The Australian Defence Force has long had an important role in providing humanitarian assistance to Pacific island countries. The force has extraordinary capabilities—people, expertise, training and equipment—in delivering assistance quickly and efficiently. The ADF is …
If the recent bushfire crisis and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that Australia has an opportunity to evaluate its coordination on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR). The tumultuous start to …
A month on from my earlier post on bringing the Australian Defence Force into the global warming fight, a lot has changed. Responding to the national bushfire catastrophe, the government has deployed more than 6,000 …
The time has come for Australia and Japan to make an ambitious step-change in our cooperation. We have the potential to act as a centre of strategic and democratic stability in the Asia-Pacific. The region …
This article is part of a series on ‘Women, Peace and Security’ that The Strategist is publishing in recognition of International Women’s Day 2017. When Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, and her Labor counterpart, Penny Wong, visited Samoa, …
