Canberra ties the knot with Washington
After decades of hanging in the US–China balance, Australia has finally chosen the Washington way. ...
Australia, Japan and the new web of Indo-Pacific minilateralism
The rise of minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific heralds a new way of cooperating with the potential to provide diverse strategic…
Reassessing Australia’s military spending rationale
Author: John Quiggin, UQ Australia’s purchase of nuclear submarines under the AUKUS agreement has been framed in terms of the…
Southeast Asia hedges between feasibility and desirability
Author: Cheng-Chwee Kuik, National University of Malaysia Can Southeast Asian states continue to hedge as US–China rivalry intensifies? To answer…
Australia’s defence ambitions need Southeast Asian trust
Author: Aristyo Rizka Darmawan, ANU Since its announcement in September 2021, AUKUS has been hotly debated both in Australia and…
The Australia–Indonesia relationship is bigger than the bilateral
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Indonesian President Joko Widodo will land in Sydney this week to kick off his fifth official…
Bringing more ambition to the Australia–Indonesia relationship
Authors: Peter Drysdale, ANU and Rizal Sukma, CSIS Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s visit to Australia this week, likely his last…
AUKUS navigational rights are submerged in regional challenges
Author: Donald R Rothwell, ANU Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines will enjoy the freedom of navigation beyond Australian waters and freely…
The navigational rights of AUKUS submarines
Author: Donald R Rothwell, ANU A legal foundation for AUKUS is the freedom of navigation. This raises some fundamental issues…
Southeast Asia schools Australia on its search for strategic equilibrium
Author: Evelyn Goh, ANU In her travels over the past 10 months, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has referred repeatedly…