'For decades, Australia assumed economic power flowed from geology. Resource wealth delivered export earnings, government revenue and strategic confidence. The emergence of China Mineral Resources Group over the past four years suggests otherwise,' writes John Coyne.
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'Australian strategic policy can follow a pattern where a crisis creates a momentum of visits and statements, only for the relationship to drift once the pressure fades. With the UAE, Canberra must break this pattern,' writes Adel Abdel Ghafar.
'As vital as the US is to Australia and Britain, an advantage of AUKMIN is that America doesn’t share the stage. It reminds the public that both countries share interests not brokered through Washington,' write Alex Bristow and Justin Bassi.
'The Security Council remains the only forum with the formal authority to name and manage the gravest crises, and reform to restore its credibility is worth pursuing. But realism about its current capacity is now a precondition for sound strategy,' write James Corera and Justin Bassi.
'When even a quiet, reliable partner of nearly 200 years can be publicly threatened, the message is clear that today’s ally can quickly become tomorrow’s target,' writes Adel Abdel Ghafar.
'Contested logistics is ultimately about time: time to detect, move, repair, reroute, surge and endure. Nations that can maintain operational tempo while absorbing disruption gain a major strategic advantage,' writes John Frewen.
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'The US munitions industrial base remains inadequate to meet current operational demands and support credible ally commitments simultaneously,' writes Frank Rose.
The US commitment to Indo-Pacific stability is being tested not by strategic ambiguity but by industrial reality. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s recent notification to Japanese Defense Minister S...
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The UN General Assembly has just strengthened the case for minilateralism, the gathering of small coalitions to act when international institutions fail. On 3 June it had a chance to do what we argued...
AUKUS is likely to dominate coverage of this week’s meetings between Australian and British foreign and defence ministers (AUKMIN) in London. All four ministers should use the opportunity to take back...
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President Donald Trump’s 27 May threat to ‘blow up’ Oman if it didn’t fall into line was strategically self-defeating. With one off-the-cuff remark, the United States risked damaging the one quiet, tr...
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Australia’s next fight will be won or lost in the logistics battlespace. In the Indo-Pacific, supply chains have moved from the background to the foreground of strategy, and Australia’s north now sits...
For decades, Australia assumed economic power flowed from geology. Resource wealth delivered export earnings, government revenue and strategic confidence. The emergence of China Mineral Resources Grou...
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The time is right for Australia and the United Arab Emirates to deepen their defence relationship. For both countries it would be one of the most substantial partnerships outside existing formal allia...
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