After 40 years in national security in Australia, I find myself agreeing with Danielle Cave’s view that the national security architecture is not quite right and merits fixing. I also agree that there’s a need …
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Australia gives security guarantees to two nations that have land borders with Indonesia—Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. The word ‘guarantee’ rightly makes Oz politicians, diplomats and lawyers cautious, even nervous: never say forever, never say …
Australia invites itself to America’s wars—Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. A singular purpose runs through them all: the US alliance. Australia invites itself so it can pay its alliance dues. It’s the insurance model Prime …
An odd element of Australia–India relations for two decades has been Canberra’s reluctance to push for India to join Asia’s most important economic group, APEC. The strangeness is heightened by the obvious synergy between Australia’s …
When the Australian polity talks about relations with India, there’s always a wistful bit about the great possibilities and how little has been achieved. The sense of regret requires ignoring a lot of history. It’s …