When Narendra Modi arrives in Australia this week, much of the focus will rightly be on how far the India–Australia relationship has travelled. This will be his third visit (Opens in new window) as ...

Australians register historic levels of distrust and unease in 2026 Charles Lyons-Jones ...

Professor Alan Lopez AC FAHMS is a Melbourne Laureate Professor and the Rowden-White Chair of Global Health and Burden of Disease Measurement at The University of Melbourne. Professor Alan Lopez AC ...

Most analysis of Taiwan’s security predicament begins from the outside: in particular on Chinese military modernisation, the credibility of American extended deterrence, the risk of armed conflict ...

To respond to China’s long-standing dominance of the rare earth market and its use of that dominance as a tool of diplomatic pressure when necessary, Japan is accelerating its effort to elevate rare ...

Australian maritime security is entering a period of profound change. The planned expansion of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet, the introduction of nuclear-powered submarines, and ...

Late last month, an Indian citizen named Prema Thongdok, who was travelling from London to Japan, was detained for 18 hours on her layover in Shanghai. Chinese officials claimed her passport was ...

Google is laying new submarine cables along Australia’s northern and western approaches. The routes will link to a planned Google AI data centre on Christmas Island, likely building on an existing ...

For North Korea's nuclear arsenal, 2025 has been a relatively quiet year. It neither tested a nuclear weapon nor fired an intercontinental ballistic missile. For now, the conventional military balance ...

The Finns are nothing if not prepared. Through their doctrine of “comprehensive security”, they have built a whole-of-society approach to protecting their country. This involves each element of the ...

The New York Times reported at the weekend that Donald Trump has shelved his plans to attend the Quad summit in India, following a testy exchange with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The resulting ...

As in most conflicts, Myanmar’s wars are being fought in the financial realm as much as they are physical and kinetic. For the military junta trying to destroy resistance to their rule, this financial ...