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Peter Jennings is director of Strategic Analysis Australia and an adjunct fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs. He was executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2012 to 2022. He is a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12) and was a senior adviser for strategic policy to Prime Minister John Howard (2002-03) and chief of staff to Defence Minister Ian McLachlan (1996-98).

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NATO step-up ends honeymoon for Labor and China

NATO step-up ends honeymoon for Labor and China

Albanese’s participation in the NATO summit has rattled Beijing, with its state-run media attacking ‘his lack of diplomatic nous and poor grasp of political realities’.

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(FILES) This file handout photo taken and released by the Presidential Palace on June 6, 2022 shows Indonesiaâs President Joko Widodo (R) and Australiaâs Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) riding bamboo bicycles at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java. - As Indonesian President Joko Widodo led Australia's Anthony Albanese around the lush gardens of a presidential palace south of Jakarta earlier this month, he presented the new Australian prime minister with an unusual gift: a bamboo bike. (Photo by LAILY RACHEV / PRESIDENTIAL PALACE / AFP) / TO GO WITH Indonesia-Australia-transport-lifestyle-environment,FOCUS by Marchio GORBIANO ----- EDITORS NOTE ----RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Albanese lifts the pace on strengthening deterrence

Australia’s most useful contribution to regional security is to ramp up the ADF’s capabilities.

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Albanese’s NATO trip must include a visit to Ukraine

Albanese’s NATO trip must include a visit to Ukraine

The PM is hesitant to travel to Kyiv and meet the remarkable Volodymyr Zelensky, but this should be the easiest decision he will make in office.

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Labor must cancel port lease as part of China strategy

Labor must cancel port lease as part of China strategy

Albanese has a brilliant opportunity to reshape national security by expanding Darwin’s facilities to support a larger defence presence. Failure to do so will weaken our capacity against Beijing’s increasingly aggressive presence.

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Appeasement in our time? That’ll lead to more trouble

Appeasement in our time? That’ll lead to more trouble

Some are calling for Ukraine to settle with Russia by ceding territory, but it must not.

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China’s aggression is risking disaster

China’s aggression is risking disaster

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s increasingly Russian-like risk-taking should be highlighted and condemned.

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This picture taken on May 25, 2022, shows Solomon Island's Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele (L) escorting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) upon his arrival at the Henderson International Airport in Honiara. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)

Why China’s Pacific sweet talk will fail

Beijing’s plan to corral ten Pacific Island countries into an exclusive grouping is a daring attempt to take control of the region.

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Mr Albanese goes to Tokyo to face his first big security test

Mr Albanese goes to Tokyo to face his first big security test

Anthony Albanese may not want to be a national security PM but he most surely will be because of our worsening strategic outlook. He needs all our support to strengthen Australia’s position.

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A Bayraktar TB2 drone during a December military parade in Baku, Azerbaijan, that celebrated the regaining of territory long held by Russian-backed Armenian forces. VALERY SHARIFULIN/TASS/ZUMA PRESS

Ukraine offers a masterclass in asymmetric warfare

Ukraine’s most effective weapon in the fight against Russia costs just $2m — a fraction of the billions we are spending. It’s a lesson for all democracies arming against authoritarian regimes.

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Bungled handling of Darwin port lease a fiasco on both sides

Bungled handling of Darwin port lease a fiasco on both sides

How is it that such a deeply unpopular arrangement, which both leaders rush to condemn, continues to survive?

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