At an estimated $368 billion cost, a Pentagon review underway and talk of the United States seeking a guaranteed commitment in the event of conflict, Australia’s push for nuclear-powered submarines ...

ASEAN’s traditional non-interference doctrine has posed an acute challenge for the regional body in responding to the 2021 coup in Myanmar. A Five-Point Consensus proposal has seen little progress, ...

That Australia cannot guarantee regional security via military means should not provoke a feeling of helplessness. It can evidently defend its territory and people for a relatively low cost. Australia ...

By understanding Cambodia’s threat perceptions and the influence of the kingdom’s domestic politics on its defence and foreign policies, Western partners will be better able to balance China’s ...

US President Donald Trump’s weekend announcement of a US mediated “full and immediate ceasefire” between India and Pakistan surprised both domestic and international observers. It came just days after ...

The poll shows Australians’ trust in the United States to act responsibly dropped by 20 points since 2024, with only 36% of the public expressing any level of trust — a new low in the Lowy Institute ...

The Mar-a-Lago Accord is an idea floated by Stephen Miran, recently appointed Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers. Such a deal, Miran claims, would address the US current account and ...

The abrupt closure raised eyebrows, considering that North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has invested in key tourism facilities in Mount Chilbo, Mount Paektu, Mount Kumgang, and the Wonsan-Kalma resort area in ...

“This is going to be great television … I will say that.” This is how the American president summed up the conclusion of the most fractious meeting to have occurred in front of journalists between an ...

Senior US official statements more recently frame it as Xi seizing on 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA’s founding, to complete the material preparation required to make major combat operations ...

The Trump administration has spent a week directing USAID and other government departments to remove any references to gender equality, women’s empowerment and LGBTQIA+ programs from their websites ...

Donald Trump’s proclamation about reshaping North America and having Canada become “the 51st state” is but one land grab by the soon-to-be returned president. This may just be another of Trump’s ...