Despite the concerns about Australia’s dependency on others when it comes to rare-earth elements, we’re failing to search creatively for a solution. Australia has long been dependent on goods manufactured overseas, but we continue to …
Most Australians would be wondering how we can have a ‘one-China policy’ when Defence Minister Peter Dutton has warned that war with China over Taiwan can’t be ruled out. ‘Why is it so?’, as Julius …
The Joe Biden administration’s National strategy for countering domestic terrorism, released last month, followed an urgent review of efforts to address what the White House says is ‘the most urgent terrorism threat the United States …
Last week, with little fanfare, Australia’s last six soldiers departed Kabul on a RAAF aircraft. Australia shut up its intelligence and diplomatic presence in Afghanistan. Incredibly, it’s now been reported that Foreign Affairs Minister Marise …
The current debate in Australia about visas for Afghans who worked with Australian forces poses questions about the sort of people we are. Australia has historically veered between kindness to strangers and insularity tinged with …