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Geopolitics & Policy
Once-in-a-century reforms for veterans
June 24 2026
In a weeks’ time, Australia’s veteran support landscape will undergo its most significant reform in generations, explains Minister for...
2 navies, similar problems, different solutions: Canada and Australia’s diverging submarine futures
June 23 2026
Opinion: Despite near-identical challenges, Canada’s pursuit of a larger, conventional submarine fleet for speed and affordability provides an interesting contrast compared...
The case for AUKUS
June 22 2026
Opinion: Assistant Minister for Defence, Peter Khalil, argues that Australia’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines is more than just a vital investment in Australia’s...
Australia cannot do everything in a Taiwan conflict – and shouldn’t try
June 20 2026
Opinion: Australia should prioritise defending its northern approaches and sustaining coalition operations, arguing that its greatest value in a Taiwan contingency lies in...
Turkey’s Grey Wolves problem is reaching Australia’s blind spot
June 19 2026
Opinion: Australia is well prepared for traditional foreign interference but less equipped to counter transnational extremist movements operating through diaspora networks,...
Australia announces $100m assistance package to Ukraine
June 19 2026
The Australian government has announced that it will be providing Ukraine with an extra $100 million in funding for military equipment.
China, North Korea draw closer amid a weakening US
June 18 2026
Opinion: China and North Korea are strengthening ties amid perceptions that the 2026 Iran war exposed the limits of US power, raising concerns about deterrence and regional...
What to expect when you’re expecting ... war: Strategist provides insight into just what to expect if China strikes
June 16 2026
Australians are largely divorced from the reality and costs of war. With few, if any, Australians alive today able to remember and even fewer remembering how it felt to be...
Sustainment over symbolism: A first-principles fix for Australia’s Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities
June 15 2026
Opinion: A first-principles framework for redesigning Australia’s Sovereign Defence Industrial Priorities, separating sustainment from manufacture across three tiers and 14...
Australia supports new US, Iran agreement and Palestine, Israel peace fund
June 15 2026
The Australian government has thrown its support behind an agreement between the United States and Iran.