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Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) load a F/A-18 aircraft on to an RCAF CC-177 Globemaster for transport back to Canada, as part of the Interim Fighter Capability Project at RAAF Base Williamtown, Australia, February 2020.

Canada and the National Technology and Industrial Base

12 December 2025

Report byDr Alexander Salt, Dr David Perry

Trump’s new security strategy demands Australia step up or step aside

9 December 2025

Commentary byDr Lavina Lee

The first ever trilateral Combat Ammunition Production Exercise (CAPEX) with munitions specialists from Pacific Air Forces, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force, May 2024

Into gear: Defence industrial and technology cooperation between Australia, Japan and the United States

9 December 2025

Report byTom Corben, Guy Boekenstein, Rintaro Inoue, Gregg Rubinstein

Collage of speakers at the conference.

Sydney International Strategy Forum 2025: Conference summary

5 December 2025

Report byLillian Sturhahn, Jared Mondschein

Quad country flags

Allies and partners

Allies and partners poll 2025: Where the Quad countries stand on Trump, security and the future of the Indo-Pacific

4 December 2025

Report bySamuel Garrett, Ava Kalinauskas, Jared Mondschein

Australia chaired the 9th Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission in Melbourne on 21 November 2025

Trade and economics

Explainer | The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Past, present, future

3 December 2025

Explainer bySahara Hoff

US President Donald Trump

Trump’s attacks are worsening. Why is he becoming even more vengeful?

24 November 2025

Commentary byBruce Wolpe

US Congress building

What does the US Congress want with Australia’s eSafety commissioner?

22 November 2025

Commentary byLester Munson

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping

How China and Russia are mastering the long game

22 November 2025

Commentary byDr Lavina Lee

NextGen report cover

Allies and partners

Next generation perspectives on the Australia-US Alliance

21 November 2025

Model of Rolls-Royce Novel Nuclear Technical Showcase representation. Photo captured when Australian Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles MP visited Rolls Royce’s nuclear reactor manufacturing site in Derby in November 2023, where he met Australian industry personnel undertaking placement within the UK defence industry as part of the AUKUS partnership

The UK R&D ecosystem’s strategic capability towards AUKUS Pillar II: Barriers and opportunities

20 November 2025

Brief bySophia Gaston

The heritage kerfuffle and 2028

19 November 2025

Commentary byLester Munson