The core of a coalition to oppose China in the South China Sea must be the Southeast Asian claimants themselves. They must ...

Some experts on airpower will tell you that Ukraine is not the best place to learn lessons. Neither side in Ukraine enjoys ...

It’s not just the border. India has a deeper problem with China, and it looks like it’s part of the same problem that other ...

It is intrinsic to warfare that economic assets are destroyed, but conflicts usually don’t generate economic devastation on ...

The new president of Sri Lanka, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will have to walk a fine line to return the country to its ...

Lecturing in Munich in 1919, German political economist Max Weber spoke of the modern state as a ‘human community that claims ...

The Quad is hobbled in its current configuration as a diplomatic partnership that deliberately eschews defence cooperation as ...

It is rare for a developed nation’s navy to lose a big vessel in peacetime. The sinking of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS ...

For two countries so geographically far apart, Australia and Norway have surprisingly aligned strategic perspectives. This ...

The 17 October announcement that Australia would give 49 surplus M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine is welcome, regardless of ...

Australia needs an office of national research, to make the greatest use of our intellectual resources in building our ...

Australians sees themselves as a peace-loving people. Far from distant troubles, Australia is not surrounded by enemies. Geographical isolation is seen as a source of security. Strategy and defence ...