Analysis

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15 Jul 2026
Stalin once posited, “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we
14 Jul 2026
As the US and its partners race to counter China's grip on critical minerals, Australia and its allies risk mistaking
14 Jul 2026
Russia's championing of SCO enlargement was never really about building a stronger bloc — it was about diluting China's growing
14 Jul 2026
The recent increase in the Pertamax price (non-subsidised fuel) in Indonesia did not directly receive the same public attention compared
09 Jul 2026
In its Maritime Domain Awareness report launch in Jakarta on 7 July 2026, the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI) findings show that Indonesia’s
09 Jul 2026
Australia's mobilisation of its 'amplified middle power diplomacy’ has been a feature as of late, with new agreements signed with
09 Jul 2026
Japan's family law reform now allows joint custody after divorce, but for Australian parents separated from children for years, a
09 Jul 2026
Peace rankings remain valuable measures of domestic stability. But do they capture Australian partnerships that keep the Indo-Pacific's shared waters
02 Jul 2026
Monday’s signing of the Vanuatu-Australia Nakamal Agreement is being hailed as a diplomatic win for Australia in its ‘permanent contest’
30 Jun 2026
The security architecture of the Indo-Pacific is in the middle of a fundamental restructuring. Great-power strategic competition, China’s growing assertiveness
30 Jun 2026
The decision by Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to designate AI-enabled payloads (mission equipment that performs the
25 Jun 2026
Successive crises have pushed the European Union towards forms of collective action that increasingly resemble a federal logic. While the