In Australia’s Defence and Deterrence, long-time analyst of global defence issues and frequent commentator on Australian defence Robbin Laird has written another timely book. He provides a constructively critical and expansive update on the Australian …
July 2024 will go down in history as one of the most momentous months in American politics. Between the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, and the …
The Tibetan Plateau is the largest source of freshwater in the Indo-Pacific region, supporting a staggering 1.35 billion people, a fifth of the world’s population. Of the five major rivers flowing from the plateau, China has …
Last week was a busy one for gender equality in the Pacific. Yet, what could have been a great opportunity to advance gender equality across the region instead fell on preoccupied ears in Canberra. This …
Australia must look to agriculture as a critical part of global engagement and better leverage its agricultural sector to deepen the country’s international relationships. We have a strong agricultural sector and, thanks to the Cairns …
A member of the Pacific family is in crisis, and how Australia responds next will shape its partnerships for years to come. Following unrest among pro-independence Kanaks in New Caledonia, Australia needs to back the …
There has been much discussion recently in Australia of the expiration of ‘strategic warning time’. In the absence of significant shifts in policy, such discussion runs the risk of being performative rather than substantive. It …