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Australia needs an entente cordiale with Indonesia over nuclear propulsion and non-proliferation (David Engel, The Strategist)

However relaxed and comfortable Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto might be about Australia’s plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs), the visit to Jakarta of French Foreign...

Repeating history? Australia’s new intervention in Solomon Islands (Richard Herr and Aziz Mohammed, The Strategist)

Karl Marx claimed, ‘History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce’, suggesting that failing to learn from experience tells something about those in...

Australia needs a sovereign ICT capability (Gary Waters, The Strategist)

Information and communications technology, encompassing digital services and infrastructure, cybersecurity and software, is ubiquitous throughout the economy and society. As the digital transformation gathers...

ASEAN responses to AUKUS security dynamic (Dino Patti Djalal, East Asia Forum)

When news of the AUKUS agreement broke on 16 September 2021, it caught everyone in Southeast Asia by surprise. While its understood that AUKUS...

Why there are no grand alliances in Asia (Evan Laksmana, East Asia Forum)

The outlines of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy are emerging. Public comments from administration figures indicate that the US is seeking to build more...

Keeping the Five Power Defence Arrangement relevant at 50 (Abdul Rahman Yaacob, East Asia Forum)

November 2021 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA), a consultative defence mechanism involving Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand,...

Serbian anti-mining activists block bridges, roads (Al Jazeera)

Skirmishes have erupted in Serbia between police and demonstrators who blocked roads and bridges to protest against new laws they say favour the interests...

Blinken calls for negotiations amid Ethiopia military escalation (Al Jazeera)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greatly concerned about Ethiopia’s military escalation and called for urgent negotiations over the crisis, a US State...

Sudan military says several soldiers killed in Ethiopian attack (Al Jazeera)

Sudan’s military says several Sudanese soldiers were killed in an attack by Ethiopian forces in a disputed border region. In a statement on Saturday, Sudan’s...

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