At the early stages of many conflicts, there is often hope that the crisis can be contained quickly. However, conflicts such as the Iraq War, the Syrian Civil War, and [...] ...

India, which holds the world’s fifth‑largest rare earth reserves, remains heavily dependent on China for 80-90% of its magnets and related materials. This vulnerability became clear when China ...

Recent crises show how quickly smaller states can be drawn into conflicts they neither choose nor control. Many have responded by seeking gains from great‑power competition, but the “gains‑maximising” ...

What the years of war in Ukraine have shown is that, while initially seen primarily as a victim of Russia’s illegal aggression, Ukraine has developed several successful defence and security [...] ...

Dr Abraham Alvandi is an Australian researcher and academic with a South Azerbaijani background. He is actively engaged in academic and leadership roles within the digital health sector. In addition ...

Dr Iryna Skubii is a historian of Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. Dr Skubii is the inaugural Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies and Senior Research Fellow at [...] ...

As election officials completed the final count on the night of February 12, the scale of Bangladesh’s political ...

When Anthony Albanese raised concerns in Beijing about the PLA Navy’s live-fire exercise off Australia’s east coast, Xi Jinping’s reply was blunt: Chinese ships will exercise where they like in [...] ...

In February 2026, Australia and Indonesia signed a landmark bilateral Common Security Treaty. The deal enables Indonesia and ...

For most of the twentieth century, airpower was one of the most costly components of military strength. Fighter jets, strategic bombers, and advanced missile systems necessitated massive financial ...

Australia announced defensive military assistance to Gulf countries amid escalating Iranian attacks, the government assisted Australians returning home amid travel disruptions in the Middle [...] ...