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 …
AUKUS is reshaping the development of HMAS Stirling in Western Australia to facilitate hosting of allied nuclear-powered submarines. Such efforts shouldn’t end there. Certifying facilities in Darwin Harbour for nuclear-powered warships would deliver redundancy, strengthen …
In the unforgiving calculus of statecraft, moments of genuine strategic re-engineering are exceedingly rare, born not from choice but from the collision of necessity and opportunity. The Geelong Treaty is precisely such a moment. The …
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of attending the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in Adelaide. This unique forum brought together leaders from politics, business, academia and the community to strengthen the bonds between our …
Risk of failure is growing for AUKUS Pillar Two, the mechanism intended to turbocharge technology cooperation and deliver advanced military capabilities to the armed forces of Australia, the UK and the US. Lacking momentum and …




