Collisions attributed to poor on-board standards have damaged the US Navy’s credibility. The OOD admitted she had violated the commanding officer’s standing orders several times during the overnight ...

Australia and New Zealand must address the fallout from an appetite for illicit drugs. The Pacific is relying on it. The pandemic has not weakened demand for, or trade in, illicit drugs. This is ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping used his 7–10 May state visit to Russia, which included Second World War commemorations in Red Square, to not only signal China’s ongoing alignment with Moscow but to ...

So declared the late former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, in 2013. Twelve years on, and “Japan is back” is ...

At a meeting of Russia’s Security Council last month, President Vladimir Putin announced proposed changes to the Kremlin’s nuclear doctrine. If implemented, the changes mark a significant departure ...

There is growing concern about the shifting geopolitical environment, the increasing use of military force to settle disputes, and what this means for Australia’s future security and prosperity.

In 2017 the waters of the Persian Gulf are still choppy. There is US President Donald Trump's choice to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, Iran's bluster under President Hassan Rouhani and ongoing US ...

Warren Mundine is an Australian Aboriginal leader and the former National President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He quit the Labor Party in 2012 and was appointed to the position of chairman ...

Richard McGregor is Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s premier foreign policy think tank. Richard is a former Beijing and Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times ...

Dr Michael Fullilove AM is the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute. Over the past two decades, Dr Fullilove has played a leading role in the establishment and development of the Lowy Institute.

Dr Nicholas Morieson is a Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University. He is the author of numerous journal articles on civilistional politics and three books, including most ...