Job-sharing and flexibility: ideas for ADF recruitment
The Australian Defence Force needs new approaches to recruitment and retention. It should look at sharing people with industry and consider reducing induction training, while
Forget NATO membership for Ukraine; instead trade it for Ukrainian sovereignty
Recent calls for Ukraine to join NATO are unrealistic at best and unwise at worst. Arguments advanced typically rely on a series of myths about
Nuclear Shadows Over South Asia: Strategic Instabilities in the China-India-Pakistan Triad
The China-India-Pakistan triad arguably poses a more serious threat of nuclear use than the ongoing competition between China, Russia, and the United States. Recent attention
Japan holds ceremony on 79th anniversary of Nagasaki bombing
The event commemorates those killed when the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city. This year’s event was boycotted by the US and
China appeals to WTO over European tariffs on electric cars
The EU claims that Chinese electric car makers received government subsidies that unfairly undermined their European rivals. China says it has resorted to the WTO
Philippines, Vietnam coast guards hold first joint drills
The Philippines and Vietnam both claim part of the strategic waterway’s Spratly archipelago. However, China also lays claim over almost the entire South China Sea.
Nippon Steel pivots away from China to zero in on U.S., India
The company plans to raise its crude steel production capacity to 100 million tonnes from 66 million tonnes today. The extra capacity will be set
Australian defense chief defends updated military deal with U.S., U.K.
Australia’s top defense official on Fridaypushed back againstcriticism that the planned acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines would leave the country beholden to the U.S. The comments
U.S. wants Japan to co-produce 100-plus Patriot missiles
The U.S military would like Japan to produce more than 100 Patriot missiles, according to the Pentagon’s top official for acquisitions, as the two countries
USAF, RAAF demonstrate interoperability in austere
U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptors assigned to the 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron conducted hot pit refuels alongside Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned