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Trade and economics

2025 Economic Security Tracker

8 July 2025
Interactive byTom Barrett, Sahara Hoff
Close up of US President George W. Bush at a press conference with Australian Prime Minister John Howard
Trade and economics

AUSFTA at 20: The past, present and future of the US–Australia trade and investment relationship

8 July 2025
Explainer byTom Barrett
HIMARS fire in unison from the US Army 17th Field Artillery Brigade at a multi-national live firepower demonstration at Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023
Defence

Partnering for forward deterrence in the Indo-Pacific: Overcoming barriers to US-Australia cooperation on Australia’s GWEO Enterprise

7 July 2025
Report byDr Cynthia R. Cook, Kester Abbott
US President Donald Trump
US politics

Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ has passed the US Senate – these are the winners and losers

2 July 2025
Commentary byLester Munson
US politics

By the numbers | Breakdown of universal injunctions

2 July 2025
Interactive byMari Koeck
A US P8 Poseidon crew participate in an Anti Submarine Warfare mission off Darwin during Exercise Kakadu 2016
The Indo-Pacific

Converging currents: A case for enhanced Australia-India-US maritime intelligence sharing and security cooperation in the Indian Ocean

1 July 2025
Brief byCommander Phil Johnston RAN
US President Donald Trump
US politics

Trump’s irresistible force flattens immovable objects

30 June 2025
Commentary byBruce Wolpe
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Defence

The pressure on defence spending will not abate

28 June 2025
Commentary byDr Michael J. Green
US President Donald Trump in the Situation Room.
US politics

Trump shifted geopolitical assumptions about America by bombing Iran

27 June 2025
Commentary byDr Michael J. Green
US politics

Key players in the Trump administration — and what they mean for Australia

27 June 2025
Explainer bySamuel Garrett, Ava Kalinauskas, Annabelle Brophy
President Lee Jae-myung
The Indo-Pacific

What does Lee Jae Myung’s victory mean for South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy, and for Australia?

26 June 2025
Explainer byKester Abbott
US President Donald Trump
US politics

Trump’s decision to bomb Iran exposes fissures in US politics

23 June 2025
Commentary byLester Munson