China loses strategic waters in the South China Sea
As some Southeast Asian claimants have stopped ceding strategic ground in the South China Sea, China must dial back coercion…
Chinese aggression ramps up in the South China Sea
Maritime tensions between China and the Philippines increased markedly in 2023, leading the Marcos administration to step up defence cooperation…
Danger ahead as Kim and Yoon bury inter-Korean detente
Current tensions on the Korean Peninsula are not particularly anomalous, but the looming possibility of Donald Trump’s return to the…
Hong Kong carving its own path of repression
Hong Kong's new national security legislation is symptomatic of its diminished autonomy and civil freedoms, bringing the region further under…
Australia’s international strategy between the US and China
Author: Michael Keating, ANU The starting point for any review of Australia’s international strategy must be an assessment of the…
Settling robust US–China guardrails after Blinken’s and Yellen’s China visits
Author: Sourabh Gupta, ICAS In June 2023, four months after a wayward surveillance balloon blew his impending visit off course,…
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…
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…
Overuse of financial sanctions risks dollar’s role
Author: Martin Chorzempa After a record-breaking wave of new sanctions on Russia, a longstanding debate on whether the overuse of…
Making defence spending sustainable for Japan
Author: Yuki Tatsumi, Stimson Center One of the key highlights of Japan’s three national security documents released on 16 December…