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President Trump celebrating 100 days in office
US politics

Trump's first 100 days: By the numbers

30 April 2025
Commentary byMari Koeck
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Defence

Sure, there’s some unity on defence, but we need a real strategy

24 April 2025
Commentary byProfessor Peter Dean
Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team
The Indo-Pacific

The new face of North Korean sanctions monitoring: Can the MSMT pick up where the panel of experts left off?

22 April 2025
Commentary byDr Christopher J. Watterson
The Prime Minister of Australia The Hon Anthony Albanese MP and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, The Hon. Pat Conroy MP the Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell AO, DSC, and The Department of Defence Secretary, Mr Greg Moriarty at Australian Parliament House, Canberra for the released the public version of the Defence Strategic Review
Defence

Let’s ignore flashy politics, defence needs the basics first

21 April 2025
Commentary byProfessor Peter Dean
W76-2 low-yield nuclear warhead will be launched aboard Trident II D5 missiles
Foreign policy

Trump puts nuclear weapons on the agenda. The world should listen

16 April 2025
Commentary byJane Hardy
China

The obstruction of customs enforcement at privately operated port terminals: A study of Chinese state-owned enterprises

15 April 2025
Books and journals byDr Christopher J. Watterson
The American and Japanese contingents stand at ease while attending the Exercise Yama Sakura 85 Opening Ceremony at Camp Asaka, Tokyo
Allies and partners

A partnership for the AJUS: Operationalising Australia-Japan-United States defence cooperation

14 April 2025
Report byTom Corben, Christopher B. Johnstone, Professor Peter Dean, Professor Tetsuo Kotani
Chairwoman Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and vice chair Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, take their seats before the start of the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing
Foreign policy

Welcome to the 119th Congress: The Appropriations Committees

11 April 2025
Explainer byAlice Nason, Tom Corben, Samuel Garrett
Donald Trump "Liberation Day" speech
Trade and economics

Is this the beginning of the end for Trump?

4 April 2025
Commentary byBruce Wolpe
Donald Trump
Trade and economics

Turmoil in Washington and US power in Asia

4 April 2025
Commentary byDr Michael J. Green
US politics

Assessing Alaska’s top-4 primary and ranked choice voting electoral reform: More moderate winners, more moderate policy

2 April 2025
Books and journals byProfessor Benjamin Reilly
Trade and economics

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’: why the US is on a war footing over tariffs and mass deportations

1 April 2025
Commentary byAssociate Professor David Smith