11+ hour, 47+ min ago   (908+ words) Australia needs a larger, self-reliant nuclear-powered submarine force, but AUKUS is too costly, too dependent on the US and too uncertain to deliver it. AUKUS was always a very bad deal, secretly negotiated without expert input. Instead of waiting for…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (180+ words) Australia’s military exports are growing, but parliament and the public still lack clear information about what is being exported, where it goes and how it is used. This is of particular concern as Australia, under successive governments, has set a…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (179+ words) Australia has no shortage of wealth, projects or policy targets. What it lacks is a coherent strategy for building the capabilities its future society will need. That is why 2088 is a useful horizon. It lies beyond the careers of today’s…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (474+ words) Trump’s escalating pressure on Canada should be a warning to Europe: middle powers need deeper economic and strategic cooperation if they are to resist coercion. Rather than keeping their heads down as US President Donald Trump wages another trade war…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (683+ words) Washington hopes unprecedented sanctions will force Iran into submission. China and Pakistan are already refusing to comply, while retaliation could deepen the economic damage for the US and its allies. The latest package of US sanctions on Iran is unlikely…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (376+ words) Hugh White’s new book warns that declining US power and China’s rise are remaking Asia, while Australia remains dangerously attached to old assumptions about American protection. Hugh White’s new book on Australia’s post-American future, Hard New World, describes a bleak…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (343+ words) US production shortfalls, Britain’s submarine crisis and Australia’s own infrastructure delays are eroding the assumptions behind AUKUS. It’s time to take a different path. The AUKUS ‘optimal pathway’ was supposed to deliver a seamless transition from our Collins-class fleet to…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (954+ words) AUKUS raises fundamental questions about Australia’s sovereignty, military dependence and place in Asia – and whether greater strategic independence could offer a more secure and peaceful path for the nation. Much of the debate surrounding AUKUS has focused on narrow, technical…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1015+ words) As anti-Asian rhetoric intensifies and One Nation rallies its supporters, the death of Melbourne grocer Van Viet Truong raises urgent questions about racism, political scapegoating and the society Australia is becoming. This weekend’s rallies are a warning we cannot ignore…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) America’s record of failed wars exposes the limits of military power and raises serious questions about Australia’s continued reliance on the United States. So, despite its enormous military capability, why has the American so-called superpower been so devastatingly unsuccessful in…...