AUKUS needs a third pillar: space

AUKUS is reshaping Australia’s strategic future, but its vision is incomplete. While the partnership’s first two pillars focus on submarines and advanced technologies, they rely on an often overlooked domain: space. If AUKUS is to …

Bookshelf: a history of Iran to reach for now

Understanding the unfolding geopolitical drama around Iran requires an understanding of its history. There is perhaps no better English language source for such a review than Abbas Amanat’s Iran: A Modern History, first published in …

Australia’s fuel insecurity is not hypothetical

For more than a decade, commentators, analysts and industry have warned Australian governments about fuel vulnerability. Yet little has changed. Despite repeated reviews and rising geopolitical tensions, there has been little concrete action to strengthen …

Why South Korea won’t build the bomb

The idea of South Korea developing nuclear weapons is reaching critical mass, if you’ll excuse the pun. Surveys show as much as 70 percent of the public now in favor. There has also been plenty …