December 2022
How to take the politics out of national security
Australia should overhaul the way it makes national security decisions to ensure bipartisan support for long-term undertakings like AUKUS.
July 2022
What is Australia’s plan B for China?
The US may not win, and China may not be easily appeased either. We need more eggs in more baskets.
May 2022
How do we keep an eye on our spies?
Our intelligence services have never been more important to us, and democratic governance is part of their strength. But do we need to look at this again?
January 2022
Best decision-making needed as Fortress Australia rejoins the world
The central challenge is striking the right balance between negative and positive globalisation.
November 2021
US seeks recalibration, but China is unlikely to reciprocate
Washington wanted the Biden-Xi meeting to establish guardrails to prevent confrontation. Beijing will probably see that as just code for maintenance of the US-dominated status quo.
October 2021
Why Australia needs a security rebalance
The pandemic has blown up any idea that we can easily spot the future threats to Australia. So how do we prioritise our finite security resources?
August 2021
This is America’s new foreign policy on show
The abandoning of Afghanistan is all about a shift to diplomacy and deal-making, not firepower and force.
May 2021
Australians need clarity on war or peace
An independent annual threat assessment is better than the shapeless war talk voters are getting at the moment.
December 2020
Australia needs America to follow global rules too
Australia's troubles with China won't end until its US ally starts more actively supporting a rules-based world order itself.
July 2020
Why Australia hasn't given up on a rules-based world order
Putting 'negative globalism' talk aside, strategic shocks are forcing Canberra to think about an international system that can protect sovereignty and prevent great power conflict.