In one of its bolder steps, Australia’s new Defence Strategy and Force Structure Review is proposing a radical redefinition of the geographical reach of Australia’s strategic priorities. It rejects ...

The traditional foundations of Australia’s strategic policy, and its dominant way of war, have been transformed. This new fact of life was signaled in this month’s 2020 Australian Defense Strategic ...

Australia is secure when Papua New Guinea is secure, and Papua New Guinea is secure when Australia is secure.’ So said Billy ...

To travel in the Asia-Pacific is to reacquaint yourself with geography. Case in point: Australia. For Americans, Australia is Foster's, throwing meat on the barbie (a term I haven't heard once this ...

Australia’s military will rely more on autonomous systems to overcome the disadvantage of having to protecting vast geography, said defense officials who predicted “friction in the system” as the ...

Australian defence minister Richard Marles highlighted security concerns regarding China's growing military presence as a key factor driving closer ties with Indonesia. During his Jakarta visit, ...

Jakarta (AFP) – Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said Thursday that security anxiety over China was partly driving deepening ties with Indonesia in a region riven by rivalry between Beijing ...