Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings is director of Strategic Analysis Australia and 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).

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 22, 2019 US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison shake hands during a visit to Pratt Industries plant opening in Wapakoneta, Ohio. - Donald Trump asked Australia to "assist" in discrediting a Russia investigation that has clouded his presidency, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison admitting October 1, 2019 that he agreed to help.Several other calls and meetings between Trump and foreign leaders, including Russia's Vladimir Putin are now under scrutiny. Separately, the Washington Post reported that Attorney General Bill Barr has had multiple contacts with officials and spies in Australia, Britain and Italy in a bid to investigate Mueller and US intelligence findings. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

National security strategy can help build alliances

Australia must move closer to our Pacific neighbours to counter the influence of China.

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Soldiers wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic stand in formation in front of a US-made M110A2 self-propelled howitzer during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9, 2020. - Taiwan currently has just 375 confirmed Covid-19 patients and five deaths despite its close proximity and trade links with China where the pandemic began, but the island and its 23 million inhabitants remain locked out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international bodies after Beijing ramped up its campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan and pressure it economically and militarily. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)

China’s drive to be saviour of the world

With the US dangerously incapacitated by COVID-19, Xi Jinping is seeking to seize a major strategic advantage.

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A nurse adjusts his goggles in an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 coronavirus patients at a hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province.

We’re in a world of trouble

The worst-case scenario for the worsening COVID-19 crisis would be disastrous for global security.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison greets personnel during the official opening of the Joint Strike Fighter building at RAAF base Tindal in Katherine, Northern Territory, Friday, February 21, 2020. (AAP Image/Patrina Malone) NO ARCHIVING

Beijing bully must know this is our neighbourhood

Boosting our northern air force base is a great strategic step in the region.

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Australian Army Corporal Jaymes Hasler from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment helps the crew of a Molongolo Brigade, Regional Fire Service truck, pumping up a flat tyre in Banks, ACT during the Orroral Valley Fire response. *** Local Caption *** The ADF’s bushfire assist efforts have continued in the Australian Capital Territory with support to evacuation and response measures during the Orroral Valley Fire south of Canberra. Facilitated by the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) ADF personnel conducted a variety of tasks including land clearing for fire breaks and emergency vehicle access and the mixing and loading of fire retardant liquids for aerial firefighting.

Let’s fight fires with the professionals

The Prime Minister should waste no time in creating a special military force to help combat natural disasters.

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) during their bilateral meeting at the Northern Territory Parliament House in Darwin on November 16, 2018, on the sidelines of Abe's visit to Papua New Guinea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. (Photo by Michael FRANCHI / POOL / AFP)

Area’s strategic value not lost on friends and rivals

It’s been obvious for years that other nations see more strategic value in northern Australia than our own government and forces.

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Many ways to conflict, few to peace

Australians could wake up this morning to news of a US drone and missile attack on Iranian military targets.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump from the USA at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France on Sunday, August 25, 2019. Picture: Adam Taylor/PMO

PM’s ‘golden opportunities’ must count

Here are four ideas Scott Morrison should put to Donald Trump during his rare, privileged state dinner.

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A supplied image obtained on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, of members of 16th Regiment armed with their RBS-70 watch over the battle field as two US Army Apache Attack helicopters demonstrating their capability at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland. Talisman Sabre 2019 (TS19) is a bilateral combined Australian and United States (US) training activity that around 25,000 Australian and U.S. military personnel will participate in over the next month. (AAP Image/Supplied by The Department Of Defence) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

We can’t be neutral in new cold war

The case of the Chinese ship loitering off the coast to spy on our biggest defence exercise is just the start. Scott Morrison faces some hard decisions now.

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USS WASP at Garden Island, Sydney, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Risk and reward for Australia

There’s much to be gained from the Trump administration’s evolving strategy to counter the rise of China.

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