Australia - Defense and Foreign Affairs

CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY & MEDIA

EARLY WARNING | Winning the War of Words Means Knowing When to Fall Silent

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

Canada’s Pivotal Role in the New Indo-Pacific

Canada is emerging as a major new factor in the Indo-Pacific as well as in polar strategic realities, particularly since the forced separation of Canada from its stagnant, seven decade-old security situation subordinate to the US.

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

A Modestly-Growing Australia is Losing its Regional Security Dominance

Significant improvements in the sophistication and general capabilities of South-East Asian nations, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, have relegated Australia’s historical strategic and miliary dominance of the region to a reduced significance.

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

Assessing Long-Term Threats and Trends

The most important, least invested, security priority

HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY

How the New Multi-Polar Defense Industrial World Drives Geopolitical Evolution

Global defense industrial thinking is becoming far more entrepreneurial and creative as major defense forces break with absolute strategic integration with the US, or any other major power.

STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE

Beijing Bid to Move Beyond the First Island Chain Marked by a Major Failure

The Solomons situation is a significant one for the broader strategic framework and how it plays out over the coming two-plus years.

HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY

Global Defense Procurement Patterns Set to Change Massively

It seems likely that the US share of the global defense marketplace will begin to peak within the next few years, and then enter a period of decline.

DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES

AUKUS Beyond the China Threat: Where Do India and Indonesia Fit into the Picture?

How much does the AUKUS May 30, 2026, ministerial statement clarify how the alliance is emerging and tackling constant technological and geopolitical evolution?