In one of its bolder steps, Australia’s new Defence Strategy and Force Structure Review is proposing a radical redefinition of the geographical reach of Australia’s strategic priorities. It rejects ...
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How Australia Became a Major Pacific Power

No longer a quiet outpost on the far-bottom of the Anglosphere, Australia is now a frontline democracy in the 21st century’s ...
“Australia is an island, a continent and a nation” lying at intersect of North America and the Indian and Pacific Oceans. To travel in the Asia-Pacific is to reacquaint yourself with geography. Case ...
Australia’s military will rely more on autonomous systems to overcome the disadvantage of having to protecting vast geography, said defense officials who predicted “friction in the system” as the ...
Schools in Australia have been strongly pushing for a greater focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) subjects beginning in the primary level. On Friday, Sept.18, the country's ...
Australian defence minister Richard Marles highlighted security concerns regarding China's growing military presence as a key factor driving closer ties with Indonesia. During his Jakarta visit, ...
Jakarta (AFP) – Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said Thursday that security anxiety over China was partly driving deepening ties with Indonesia in a region riven by rivalry between Beijing ...