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Stuffed it: Middle East adventures throw economy, allies and stability into disarray
Opinion: By now it is pretty clear that the conflict in the Middle East responsible for constraining at least 20–25 per cent of ...
Bill passes to support the Defence and Veterans’ Service Commission
The federal government has passed a new bill following the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suic...
Tired of winning: US government shows how to lose an industry and hurt its friends
Opinion: US policy reversals under Trump scrapping EV incentives, imposing broad tariffs and triggering an oil shock have undermin...
Common User Facility opens in Tasmania for Defence, industry, academic maritime research
Australia has officially opened a secure Common User Facility at the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime College in Lau...
New ADF participation targets, medical training announced under Defence First Nations Commitment
Defence has announced the release of the Defence First Nations Commitment, developing First Nations-led Mental Health First Aid tr...
Opinion
The history and future of martial law in America
What is martial law? When has it been used? And is Trump invoking it?
February 05 2026
The who, what and why of Australia’s new ambassador to the United States
Who is Australia’s new ambassador to the United States and what does he believe? More importantly, why is Albo’s choice in this matter so critical?
January 30 2026
From Greenland to Australia, and beyond: The new global veto map
Opinion: Sovereignty today is defined less by borders than by control of critical systems like data, energy and supply chains, and Australia risks strategic vulnerability...
January 28 2026
Cyber arms race: Weaponised artificial intelligence expected to redefine conflict
In 2026, weaponised artificial intelligence will redefine conflict in cyber space, according to predictions from Australian technology service provider Kinetic IT.
January 23 2026
Ambassador to the United States: What is really at stake for Australia
Former prime minister and foreign affairs minister Kevin Rudd is set to step down from his role as ambassador to the United States in March. This unexpected and unusual move...
January 22 2026
Living in a fairy tale: Was the ‘global rules-based order’ little more than a myth?
Over the course of my weekend reading, it suddenly hit me ... maybe, just maybe, the “global rules-based order” is little more than a comforting fairy tale...
January 19 2026
Emerging trends, impending product debuts and what to expect for SHOT Show 2026
Industry representatives are already on the ground or heading over to SHOT Show 2026 in the United States, with that in mind, we speculate on the upcoming trends, impending...
January 16 2026
Right-wing identity politics: Increasingly loud, extremely close, and growing in threat
The ability to politically connect with others, share insights and engage in public discourse with people you agree and disagree with is one of the beauties of democracy....
January 15 2026
Luckey forecasts American return to ‘weapons sales, friendship’ with reformed China
“America will have a great international friendship and sell weapons to a reformed China in the future”, according to US defence technology entrepreneur Palmer...
January 12 2026
Wait a minute, is America invading Greenland?
US President Donald J Trump is no stranger to using military threats as a political play, with much of his second term, thus far, being defined by his foreign policy moves,...
January 09 2026
Australian, Japanese strategic interests converge at critical juncture
Australian and Japanese strategic interests are progressively converging in the new era of Indo-Pacific strategic anxiety.
December 18 2025
Blurred lines: Can China’s international fishing fleet break Australian fish stocks and national spirit?
A land girt by sea could be particularly vulnerable to grey-zone warfare tactics designed to break the ecosystem or civilian relationship with that sea.
December 11 2025
US and China global power struggle not a repeat of Cold War, says former CDF Campbell
The global power struggle between the United States and China is not a repeat of the Cold War, according to recent comments made by former Australian Defence Force Chief of...
December 10 2025
Bomber rotations, hypersonic missile production among AUSMIN bonanza
Hypersonic cruise missile co-production, bomber rotations, cyber coordination and streamlined export processes have featured prominently among a raft of joint military...
December 09 2025
Report findings: Australia to refine business definitions, reallocate defence spending for ‘sovereign dividend’
The Australian government needs to more clearly refine “Australian business” definitions and reallocate domestic spending from foreign-owned subsidiaries to...
December 05 2025
Australia can’t afford a BAU approach to AUKUS Pillar 2 investment
Opinion: Australia risks squandering AUKUS Pillar 2 unless it urgently shifts from slow, consultancy-driven processes to fast, practical, bottom-up capability building that...
November 28 2025
Dear minister: Australians expect better, soldiers deserve better than politically motivated investigations
Opinion: Dear Minister for Defence, the Honourable Richard Marles MP, and shadow defence minister Angus Taylor MP.
November 24 2025
Fifth-generation rivalry: F-35 and Su-57 fighter showdown at Dubai Airshow 2025
An air power grudge match between Lockheed Martin F-35 and Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets has taken centre stage at the Dubai Airshow 2025 in the United Arab Emirates this week.
November 21 2025
It is no time to go with the flow
Opinion: For most of my life, Australia has enjoyed the benevolence of a global order dominated by the United States, affording us a luxury of being able to “go with...
November 20 2025
EXCLUSIVE: UAE Space Agency founder discusses sovereign capability, space strategic advantage
United Arab Emirates Space Agency founder, former director-general and EDGE Group space division senior adviser, Dr Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, shares his thoughts on the...
November 13 2025
