My parents fled Iran after the revolution as political dissidents, but exile did not end their fight. The struggle for ...

In a startling warning during his trip to Canberra this week, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said global security ...

Security concerns drove the Australian government’s 2025 decision to bring Darwin Port, currently leased to Chinese company ...

Australia is experiencing a once-in-a-generation energy build-out. Offshore wind and distributed energy systems are being ...

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Iran would be more a national-security state than a theocracy, writes Vali R Nasr in his book Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History. Iran’s supreme leader does ...

One factor should dominate global strategic policymaking today: that the Strait of Hormuz will re-open only with the consent of the Iranian government. No amount of US naval power can either force ...

Recent events in the Middle East have turned the fuel vulnerability Australia confronted during the Red Sea disruptions last ...

Allied governments want resilient critical mineral supply chains. Investors want contracted revenue. Capital does not finance separation plants and magnet facilities based on strategic aspiration; it ...

The widening Iran war is not just another Middle Eastern crisis. For Pakistan, it represents a strategic shock with immediate economic, security and political consequences. Situated at the crossroads ...

The main mechanism by which Defence is held accountable to the public for management of its A$20-billion-per-year capability acquisition program has ended. In a press release on 6 March, the ...

Thank you for the invitation to appear today in relation to the Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill. I register my strong support for the establishment ...

We should welcome the government’s decision to reform Defence’s approach to capability development and defence delivery. This will give a much-overdue opportunity to increase the focus on the future.