The independent case for boosting defence

The case for boosting Australian defence spending is compelling and we shouldn’t need US prodding to protect ourselves from growing international threats.

Hastie’s right: it’s time to protect ourselves

Andrew Hastie’s warning that an intellectual failure to accept that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vision for the world will test our democratic values, economy, alliances and security as never before is the blunt wake-up call that Australians need.

Comprehensive coercion: China’s ‘political warfare’ campaign against Australia

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington has released a new report, “Countering Comprehensive Coercion”, which explains how China has been conducting political warfare against Australia for more than a decade.