NATO will give PM a shot to out Macron
Australia’s fundamental interest is to build tighter defence partnerships with like-minded democracies. Not attending NATO means we risk fighting alone.
Our Team
Latest
In burying AUKUS review, Defence already fails
Surely a review commissioned by a previous government can be handed to a new government?
Time to return fire against AUKUS naysayers
AUKUS needs to be sold in the square of public opinion every day until the boats arrive. You can be certain its critics will only grow louder.
12 steps towards delivering AUKUS success
Anthony Albanese mustn’t close the defence ledger thinking ‘job done’. There is no more important task for his prime ministership than to ensure AUKUS’ delivery.
Deliver on AUKUS or lose the alliance
Australia needs the alliance more than it needs nuclear-powered subs. Failing on AUKUS would leave Washington concluding that Australia was a trivial country, not worth the effort.
Show some steel on China’s investment in our critical assets
The decision to open the gates on an enormous investment from one of Beijing’s most favoured state-owned enterprises is a huge mistake.
With eye on Beijing, it’s urgent we step up support for Kyiv
The choice is to sustain a bloody stalemate or give Kyiv the means to press for a decisive military advantage. Why? Because China sees Ukraine as shaping Beijing’s own plans for military domination.
We’ve lost a wise, bold strategist on national security
Jim Molan was a big ideas man operating in spaces – the Army, Defence, the Liberals, Parliament – that want ideas small and tightly wrapped.
Beijing’s real New Year message: don’t rock the boat
China will fight against AUKUS every way it can. The strategic pact transforms Australia’s role in the Indo-Pacific and proving our seriousness of intent to the Americans is needed to make it work.
Memo PM: on AUKUS, you need to lead it or lose it
While Canberra obsesses about its relations with China, our profoundly more important relationship with the US is often taken for granted, especially with Washington’s isolationist instincts never far below the surface.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/peter-jennings/page/9