July
- Opinion
- AUKUS
AUKUS critics fail to match their speculation with substance
There is a long list of loud objections to the project. But how many of them really stand up to scrutiny?
September 2021
- Opinion
- Royal Australian Navy
How Australia can inject speed into its submarine plan
The peak threats from China are likely to come sooner rather than later. But there are also ways of giving the submarine project a head start.
December 2020
- Opinion
- China relations
Xi is waging more than a trade war
Current tensions between Australia and the Chinese regime are often described as a trade war. It is much more than that. What we are actually seeing is a far-reaching sovereignty war, writes Ross Babbage.
September 2020
- Opinion
- Australia's China challenge
Australia and its allies must learn the Chinese way of war
Beijing's military doctrine is to subvert, exhaust and outlast the enemy. So by preparing for a fast and furious conflict, Washington and Canberra are getting ready to fight the wrong war.