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…
Buy America and subsidies mix with national security to see off the rules based order
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Today the global trade system faces three systemic challenges. None are new, but strategic competition between…
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…
Fiji’s geopolitical tilt
Author: Jose Sousa-Santos, ANU and Anna Powles, Massey University The diplomatic spat surrounding China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma…
China takes centre stage in Middle East diplomacy
Author: Oliver B John, Astrolabe Global Strategy In a move widely hailed in the Persian Gulf and cautiously welcomed by…
Drivers and implications of South Korea’s nuclear debate
Author: Jennifer Ahn, Council on Foreign Relations The recent resurgence of public debate over nuclear weapons in South Korea can…
How can Japan balance deterrence and diplomacy with China?
Author: Madoka Fukuda, Hosei University On 16 December 2022, the Japanese government approved three new strategic documents related to national…
Explaining the resurgence of terrorist violence in Pakistan
Author: Imtiaz Gul, CRSS Islamabad Terrorist attacks in Pakistan peaked in 2013, averaging just under four attacks a day, with…
Strategic competition casts doubt on One China policy
Author: Yuqun Shao, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Pessimism surrounds the future of China–US relations and the possibility of conflict…
India in a world of asymmetrical multipolarity
Author: Jagannath Panda, Institute for Security and Development Policy In the past decade, global geopolitical transitions have gathered momentum. This…