The American alliance, of which the ANZUS Treaty is part but far from the whole, is based fundamentally on shared interests and values. How it operates is also influenced by personalities. It transcends particular US …
To understand the wave of ‘little pink’ ultra-nationalism washing across the People’s Republic of China, it’s instructive to examine ‘Xi Jinping thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era’. Incorporated into the Chinese …
The Taliban’s rapid return to power in Afghanistan has sent the Western world’s counterterrorism agencies into a tailspin. They’ll be spending a lot of time considering whether the end of the US’s longest war marks …
Earlier this year, freelance analysts in the United States confirmed vague Pentagon speculation since around 2018 that China intended to expand its force of land-based strategic missiles capable of reaching most or all of the …
Since 1951, when the ANZUS Treaty between Australia, New Zealand and the US was signed, the alliance with the US has been the cornerstone of Australian defence policy. From the public’s perspective, it’s one of …
Australia’s strategic value to Japan can be summed up in three points. Australia is Japan’s partner in bearing the torch of democracy, a quasi-ally with which Japan will work to maintain the Indo-Pacific as a …
Now that the last Western aircraft have been sucked into the sky above Kabul airport—a ravaged monument to what might have been—thoughts here should turn to where the West’s latest failed Afghan adventure leaves Australia. …
Identifying the industrial capabilities needed in Australia for military–strategic purposes and rectifying supply problems may seem mundane when regional tensions are rising and major decisions on the Australian Defence Force’s force structure hang in the …
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has already deepened conflicts elsewhere, including Europe, where a confrontation is escalating between Belarus and its European Union neighbours: Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Even before the meltdown in Kabul, Belarusian …
ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. Approaching Australia’s 2007 election, the Liberal government and Labor opposition were sharply divided over how to …
It’s a rare thing for an alliance to last as long as the ANZUS Treaty, signed 70 years ago today. A Brookings Institution study in 2010 reviewed 63 major alliances over the past 500 years …
On 1 September, new regulations will come into effect in China that tighten the requirements for reporting security vulnerabilities in network products (pertaining to ‘weaknesses or flaws’ in ‘software, hardware, or organizational processes’) to the …
It’s taken many decades for Australia to come to terms with American expectations that we should be able to defend ourselves, short of nuclear war or a conventional attack by a major power. Those expectations …
The Battle of Britain was the attempt by Hitler’s Luftwaffe in August and September 1940 to neutralise the island nation’s air defences. The aim was to achieve German air superiority over the English Channel and …
I never thought I would witness two historic events: the president of the United States requesting cooperation from an erstwhile terrorist enemy, and the commemoration of America’s victims of 9/11 against the backdrop of victory …
A recent report in China’s Global Times newspaper suggests Chinese steel mills are imposing discriminatory cuts to exports to Australia as a new element in the continuing campaign of economic coercion against the government. ‘China’s shrinking steel …
A literal reading of the treaty suggests that ANZUS is a triangle. According to the all-important fourth article, each one of the three parties ‘recognizes that an armed attack in the Pacific Area on any …
Graeme Dobell’s brief history of ASPI’s Cost of Defence series over two decades reveals a fascinating tussle between Australia’s military–industrial complex and economic reality. That tussle is arguably more intense than ever, reflected in recent …
ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ran through Australian military thought and actions for two decades. …
The world is shocked but not surprised. There had been warnings for days that Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) planned to carry out attacks outside Hamid Karzai International Airport, and the terror group has consistently demonstrated …