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The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), one of the nation’s premier centers for understanding competition and conflict, today announced the appointment of Dr. Sameer Lalwani as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow. Dr.

Optus’s troubles shine a light on the company’s ultimate controller, the hydra-headed Singapore Inc.

Major construction, funded by the U.S. and Australian governments, is underway in Australia’s Northern Territory for facilities that will be used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.

An armada of warplanes deployed to the Indo-Pacific by the United Kingdom, France and Germany signals the Europeans’ commitment to reinforce the region in a crisis.

In Exercise Koolendong, U.S. and Australian forces are simulating a crisis response, Australia’s Defense Department said.

Almost 400 Russian diplomats have been expelled around the world. Australia is a hold-out. Why?

U.S. Navy warships would be welcome at a $7.5 billion navy base that Australia is building to support a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, according to Australian security experts.

Revolutionary stealth bombers and nuclear-powered submarines could change the security game for Australia.

The art of war talk: Pezzullo’s mixed message has some on edge Amid tensions between Canberra and Beijing, the wisdom of comments by the Home Affairs Department Secretary that the drums of war are beating is fiercely contested. Home Affairs Department secretary Michael Pezzullo says the war drums are beating.  Alex Ellinghausen Save Share Departmental secretaries should be seen and not heard. That’s the view within some senior elements of the Morrison government after Home Affairs ...

By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 29, 2021 Australia will invest $582 million to improve bases and training areas in its Northern Territory that are used by a rotational force of U.S. Marines, the country’s Defence Department announced Wednesday. Upgrades will be made to Robertson Barracks, home to Marine Rotational Force — Darwin during annual six-month deployments, as well as ranges at Kangaroo Flats, Mount Bundey and Bradshaw, where the Marines train, the department s...