As the conflict in the Middle East intensifies, a question that has received little attention is whether the war could extend ...

Stories of past disasters help prevent complacency. When survivors recount their experiences and how events unfolded, they ...

John Augé is the Program Manager for the Australia Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he manages initiatives related to United States–Australia relations, as ...

This was always going to be a complicated campaign. Modern wars rarely follow a predetermined plan, especially when conventional armies, proxy networks, and developing technology are involved. While ...

India, which holds the world’s fifth‑largest rare earth reserves, remains heavily dependent on China for 80-90% of its magnets and related materials. This vulnerability became clear when China ...

Recent crises show how quickly smaller states can be drawn into conflicts they neither choose nor control. Many have responded by seeking gains from great‑power competition, but the “gains‑maximising” ...

At the early stages of many conflicts, there is often hope that the crisis can be contained quickly. However, conflicts such as the Iraq War, the Syrian Civil War, and [...] ...

Dr Abraham Alvandi is an Australian researcher and academic with a South Azerbaijani background. He is actively engaged in academic and leadership roles within the digital health sector. In addition ...

What the years of war in Ukraine have shown is that, while initially seen primarily as a victim of Russia’s illegal aggression, Ukraine has developed several successful defence and security [...] ...

Dr Iryna Skubii is a historian of Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe. Dr Skubii is the inaugural Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies and Senior Research Fellow at [...] ...

For most of the twentieth century, airpower was one of the most costly components of military strength. Fighter jets, strategic bombers, and advanced missile systems necessitated massive financial ...

Australia announced defensive military assistance to Gulf countries amid escalating Iranian attacks, the government assisted Australians returning home amid travel disruptions in the Middle [...] ...