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A war over Taiwan would be nothing like Afghanistan
If Taiwan triggers a military conflict, the PM will need to think harder about Australia’s strategic habit of going to war whenever America does. War is not an end in itself. It can only ever be...
Xi’s fine words cannot camouflage Beijing’s aggression
At this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, China’s President Xi Jinping warned the world of the risk of a new cold war. True to form, he dangles all sorts of incentives if only we...
How should we deal with an aggressive China?
The rise of an assertive China is the dominant feature of Australia’s strategic environment. The possibility of us being threatened, directly or indirectly, by a rising China can no longer be ignored...
ASEAN-Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program
The ASEAN-Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program (AADPSP) is an innovative program that commenced in 2019, with its inaugural intake of Defence officials from Southeast Asia and Australia...
No matter who wins the US election, the alliance will be the keystone of our defence planning
No matter who is elected United States president, the alliance between our two nations remains the wellspring of our security. This is because — contrary to the views of so many Australian...
Women in Asia-Pacific Security Research Seminar Series 2020-21
Exceptional research from women academics working in international security will be highlighted in a new seminar series. Professor Evelyn Goh has been awarded an ANU Gender Institute Grant 2020-21...
Back to the drawing board on our survival strategy
Scott Morrison was not exaggerating back in July when he compared Australia’s strategic circumstances today with the late 1930s and the lead-up to World War II. Back then a rising regional power...
Is Australia ready for regional conflict?
It has become fashionable to speculate about the risk of a coming war between China and America. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd, in a recent article in Foreign Policy titled Beware the Guns of...
Taiwan could force us into an ANZUS-busting choice
Last week on this page, former prime minister Tony Abbott argued about a Taiwan under threat that it is hard to see “how Australia could (or should) stand aside from assisting a fellow liberal...
Strategic Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Rethinking Strategy and Statecraft
Today’s most pressing security challenges – great power conflict, economic dependence, climate change and other non-traditional threats such as pandemics – are complex, entailing interconnectivity,...
