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For Quad to be taken seriously, it must formalise and expand (Gabriel Otis – The Strategist)

The Quad must formalise through a permanent secretariat and expand to include South Korea and New Zealand to remain relevant to Indo-Pacific security. Now...

Taiwan, South Korea and Japan also need to spend 5 percent on defence (Ju Hyung Kim – The Strategist)

There’s no shortage of measures that the United States’ major East Asian friends could spend an increased defence budget on. NATO allies of the...

Despite it all, China dominates Australian trade—again (David Uren – The Strategist)

China has reasserted its dominance over Australia’s export markets, taking a record of almost 1 billion tonnes of mineral resources and agricultural commodities last...

Reflecting on 25 years of UNSC Resolution 1325 (Susan Hutchinson – The Strategist)

The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda suffers from an ongoing burden: the need for less talk and more action. Invariably, several...

To Resolve Sudan’s Conflict, Merge the Jeddah and Quad Tracks (Areig Elhag – Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

On June 3, representatives from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Senior...

Accelerating Israeli-Palestinian Diplomacy After the Iran War (Ghaith al-Omari – Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

Now that armed hostilities between Iran, Israel, and the United States have come to an apparent close, diplomatic pressure surrounding the Palestinian issue is...

Russia’s military presence in post-Assad Syria: A growing security liability undermining stability (Samer al-Ahmed – Middle East Institute)

Syria witnessed a radical and wide-ranging transformation after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on Dec. 8, 2024. Almost immediately, questions arose as to...

Trump’s Middle East policy arrives at a temporary and fragile limbo (Brian Katulis – Middle East Institute)

Domestic politics has taken center stage in the United States as Congress struggles to pass President Donald Trump’s proposed budget plan under an aggressive...

Disentangling the Five Key Questions on Iran’s Nuclear Program (Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

It’s an issue that won’t go away. Despite the U.S. raids on Iranian nuclear facilities being two weeks in the past, the controversy over...

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