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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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We need Darwin Port in our hands

The risk of Indo-Pacific conflict is sharply rising and Darwin is emerging as a strategic location not just for Australia, but for our allies.

Peter Jennings

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We’ll be on this rollercoaster for years

While Scott Morrison and his senior look confident, China’s rhetoric suggests panic is seeping in. The question now is, what do we do about New Zealand?

Peter Jennings

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 2, 2021, US President Joe Biden speaks about the March jobs report in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - President Joe Biden hopes to give a shot of adrenaline to the planet's sluggish fight against climate change with an Earth Day summit but a question lingers -- can the United States be trusted to lead? (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Biden’s big blunder on Afghanistan

The US President forgets that this war was fought defending US and Australian interests. And the next one will be, too.

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US President Joe Biden speaks during remarks on the implementation of the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 15, 2021. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)

US brings weight to Quad as China airs contempt

The risk of a slide into conflict is clearly playing on the Prime Minister’s mind.

Peter Jennings

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(FILES) This file US Navy photo shows the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)as it is moored pier side at Naval Base Guam on May 15, 2020. - A US aircraft carrier group sailed into the South China Sea on a so-called

We must be ready to fight our corner as tensions rise

Whatever Joe Biden does about Taiwan, he will expect Japan and Australia to be there.

Peter Jennings

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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - JANUARY 08: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks after he announced cabinet nominees that will round out his economic team, including secretaries of commerce and labor, at The Queen theater on January 08, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden announced he is nominating Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as his commerce secretary, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh his labor secretary and Isabel Guzman, a former Obama administration official, as head of the Small Business Administration. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

PM can act swiftly to help shape US policy

No global leader is better placed than Scott Morrison to shape a more activist US engagement in the Indo-Pacific.

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Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles travel past Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing Thursday Sept. 3, 2015. REUTERS/Andy Wong/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

China’s military build-up outpaces US

Xi Jinping is shaping to make the People’s Liberation Army his primary vehicle for driving the party’s strategic aims this year.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 20: Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army's Honour Guard Battalion wear protective masks as they stand at attention in front of photo of China's president Xi Jinping at their barracks outside the Forbidden City, near Tiananmen Square, on May 20, 2020 in Beijing, China. China's government will open its annual weeklong meetings known as the 'two sessions' at the Great Hall of the People on May 21st. They were delayed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After decades of growth, officials recently said China's economy had shrunk in the latest quarter due to the impact of the coronavirus epidemic. The slump in the worlds second largest economy is regarded as a sign of difficult times ahead for the global economy. While industrial sectors in China are showing signs of reviving production, a majority of private companies are operating at only 50% capacity, according to analysts. With the pandemic hitting hard across the world, officially the number of coronavirus cases in China is dwindling, ever since the government imposed sweeping measures to keep the disease from spreading. Officials believe the worst appears to be over in China, though there are concerns of another wave of infections as the government attempts to reboot the worlds second largest economy. Since January, China has recorded more than 82,000 cases of COVID-19 and at least 4000 deaths, mostly in and around the city of Wuhan, in central Hubei province, where the outbreak first started. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

2021: The year of the wolf warrior at our door

China will keep punishing Australia in 2021 and Beijing clearly thinks it has a window of opportunity to advance its military control in the region.

Peter Jennings

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Drew Pavlou, University of Queensland students protest against the uni's China-aligned Confucius Institute, St Lucia. Picture: Liam Kidston.

On China, we’ve sold ourselves out

Communist China, a repressive regime with diametrically opposed strategic objectives, now dominates our research horizons.

Peter Jennings

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This US Navy photo released April 29, 2020 shows The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducting underway operations on April 28, 2020 in the South China Sea. - Barry is forward-deployed to the US 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea challenging China's claim to the area, the Navy said April 29, 2020. The USS Barry undertook the so-called

How to fight back against Beijing

Australia has a chance to shape Joe Biden’s strategy for the Indo-Pacific to secure a major increase in US military power in the region.

Peter Jennings

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