‘To move from imagining conflict is impossible to assuming war is inevitable is just as harmful to our shared goals. The fate of our region is not preordained. It never was. It never is. What we do here, …
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As Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles noted in his statement introducing the 2023 defence strategic review, a stable relationship between Australia and China is in the interests of both countries and the …
China’s campaign of economic coercion against Australia failed because of support from other Asian trading partners who turned to Australia to secure their energy supplies. Japan, Korea, Taiwan and India—Australia’s second, third, fourth and fifth …
When the incoming Albanese government tasked former defence minister Stephen Smith and former chief of the Australian Defence Force Angus Houston with writing the defence strategic review, they spelled out the clear need for prioritisation …
The government has accepted sweeping recommendations in a review of Australia’s strategic position and the military capabilities it needs to defend itself, with the main focus on building deterrence through the ability to strike a …