In the contemporary international discourse, the term “geopolitics” is everywhere. From the “geopolitics of semiconductors” to the “geopolitics of climate change”, and for issues ranging from the ...

That Australia cannot guarantee regional security via military means should not provoke a feeling of helplessness. It can evidently defend its territory and people for a relatively low cost. Australia ...

By understanding Cambodia’s threat perceptions and the influence of the kingdom’s domestic politics on its defence and foreign policies, Western partners will be better able to balance China’s ...

The article examines the improbability of Western nations, including the United States, engaging in a proxy war in Myanmar.

Over the past year, China’s President Xi Jinping has undertaken two waves of purges of high-ranking military leaders from the People’s Liberation Army. The first wave targeted the PLA Rocket Force, ...

The Mar-a-Lago Accord is an idea floated by Stephen Miran, recently appointed Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers. Such a deal, Miran claims, would address the US current account and ...

Senior US official statements more recently frame it as Xi seizing on 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA’s founding, to complete the material preparation required to make major combat operations ...

Indonesia has officially become a new BRICS partner, joining countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Türkiye, Nigeria, Cuba and Kazakhstan. Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono announced this ...

The Philippines and Japan have finalised a vital security pact after years-long negotiations. The newly-signed Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) is a de facto visiting forces deal, since it ...

The past six months have been a low ebb for Ukraine as it fights to defeat the Russian military’s efforts to ruin and subjugate it. Beginning with last December’s admission by the Ukrainian President ...

Who is Chinese Premier, Li Qiang? That’s the question the Australian government from Anthony Albanese down will be trying to answer during Li’s four-day visit to Australia, the first by a Chinese ...