I can’t believe it, but it’s only 10 days until my birthday comes around again! This year - please pinch me, is it really ...

The radical return to protectionism is not only possible but necessary for an empire facing an undeniable decline. It has ...

But gunboat diplomacy really only works if the nation that's being coerced ... We have to be capable of strong, independent action. Well, I wrote a book in 2023 that recommended what I called an ...

On August 4, new gunboat attacks were reported in the Gulf ... there might well have been a question in Moscow on that point. It was sound diplomacy, as Johnson saw it, to remove any doubt ...

When three Chinese warships sailed through the Tasman Sea last month, then around Australia, the greater surprise was not their arrival but the hysteria in their wake. Peter Dutton, Australia’s ...

Quiet diplomacy won’t deter Beijing from more dangerous behaviour but will embolden it to repeat its actions. Each instance will show Australia is incapable of doing anything about it until ...