2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (661+ words) Japan's decision to train again in Townsville makes operational sense. Still, it exposes a deeper strategic problem in how Australia is shaping its northern defence posture. The choice aligns with Japan's immediate training needs. Yet it falls short of delivering…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (382+ words) Amid the upheavals of Donald Trump's second term, Marco Antonio Rubio is getting a fresh look as a possible Republican standard bearer in 2028. The meme, displayed as Rubio in a humorous costume of the moment, developed organically but is premised…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (438+ words) Many analysts may say the world is in a new Cold War, but it isn't, writes Odd Arne Westad in his new book, The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict and Warnings from History. Westad, a renowned historian of the Cold War…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (725+ words) Touring Normandy beaches shortly after D-Day in 1944, General Dwight D Eisenhower reportedly said, "If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here.' Today, space power has achieved the decisiveness of air power, and space, like the air, should be…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (288+ words) Neither country has solved the problem. But together, they hold many of the pieces needed to do so. Australia's existing measures, including the ban on social media for under-16s and the e Safety Commissioner's recent transparency notices to major gaming…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1012+ words) Long-range Ukrainian strikes have dominated recent headlines, and for good reason: they are causing lasting damage. In April, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine's commander-in-chief, said strikes on Russian military infrastructure had caused around $25. 5 billion in damage. But on the battlefield, another trend…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1043+ words) Northern Australia is often described as constrained by distance, workforce and cost. That framing misses the point. By any other definition, it's a greenfield industrial system, with abundant energy, world-class mineral endowment, available land and proximity to Asian markets. Deciding…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (653+ words) The US Air Force just revealed that it was launching a study of a new heavy bomber that might replace the Boeing B-52. The analysis of alternatives in the FY27 budget will look at "future B-52 requirements and costs and/or a new…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (340+ words) China's influence in Solomon Islands is likely to weather the accession to power on 15 May of a prime minister who's less favourable to it than his predecessor. While Australia has improved its relationship with Solomon Islands in the past few…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (288+ words) Southeast Asian countries looking for security against China should shift the weight of their defence spending to deploying highly mobile, mostly inexpensive equipment that it would struggle to counter. These would be strike missiles, cheap drones and surface-to-air missile systems....