Japan and Australia have been asked by Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby to detail their commitments in the case of a U.S.

The US might yet save us from ourselves by adding conditions to the nuclear submarine agreement that no Australian government ...

The president should recognize those who are truest to his purported nationalist worldview.

Political analyst Joe Siracusa says Elbridge Colby is trying to "embarrass" the Australian government through his AUKUS ...

Elbridge Colby’s recent decision to formally request how—and when—Australia and Japan would respond to any outbreak of hostilities in the Indo-Pacific between the United States and China was prudent.

Colby has concluded Australia is not properly financing AUKUS because it lacks a defence budget that meets the submarine ...

Australia will not promise troops in advance for any future war, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy said on Sunday, pushing ...

Australia will not commit troops in advance to any conflict, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy said on Sunday, responding ...

The United States may ask Australia to pay more under the AUKUS pact as Under-Secretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby ...

The Pentagon has contacted Japan and Australia to determine their potential involvement if the U.S. and China were to engage ...

Coalition frontbencher James Paterson has said it “wouldn’t be appropriate” for the US to force Australia to commit to a ...

Australia is standing firm against US pressure to declare what part it could play in a broader conflict against the backdrop ...