Overview—Justin Bassi, executive director. The debate was heavily focused on US domestic matters—even when questions were on international affairs, both candidates sought to bring the issues back to domestic politics and policies. Of most …
A former commander of Australia’s submarine fleet once described to me the advantage of nuclear-powered submarines over conventional boats using a vivid analogy of predators. ‘If you are a Sydney householder, you probably have funnel web …
The 2024 Defence Fuel Symposium, held in early September in Canberra, highlighted the urgent need for a strategic overhaul of Australia’s fuel security in response to increasing global instability. The rules-based international order that has …
Australia should supercharge the development of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and contribute to their lasting economic security by investing in inter-island electricity grids and diversified energy sources. A green energy project in Vanuatu completed this …
The recent lifting of the terrorism threat level from possible to probable is a reminder how vulnerable Australia remains to a serious terror incident. Yet for the most part, Australians remain unaware of how close …
With the US election just two months away, European decision-makers have gone from grappling with Trumpian nightmare scenarios—new trade wars, abandoning Ukraine and withdrawing from NATO—to experiencing an emotion they had almost forgotten: hope. Vice …
Australia needs to build its own domestic AI capability. To do so, it must first develop and build more of its own data centres across the country. AI is the technology of both today and …
