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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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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.

Peter Jennings

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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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INQUIRERInquirer

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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commentaryInquirer

The Sydney Opera House can be seen as a Chinese Navel ship departs the Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, Friday, June 7, 2019. Three Chinese Navy ships made a surprise four-day visit to Sydney, with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying it was a reciprocal visit after Australian naval vessels visited China. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

China is pushing us around

Fear of punishment is turning Australia into a regional lapdog for the communist power.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews a naval parade with Chinese and foreign military ships held in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Adjust the strategic vision

Canberra needs to get closer to Joko Widodo’s Jakarta and maintain a polite distance from Xi Jinping’s Beijing.

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Inquirer

Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called

This could easily have been here

Amid the horror of Christchurch, Australian authorities are right to be alert to the threat from neo-Nazis.

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CommentaryOpinion

Suspicion for parliamentary hack must fall on China

It’s the only nation with the motive, means and opportunity for political interference.

Peter Jennings

Inquirer

Syrian displaced people walk in a flooded camp near Kah, in the Idlib province, northeastern Syria, on December 27, 2018. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP)

Bigger challenges await us in 2019

Autocrats from Riyadh to Ankara seem able to get away with anything — as long as they are buying US goods.

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Inquirer

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison gives the keynote address during Asia Society Australia's Asia Briefing Live conference, Sydney, Thursday, November 1, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Canberra alone must control our China ties

It’s risky allowing deals with states or private entities, which don’t take national security into consideration.

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