American gun rights advocates are fond of saying that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun ...

In Australian foreign policy, there has long been a tension between those who place preponderant weight on our alliance ...

The Australian Army and the Northern Territory government are aligned on defence strategy. The next step is implementation.

The success of Australia’s nuclear submarine program will depend on whether workforce, education and migration policy can ...

Australia needs a government-led national audit to identify where it is most vulnerable to interruption of critical overseas supply. Once the audit is complete, every available policy lever should be ...

Japan quasi-alliance is not a hedge against US unreliability, nor should it be seen in purely bilateral terms. Rather, it is ...

While Australia correctly prioritises the development of domestic industry, the Australian Defence Force is not a sufficient ...

Indonesia’s defence policy is moving in two directions at once. Externally, it is pursuing procurement and modernisation ...

China won the first critical minerals contest while Australia, India, Japan and the United States were still debating ...

Kyle Wilson, a diplomat and intelligence analyst who was one of Australia’s most influential and globally respected experts ...

The problem with legacy technology is not that organisations do not know the risks. It is that no mechanism forces a decision ...

For no good reason that anyone can see, much of the infrastructure spending for building Australian nuclear submarines is bypassing public accountability. Of the two main sites for AUKUS Pillar One, ...