Feature Insights

Maximising India’s contribution to order in the Indo-Pacific

November 19 2021

Assessing India's new role in supporting regional security efforts in the Indo-Pacific. ...

Should Canberra rush to mend ties with Paris?

Australia must repair its fractured relationship with France to avoid leaving itself vulnerable to great-power tactics in the diplomatic arena, according to a former UN...

November 17 2021

Is AUKUS a backward step for Australian diplomacy?

Does Australia risk weakening ties with regional neighbours by too eagerly attaching itself to old allies?

November 15 2021

Is the nuclear subs plan a ‘pipedream’?

Has Australia bitten off more than it can chew with its latest submarine procurement strategy under AUKUS?

November 11 2021

Exploiting the information vector, terrorism in 2021

It’s not a shock. Terror groups have leveraged the information domain to craft political messaging, recruit members and psychologically deter their opposition. How can the...

November 10 2021

Has the will of the Taiwanese been overlooked?

What political outcomes do the people of Taiwan desire and how can they be achieved? A Lowy Institute analyst explores.

November 09 2021

Are Australia's national security priorities outdated?

National security resources must be reallocated to address challenges posed by the modern threat environment, according to one analyst.

November 05 2021

Rethinking Australia’s ‘magical obsession’ with submarines

Has Australia’s fixation on procuring next-generation submarines done more harm than good?

November 04 2021

‘Collaborative competition’: Fostering interstate defence cooperation

Australia’s states and territories are rising to the challenge, supporting the national endeavour to build Australia’s sovereign industrial capability.

November 03 2021

Lessons learned: Afghanistan

When the United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001, few would have envisaged that the US and her allies would occupy Afghanistan for 20 years. Even fewer...

November 02 2021

Responding to China’s emerging missile threats

How can the United States and its allies shore up defence systems in the face of new missile technology developed by the CCP?

October 29 2021

Building sovereign resilience into Australian technology supply chains

Jason Van der Schyff, COO of technology company SoftIron, explains how Australia can build sovereign resilience into its critical technology infrastructure.

October 28 2021

Myanmar, ASEAN and the era of superpower competition

Myanmar boycotting ASEAN, ASEAN holding the military junta to account over human rights, and competition between global superpowers in southeast Asia. Read the latest...

October 27 2021

So we’ve scrapped the Naval contract, now what?

The French designed Attack Class submarine program has been aborted but a new procurement disaster now looms, writes independent senator for South Australia Rex Patrick.

October 25 2021

Is a CCP-Taiwan conflict imminent?

Is Beijing’s intimidation of Taipei a prelude to war or merely a signal to the West? Former US presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan weighs in.

October 22 2021

Hop onboard the AI train

Machine learning will not only underpin the future of cyber warfare, but will play an even larger role in target selection and influence the command-and-control continuum....

October 21 2021

Opting into the Orca program: A stop-gap undersea warfare solution

With the construction of Australia's new nuclear-powered fleet expected to begin later within the decade, unmanned 'Orcas' can shore-up the Royal Australian Navy’s undersea...

October 19 2021

AUKUS: Shaking up the Indo-Pacific status quo

The AUKUS trilateral partnership between Australia, the UK and the US is a significant step towards countering the rise of China’s interests and increasingly monopolising...

October 15 2021