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Ongoing staff shortages handicap Australia’s peak intelligence oversight body
Staffing levels at Australia’s peak intelligence oversight body are regressing, impeding its ability to ensure that national ...
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Three concessions after three weeks: Prabowo leans China’s way
Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, needed only three weeks in office to make three big concessions to China. In a ...
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Downsides of China’s port investments go beyond immediate security risks
Chinese companies own or operate at least one port on every continent except Antarctica. These investments present more than ...
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The push and pull of the India–Australia relationship
Australia’s new relationship with India has push-pull poles—the pull of the Indian diaspora in Australia and the push that ...
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Seven things for Britain’s AUKUS review to fix
The AUKUS review that Sir Stephen Lovegrove will deliver to the British government this month represents a vital opportunity ...
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Public opinion and PLA loyalty: objects of the Information Support Force
The court of public opinion is now a critical battleground in modern warfare, according to China’s People’s Liberation Army ...
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Australia’s guided weapons program needs to get moving
The Albanese government’s new strategy for the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) enterprise adopts a ...
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Australia’s ties with Taiwan have strengthened. They should strengthen more
It’s often hard work. It’s often in the face of ingrained habits of anxiety and suspicion. But Australia is steadily building ...
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From the bookshelf: ‘Who Will Defend Europe?’
Despite frequent US calls for NATO to lift defence spending, most of its European members kept pocketing a peace dividend in ...
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Northern Australia doesn’t get enough political attention. We can fix that
Northern Australia comprises half of the nation’s landmass, is rich in natural resources and offers a gateway to the ...
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As Trump returns, European countries’ first priority must be backing Ukraine
As European leaders wake up to the reality of Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House, they must take care to ...
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International trade is dividing between blocs. Australia could be in the middle
Australia risks being caught in no man’s land as the world divides into rival economic blocs in what the International Monetary Fund describes as a new cold war. Trade has been falling everywhere ...