In the new bipolar world, Australia is stepping up to America’s benefit. It’s time for the United States to also, with a new treaty that elevates Australia to NATO standard and all that follows. In ...

With all eyes on US President Trump over the past month, the world’s second superpower quietly slipped from global headlines. Until this week, when China’s DeepSeek unveiled its artificial ...

There is little comfort for Australia in President Donald Trump’s early trade policy moves. His tariff threats against friend and foe have intensified. And an array of separate tariffs and other trade ...

Some years ago, I found myself taking minutes for a meeting between a senior Papua New Guinean government official, an Australian ex-government-official-turned consultant (my boss), and a diplomat ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in his recent Senate confirmation hearing that “the postwar global order is not just obsolete; it is now a weapon being used against us”. Those words appear to ...

The return of President Donald Trump to the White House means another trade war between the United States and China looks increasingly likely, with the rest of the world caught in the crossfire. But a ...

The whereabouts and status of Melbourne teacher Oscar Jenkins remain unclear. Reports first surfaced in December that Jenkins, an Australian citizen who had been flighting with the Ukraine ...

Dr Benjamin Herscovitch is a Research Fellow in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University (ANU). His primary areas of research are Australia–China relations ...

With the announcement of Australia’s pathway towards nuclear-powered submarines, and the forthcoming release of the Government’s response to the Defence Strategic Review, this event offered the rare ...

Geoff Wade is a Visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University.

Alan Dupont is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute. Dr Alan Dupont is founder and CEO of the Cognoscenti Group, a political and strategic risk consultancy, and one of Australia’s best known ...