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Geopolitics & Policy
When the missile is the message: China’s patient campaign to make the unacceptable routine
July 18 2026
Opinion: In 1945, in the first free election Hungary had ever held, the communists lost, and badly. The Independent Smallholders’ Party took 57 per...
2 navies, similar problems, different solutions: Following Canada’s submarine decision
July 16 2026
Opinion: Canada’s Type 212CD submarine selection reinforces that modern naval procurement is about more than capability, highlighting the strategic and industrial...
‘Less prepared than in 1941’: Experts’ stark warning of China’s growth and Australia’s readiness
July 16 2026
Dr Ross Babbage and Michael Pezzullo have recently discussed how sovereign capability priorities and geopolitical risks, specifically regarding China, are reshaping the...
CBA chief economist Luke Yeaman clarifies ‘critical breaking point in oil exports’ at Australian Defence Industry Accelerator Summit
July 16 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief economist Luke Yeaman has simultaneously warned of an approaching critical breaking point in oil exports related to the Strait of Hormuz,...
Slow learners: Doubling down and rolling out the red carpet for another potential adversary
July 15 2026
Melbourne cheered a foreign political rally and called it diplomacy. If Beijing or even Washington had run the same playbook, we’d have called it foreign interference, so...
Pax Australis: Towards an Australian hemisphere?
July 14 2026
As great power competition returns, Australia faces a defining choice: remain a declining, middling middle power or embrace its potential as the strategic, political and...
Australian American Leadership Dialogue to be attended by assistant defence minister
July 14 2026
Australia’s Assistant Minister for Defence is set to represent the nation at the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in the United States.
Australia and India strengthen defence ties across multiple areas in new agreements
July 13 2026
Australia and India have formalised stronger collaboration and cooperation on defence priorities in the Indo-Pacific region in a new document.
SDIP26 – mind the gaps: How to close them and not paper over them
July 13 2026
Opinion: The 2026 Defence Industry Development Strategy improves the transparency of Australia’s Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities but not the underlying framework...
Paperwork v missiles: Australia, China and neighbourhood security
July 08 2026
Opinion: Australia’s Pacific security partnerships risk becoming little more than paperwork unless they’re backed by credible military power to deter China, warns...