How Australia is advancing gender equality in the Indo-Pacific
Women’s rights and protections are regressing on the international stage, from the Taliban’s erasure of women from public life to US President Donald Trump’s misogynistic rhetoric and decision
South Korean district court cancels arrest of impeached President Yoon
A Seoul district court cancelled the arrest of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, citing a technicality in the process of filing a
U.S., EU and Japan increase naval deployments in South China Sea
The U.S., European Union countries and Japan have increased the deployment of warships in the South China Sea in the last year to send “a
China’s congress kicks off, but U.S. tariffs steal the spotlight
The annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliament, kicked off this week. However, judging by the coverage from major news publications, much of
Japan to double recipients of defense aid in check on China
Japan will double the number of countries it provides free defense equipment to in fiscal 2025 as concerns grow about waning U.S. involvement in Asia
U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Thai Marine Corps, Republic of Korea Marine Corps conduct combat marksmanship practice during Cobra Gold 2025
U.S. Marines with the 1st Light Armour Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted combat marksmanship practice at a short bay range with marines from the
The dangerous tension in Europe’s response to Trump
FOUR DAYS after being accused of rejecting peace with Russia and ejected from the White House, Volodymyr Zelensky bent the knee before Donald Trump on March
If Trump’s US abandons liberal idealism, others must pick up the baton
Donald Trump’s description of himself during last week’s excruciating Oval Office meeting as a ‘mediator’ between Russia and Ukraine was revealing even by the standards
Trump’s upending of US intelligence: implications for Australia
Australia has no room for complacency as it watches the second Trump Administration upend the US Intelligence Community (USIC). The evident mutual advantages of the
Indonesia steps up defence relationships, but stays non-aligned
Indonesia has recognised that security affairs in its region are no longer business as usual, though it hasn’t completely given up its commitment to strategic