In Canberra, the orbits of the economic world and security world are coming closer and their different gravitational fields are reacting as China conundrums confront the coming Foreign and Trade White Paper. The inhabitants of …
A complex network of interconnected supply chains keep Australia fed, fuelled, and functioning. But recent changes to Australia’s energy supply chain mean they’re increasingly vulnerable to disruption. Australia, like most advanced economies, relies on a …
Australia has now experienced its fourth terrorist attack in two years. As the world prepared to pause and recall the fifteenth anniversary of 9/11, Australians woke to the news that a 22-year-old with a history …
Australia needs a forward-looking foreign policy to guide the efforts of our hardworking diplomats. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s intention, as reported recently, to commission a Foreign Policy White Paper is timely. As Graeme Dobell’s post …
Last week witnessed a milestone in Australia’s fight against terrorism when Hamdi al Qudsi was sentenced to prison for eight years, with a non-parole minimum of six, for facilitating foreign fighter travel from Australia to …