Australia should have a big concern. Britain, a country that Australia is relying on for its future submarine force and much else under AUKUS, looks seriously unserious about naval defence. Quite apart from the challenge …
Articles by: "Jake Thrupp"
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s decisive victory in Japan’s 8 February lower-house election will be a game-changer for the Indo-Pacific security landscape. Armed with a supermajority (holding more than two thirds) in the House of Representatives, …
In approving construction of an enormous Chinese embassy in London, Britain is trading long-term security resilience for short-term economic advantage. For Australia, the 20 January decision should raise concerns about strategic signalling, alliance coherence and …
Don’t underestimate the strength of Japan’s strategic transformation, above all in its hardening determination to face accumulating threats. The shift becomes clear to anyone who engages these days with Japanese officials and defence analysts, as …
The West must draw clear red lines for responding to grey-zone aggression by China and Russia. Both adversaries have mastered operating below the threshold of open conflict to achieve their strategic aims with little consequence …
Whoever wins this weekend’s contest to lead Japan’s ruling party could throw Australia the lifeline it desperately needs to secure the future of AUKUS Pillar One amid doubts about the program’s viability. A submarine program …