The 2022–23 defence budget is a conflicted program. In key ways it acknowledges and responds to a changing world, but in others it is a relic of an earlier time. Let’s start with the funding …
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As the United States slides deeper into a proxy war with Russia, Indo-Pacific countries are increasingly concerned about the long-term implications of the Ukraine crisis for America’s power and position in this part of the …
Russian President Vladimir Putin aspires to be leader of the great power of Eurasia rivalling China to its east and the European Union and the United States to its west. Yet the latest analysis from …
It’s a brutal time to be a Commonwealth public servant working on the budget. Portfolio additional estimates statements—the mid-year budget update for portfolio agencies—were tabled on Friday, yet with the 2022–23 budget brought forward to …
Editors’ note: This piece was originally published in November 2019; we are republishing it in light of the Indonesian parliament’s passing of key legislation for the creation of the new capital and President Joko Widodo’s …