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Australia’s critical minerals strategy must avoid Pinjarra’s mistakes (John Coyne – The Strategist)

The Albanese government’s announcement of a $1.2 billion critical minerals strategic stockpile marks an important step towards securing Australia’s economic future. Yet history warns...

For long-term AI ambitions, Australia should think nuclear (Kyle McCurdy – The Strategist)

Australia’s two major parties are divided over nuclear energy and the future mix of the nation’s power sources. But they are missing Australia’s opportunity...

Australian critical minerals reserve would put country on the right track (John Coyne, Henry Campbell – The Strategist)

Australia’s future prosperity will not be built on nostalgia for past booms. It’ll be forged in the critical supply chains of tomorrow. That’s why...

Trump’s national security strategy: from Pax Americana to Pact Americana (Jahara Matisek, James Farwell – The Strategist)

After 100 days of action, US President Donald Trump’s national security strategy is coming into focus. His second presidency appears to embrace a ‘peace...

Achieving Food Security in Tunisia: What Prospects Lie Ahead? Challenges and Opportunities (Isabelle Tsakok – Policy Center for the New South)

Tunisia’s stagnant growth since the Jasmine Revolution (2011) illustrates that political democracy, when not anchored in economic democracy, is fragile at best. Economic democracy...

The Sahara Conflict and International Law: Reviewing the Legal Debate from an Integrated Perspective (El Mostafa Rezrazi – Policy Center for the New South)

In his thought-provoking book, The Sahara Conflict and International Law: Reviewing the Legal Debate from an Integrated Perspective, Pr. Matsumoto Shoji embarks on an...

What else we could do with the money: AUKUS Plan Bs from a CSBA exercise (Toshi Yoshihara, Casey Nicastro – The Strategist)

Sceptics of AUKUS Pillar 1, the nuclear-submarine element of the Australian-UK-US defence technology partnership, have called on the Australian government to go for a...

Experts see rise of powerful non-state groups as US retreats from global stage (Patrick Tucker – Defense One)

Several trends are giving violent extremist groups a brighter, more profitable future, security officials and experts from around the world said this week at...

European Defence Fund funnels money to drones, hypersonic defense, AI (Rudy Ruitenberg – Defense News)

The European Union’s executive arm picked 62 defense projects for a combined €910 million ($1 billion) in financing in the latest funding round by...

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