The increasing prominence of nuclear weapons in national strategies and military arsenals is not an encouraging sign for the current nuclear non-proliferation regime. Recent discourse on its ...

The big problems facing most countries today are not ones they can solve by themselves. Climate change needs collective action as climate is a global common. The oceans and space are also global ...

It was warm and humid as I stepped out of my vehicle to greet the commander of the Australian Army’s elite 3rd Brigade at the High Range training area near Townsville, Queensland, last week. The ...

The world feels like it’s spinning out of control. Wars are breaking out, neighbours are turning on each other, people are starving, epidemics are spreading, debt is piling up, and the climate is ...

Discreet, high-stakes negotiations between Washington and the Taliban burst into public view last week when US President Donald Trump declared that America was “trying” to regain control of Bagram ...

The twin messages from the spectacle that unfolded in Tiananmen Square on 3 September could not be missed. China’s military parade, watched over by Xi Jinping as he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with ...

Australians have long known that our future security and prosperity will be determined in our region – the Indo-Pacific. Forty years of reports to government have warned that if Australia wants to ...

The rapid demise of two Thai prime ministers in as many years has paved the way for a third: Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the third largest party in the Thai parliament, Bhumjai Thai. Who is Anutin, ...

The image of Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong-un standing together at Tiananmen Square was a masterclass in political theatre, a chilling and unambiguous declaration for many in the West of a ...

US President Donald Trump’s policy on Beijing’s “transshipments” – Chinese products rerouted through third countries to avoid high tariff dues – appears ill-conceived in practice. The administration ...

Over the past couple of years, a consensus among analysts and scholars has emerged: except in the Philippines, the United States is losing ground to China in Southeast Asia. Whether it’s a lack of ...

The South China Sea has always been a flashpoint for regional tension, but the next phase of its militarisation might not be about aircraft carriers or submarines. It might be about ships with no ...