Today’s National Defence Strategy, announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, correctly reasserts that Australia’s security interests lie in becoming more self-reliant, which requires an enhancement of our own national capabilities in …
Amid alarm stemming from President Donald Trump’s on-and-off-again tariff rise this week, let’s not lose our ability to distinguish between a mere flesh wound and amputation. The administration’s decision to raise the global baseline tariff …
US Vice President JD Vance used his speech at last year’s Munich Security Conference to chastise Europe for complacency in its security commitments. This year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Under Secretary of Defense …
If there is a flourishing future for Australia in a region dominated by China (and without a US presence) I want to know about it. I cannot imagine it, but it seems many critics of …
Elbridge Colby’s senate confirmation hearing in early March holds more important implications for US partners than most observers in Canberra, Wellington or Suva realise. As President Donald Trump’s nominee for under secretary of defence for …
