A priority for India–Australia cooperation: underwater domain awareness
India and Australia need to start cooperating in detecting, monitoring and understanding what’s going on underwater. As submarines, especially small, uncrewed ones, proliferate in the
Japan and Australia need a broad defence treaty
A comprehensive defence treaty between Japan and Australia is overdue. The 50th anniversary of the two countries’ Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, to be
Trump agrees 11th-hour ceasefire with Iran
Donald Trump has announced a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, bringing a conditional pause to their 39-day war in the Middle East. The announcement was
How the 11th-hour US-Iran ceasefire unfolded
On Tuesday night, and with 90 minutes left on his own doomsday clock, Donald Trump announced a breakthrough in the war with Iran: a two-week ceasefire. “Subject
The nuclear bomb-shaped hole in Trump’s Iran win
As he announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran with just 90 minutes to spare before his deadline, Donald Trump was already claiming victory. Earlier that day, he
Tehran’s $500bn ‘tollbooth’ would change shape of Middle East forever
Oil tankers used to sail down the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. But since Feb 28, any seeking to cross the 21-mile-wide waterway have had
Greens open door to anti-Zionist who said Israel was ‘Hitler’s bastard offspring’
The Green Party has opened its doors to a notorious anti-Zionist who once described the Israeli state as “Hitler’s bastard offspring”. Tony Greenstein, who also accused Israel
Old enemies meet in Beijing as China promotes its influence in Taiwan
Meetings between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) are now routine, no longer tentative or discreet but frequent and increasingly public. From
Taiwan matters. Australia needs to understand why
When Australians think about Taiwan, the focus is often narrow: a distant sovereignty dispute in the Taiwan Strait, or a potential flashpoint between China and
Timor-Leste and its partners need to step up as Chinese interest in Timorese waters increases
Australia and its partners need to monitor the developments in China’s engagement with Timor-Leste carefully. Canberra should also, ideally, implement proactive initiatives to strengthen its