Australia’s alliance with the United States, as former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who is now Canberra’s ambassador in Washington, once remarked, is the “bedrock” of the country’s foreign and defense policy. Since the end of World War II, Australia’s security and prosperity have been predicated not only on the primacyContinue Reading
The decision of the new U.S. administration under President Donald Trump to pause funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and place all direct hire personnel on administrative leave – bar a small number of specific life-saving projects – has implications beyond the operations of American NGOs workingContinue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent announcement that “the U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip” has sent tremors through the international system, generating a wave of condemnation, raising critical legal questions, and provoking widespread concerns about the potential consequences for regional security. While much of the initial focus has beenContinue Reading
This week Australia’s Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles had his first phone call with the United States’ newly confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The call was a conventional formal exchange of pleasantries and an attempt to build a rapport with a counterpart from a newContinue Reading
