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If Trump turns on us, it might force Canberra to think about what there is to Australian foreign policy other than the US alliance, writes James...
The noise over meeting US demands on military spending underlines the fundamental problem at the heart of Australian defence policy: there is no...
Elsewhere, Donald Trump’s return is being noticed, and acted upon with decisive swiftness. But it is not happening in Australia yet.
The petulant demand of tribute to the Trump empire and his transactional ethos surely now challenges the agreed balance sheet between Australia and...
The only certain thing is that the US president challenges all the assumptions Canberra has ever made about American security guarantees.
Trump’s “snatch-and-grab” foreign policy rejects the belief in US primacy and exception that was sliding towards a military confrontation with China.
Instead of caution from Canberra, the prime minister and opposition leader are posturing over who can best influence the mad king.
Just before Christmas, the Albanese Government released the findings of a report into how much funding the federal government contributes to those...
A new report into the funding of Australian strategic think tanks raises consequential issues for Australia’s global engagement
The government is under fierce attack for its UN voting patterns on Gaza, but it is voting in keeping with global norms.
A presidential brain snap in South Korea has revived dark memories of the country’s past, with potentially damaging geopolitical ripples across...
Fears of American isolationism ignore that the president-elect’s international relations capabilities might be better than many think once he takes...
While Australians were absorbed by the US election, the new leader of their large neighbour was busy strengthening ties with Russia and China.
For years Australia has looked the other way when talk of the end of US primacy has been raised. Now we can’t avert our eyes.
Despite the mediocrity of the candidates, America is not down for the count. But it is wasting precious time to redefine its world role
No matter who is in the White House after November 5, the US’ carefully structured latticework of alliances that underpins its regional primacy...
A particular type of rhetorical syrup that “oozes over cracks” in the Australia-Britain relationship will be on full display.
The prime minister is a political operator rather than a visionary. His inability to persuade and sustain arguments is beginning to show. Anthony...
Shigeru Ishiba set diplomatic pulses racing with his proposal, but the idea has been just as quickly shelved.
The Israeli prime minister continues to thumb his nose at Washington, and a wider war might well be the very October surprise Kamala Harris fears.
The election remains Trump’s to lose. But the chaos that might follow if he doesn’t win is now concentrating minds among US regional allies.
Irrespective of the result in the Bledisloe Cup, the local game’s structural problems only look to be getting worse.
Donald Trump wants to end the conflict in Ukraine, but would have fewer guardrails in office. However, Kamala Harris might take a harder line on...
Trump wants to end the conflict in Ukraine but would have fewer guardrails in office. However, Harris might take a harder line on China than we think.
The vice president laced her rhetoric on foreign policy with the triumphalism that Democrats have now adopted with more gusto than their Republican...
Asia posturing. At least the Americans discern no contradiction in Australian strategic policy, but the government continues to contort its...
At least the Americans discern no contradiction in Australian strategic policy, but the government continues to contort its messaging.
Even as Australia has become more multicultural, the best we can manage is a pragmatic relationship punctuated with fits of enthusiasm.
The new defence agreement with Jakarta is a welcome development, but the government claims too much too soon about its place in history.
Democrats have become the true believers in the American mission. Republicans will be more prudential in assessing foreign policy capacities.
The government is prioritising platitudes over substance as critics question the $368 billion nuclear submarine project.
The institutions that Britain brought – parliamentary democracy, the rule of law, an independent judiciary and a free press – are the very...