US President Joe Biden has sent Congress his requested budget for the 2022 fiscal year. Due to the timelines of a presidential transition year, there’s not a lot of detail yet, but there’s enough to …
In 2009, as I gazed at the gaping hillside holes in Bamiyan where once two imposing Buddha statues had stood as silent sentinels for more than 1,500 years, two emotions were dominant. The first was …
As the US and Iran discuss a way back to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that Donald Trump abandoned three years ago, I recall a meeting in 2016 with an American official who …
It is humbling when a columnist must retract his words soon after penning them. Just two months ago, after India rushed millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines to over 60 countries, I praised the country’s …
Beyond defending Australia and New Zealand, the original purpose of the ANZUS alliance was to keep the US in, Japan down and China out. This aphorism reworks its original NATO context (keep the Russians out, …
It’s the Anzac Day public holiday here in Australia. That means we’re taking the day off from normal duties and will be back tomorrow with our usual full schedule of strategic analysis and commentary.
Australia’s ambassador to the US on the Biden plan: reassure allies first, then negotiate with China
A clear strategy of the Biden administration is to repair relations with allies and partners and to build up the cooperation with them before negotiating with China, says Australia’s ambassador to the United States, Arthur …
After another tumultuous week in the Australia–China relationship, four conclusions are becoming increasingly clear. First, we are going to be on this rollercoaster ride for years. National positions are hardening. Neither Beijing nor Canberra will …
Since Joe Biden took office in January, he and his administration have made it clear that the United States is re-engaging in multilateralism. ASPI Executive Director Peter Jennings talks with Gordon Flake, CEO of the …
The big positive from the federal government cancelling Beijing’s two Belt and Road Initiative agreements with the Victorian government is that Australia is getting coherent policy nationally. That national policy is centred on not wanting …
President Joe Biden’s two-day climate change summit, which was timed to coincide with Earth Day in the US and continues tomorrow, is intended to rebuild bridges with most of world that were damaged by four years of …
Planet A Japan announced that it will release 1.2 million tonnes of treated radioactive water into the Pacific over several decades, commencing in two years. The water was exposed to nuclear material at the Fukushima …
Counterterrorism medicine, or CTM, is a new medical subspeciality born out of the increasingly devastating and complex terrorist attacks taking place around the world. High-profile terrorist attacks in major cities have seemingly become a regular …
On 24 April, the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are expected to gather in Jakarta to sit down at the table with the leader of Myanmar’s military junta, Senior General Min Aung …
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unique societal stress as governments worldwide and their citizens have struggled to work together to contain the virus and mitigate its economic impact. This has been a trying time for …
The Australian government has cancelled Victoria’s Belt and Road Initiative agreement with China. In the first decisions under the government’s new law allowing it to quash arrangements states, territories and public universities have, or propose …
Up to 40 world leaders, including Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, will participate in a two-day virtual leaders’ summit convened by US President Joe Biden and timed to coincide with Earth Day. The summit is …
Last year’s war between Azerbaijan and Armenia was short, sharp and decisive. By effectively employing precision guided weapons, the former rapidly forced the latter to capitulate and accede to its political demands. The conflict confirmed …
Since World War II, the United States has lost just about every war that it has fought in a developing country. It has epitomised the tragedy of a world power’s incapability in asymmetric conflicts. The …
When we think of technology and geostrategic competition, artificial intelligence and the race between China and the US to dominate these technologies and the standards that regulate them most readily come to mind. But a …