A comprehensive defence treaty between Japan and Australia is overdue. The 50th anniversary of the two countries’ Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, to be marked this year, should provide the occasion for signing an …
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Commentators often inaccurately describe the frameworks governing US military presence in Australia. Debate frequently centres on sovereignty, with claims that deeper US access or infrastructure investment risks eroding Australian control. That framing overlooks the structured …
When Australia and Indonesia signed the Jakarta Treaty on Common Security in February, the central question was never whether it sounded historic. It did. The real question was whether it would matter once a genuine …
The evolution of defence cooperation between India and Japan will hinge on how Tokyo responds to New Delhi’s growing expectations of it as a defence partner. New Delhi is likely to expect Tokyo to encourage …
In the second week of the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, Australia on 10 March announced a limited contribution to help under-attack Gulf states detect and shoot down Iranian missiles and …