The 2 percent NATO benchmark is a red herring
PETER LAYTON | The usefulness of America’s allies was severely questioned during Donald Trump’s election campaign. Allies were presented as costing America a considerable amount… Read More
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Advance Australia where?
IAN HALL | The report in the Washington Post that President Donald Trump berated Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over the refugee settlement deal and… Read More
Burma’s Rohingya Muslims mourn the end of the Obama era — and worry about Trump
ANDREW SELTH | Burma’s Rohingya Muslims have been described as the most friendless people in the world. But for the past four years they… Read More
Trump’s Taiwan chat a wake-up call for Australia’s national security establishment
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to take a phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has reinforced existing concerns about his ability to handle the… Read More
Don’t give up on the US in Asia just yet
MICHAEL HEAZLE | Contrary to Hugh White’s argument that we’re better off appeasing China than risk going to war with Donald Trump, we are… Read More
A new approach to security in East Asia
The security situation in East Asia is precarious. There is the possibility that a war over regional supremacy may take place between China and Japan;… Read More
On stranger tides: Understanding the strategic competition in the South China Sea
The South China Sea (SCS) is a critical economic and strategic gateway within the Indo-Pacific that has been the topic of much academic and political… Read More
Solving Northeast Asian security
North Korea’s fifth nuclear test in early September 2016 has intensified the security predicament in Northeast Asia. China faces a strategic dilemma: deal with North… Read More
Lifting US sanctions: right or wrong?
Lee Morgenbesser looks at the case for and against dropping economic restrictions on Myanmar. Two weeks ago the Obama administration declared that it will drop… Read More
ANZUS pact needs a gold-standard upgrade under Clinton or Trump
PETER LAYTON | Now that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have secured US presidential nominations, the Turnbull government has a narrow window of opportunity to… Read More
