On 25 January, China’s People’s Liberation Army announced that Central Military Commission Vice-Chair Zhang Youxia and Chief of the Joint Staff Department General Liu Zhenli were under investigation ...

Australian maritime security is entering a period of profound change. The planned expansion of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet, the introduction of nuclear-powered submarines, and ...

The long-awaited India–European Union Free Trade Agreement branded as the “mother of all deals” is being celebrated as a triumph of market access. After nearly two decades of stalled negotiations, it ...

The Panama Canal is seemingly far away from Australia and also not on the most crucial trade and logistics routes for Australian businesses. Nevertheless, after the Supreme Court of Panama last week ...

John Edwards is a Senior Fellow at the Lowy Institute and an Adjunct Professor with the John Curtin Institute of Public Policy at Curtin University. He is also a board member of the industry ...

The Tuesday firing (or resignation) of president Donald Trump’s third national security advisor, John Bolton, was hardly a surprise. The rift between the two men had been the subject of news pieces ...

The Australian soldier is routinely depicted in the media as a local hero or a superhero, but rarely as ordinary. Despite the insight Australia’s military people can offer, military voices are often ...

In December 2025, the Australian government announced “the biggest reform to the defence organisation in 50 years”. It relates to centralising arrangements for capability development (deciding what ...

Mick Ryan is a Senior Fellow for Military Studies in the Lowy Institute’s International Security Program. Mick spent 35 years in the Australian Army and had the honour of commanding soldiers at ...