AUKUS sets sail in the Indo-Pacific
Tuesday
9th May
2023
PETER LAYTON | Australia’s acquisition of a replacement for its Collins class conventional submarine fleet is proving…
Category Archive: Region | China and Northeast Asia
Chinese spy bases on Myanmar’s Great Coco Island? Here we go again
Thursday
4th May
2023
ANDREW SELTH | A little history should help dampen some wild speculation about eavesdropping facilities in the…
Perspectives:Asia | Surviving the new cold war as a middle power
Thursday
9th March
2023
PERSPECTIVES:ASIA | PETER K LEE | In the evolving landscape of the Indo-Pacific, middle powers such as Australia are…
‘No indication of aliens’: spy balloon saga continues to surprise amid rising US–China tension
Thursday
16th February
2023
PETER LAYTON | Over the past week, the US has realised and revealed that an active fleet…
Chinese grey zone spy balloons over the American heartland
Tuesday
7th February
2023
PETER LAYTON | Bizarrely, the Chinese have sent a high-flying spy balloon deep into the American heartland. The…
Australia’s return to must-win wars
Friday
3rd February
2023
PETER LAYTON | It’s been a long time since Australia fought to win a war. Famed military…
Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit!
Monday
23rd January
2023
COLIN MACKERRAS | On 22 January 2023, we celebrate the Chinese New Year, moving from the…
Mad world: global flashpoints to watch in 2023 in the era of ‘polycrisis’
Tuesday
10th January
2023
SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER | When 2022 began, there was trepidation about what might happen in at least…
Who wins in the US, China climate arms race
Friday
4th November
2022
WESLEY MORGAN | This year’s COP27 UN climate summit is being held amid heightened geopolitical competition.
Winning the war at sea: Reshaping the USMC for future naval campaigns
Tuesday
18th October
2022
PETER LAYTON | For more than a century, the purpose of the United States Marine Corps (USMC)…