the confiscation of ...

Beyond marking the UN’s 80th anniversary, the upcoming General Assembly high-level week, which will take place 23–29 September, promises to feature a crowded agenda – from the war in Ukraine and the ...