Buying the wrong submarine
PETER LAYTON | Nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) are technically incredible. They are akin to the Australian Navy’s conventionally powered Collins Class submarines but much faster,… Read More
Region-China and North East Asia
Change underfoot in the uneasy UK-China relationship?
CAITLIN BYRNE | China’s President Xi Jinping was swift to send his condolences to King Charles III on the passing of the British… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 2: Market-based development vs structural adjustment―same same, but different
RON BEVACQUA | Some comments on the first post in this blog series linked market-based development to the structural adjustment programs (SAPs) pursued by… Read More
Climate conversations and disconnected discourses
MELODIE RUWET | Pacific island leaders have declared climate change to be their most pressing security threat. Meanwhile, the increased presence of China… Read More
Nuclear deterrence: Actions speak louder than words
BROOKE TAYLOR AND PETER LAYTON | Nuclear threats are back with, a hard-nosed, in-your-face rhetoric. The Cold War had crises, but it was primarily… Read More
Digital futures: Driving systemic change for women
ERIN WATSON-LYNN AND TENGEI WANG | As digital technology continues to unlock new financial opportunities for people across Asia and the Pacific, it is… Read More
A view from afar: Australia and the Arctic
ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | The Arctic is once more in geopolitical free fall. Australia should construct an approach to its Arctic interests informed by our… Read More
Answering China’s South China Sea flying safety challenge
PETER LAYTON | China continues to double down on its dangerous intercept of an Australian maritime surveillance aircraft flying in international air space in the… Read More
Indian Ocean rivalries: China and India in the Indian Ocean
PETER LAYTON | China is a one-ocean country with a two ocean posture. In the Pacific, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) focuses on defending… Read More
China, Russia and climate change: why Australia’s place at the NATO Summit was so important
SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER | Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Public Forum that some Australians may not understand… Read More
