Papua New Guinea and Australia didn’t sign a long anticipated Mutual Defence Treaty today. Instead, the prime ministers from both countries issued a last-minute communique, stating that the text had ...

As Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was about to call a national election on 28 March, a Chinese state-owned marine research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao was quietly transiting Bass Strait.

In February 2024, New Zealand’s national government explored an interest in joining AUKUS Pillar II, the strand of the Australia–UK–US security partnership responsible for the… Trump’s trade policy: ...

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Dr Milton Osborne was a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He has been associated with Southeast Asia for more than 60 years since being posted to the Australian ...

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Chinese military activity in the Pacific has reached new levels in the past year. A PLA Navy task group circumnavigated Australia in February, staging a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea between ...

While submarines dominate the headlines, it is Pillar II of AUKUS – the push for cutting-edge capabilities – that could define the partnership’s true legacy. Since its launch in 2021, the ...

Beyond marking the UN’s 80th anniversary, the upcoming General Assembly high-level week, which will take place 23–29 September, promises to feature a crowded agenda – from the war in Ukraine and the ...

The current tension in US-India relations is not just a bilateral issue. It has implications for Australia’s relationship with India. In strictly bilateral terms there is every reason to believe that ...

The New York Times reported at the weekend that Donald Trump has shelved his plans to attend the Quad summit in India, following a testy exchange with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The resulting ...