Australia

A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II conducts a flypast over HMAS Sydney during Exercise Tasman Shield on March 28, 2023. (Photo via Australian Government Defense)

Commentary

Failure to Implement the Defense Strategic Review Will Come at a High Price

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Apr 24, 2023

Commentary

3 Min Read

Airfield, buildings, and structures on the artificial island built by China in Spratly Islands on October 25, 2022 (Ezra Acayan via Getty Images)

Commentary

AUKUS Critics Start Argument from a Faulty Place

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Mar 25, 2023

Commentary

7 Min Read

GARDEN ISLAND, Australia – Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) salute the national ensign after arriving at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Feb. 27. Asheville is currently on patrol in support of national security interests in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (Courtesy photo by Australia Department of Defence)

Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville salute the national ensign after arriving at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base on February 27, 2023. (Australia Department of Defence)

Podcast

Russia, China, and AUKUS Submarine Sharing

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Mar 13, 2023

Podcast

GROTON, Conn. (Oct. 29, 2018) The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Indiana (SSN 789) transits the Thames River as it arrives at her new homeport of Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut, Oct. 29. The submarine made the transition from the shipyard to a fully operational, combat-ready vessel after officially joining the fleet on Sept. 29, during a commissioning ceremony in Port Canaveral, Florida. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven Hoskins/Released)

The Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine USS Indiana transits the Thames River as it arrives in Groton, Connecticut, on October 29, 2018. (US Navy photo by Steven Hoskins)

In the Media

What Workforce Will Australia Need to Operate AUKUS Submarines?

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Mar 13, 2023

In the Media

ARDEN ISLAND, Australia - The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) moors at Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Nov. 28. Mississippi is currently on patrol in support of national security interests in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John Hall)

The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi moors at Stirling Naval Base in Western Australia on November 28, 2022. (US Marine Corps photo by John Hall)

Commentary

AUKUS: There Is No Balance in the Region without America

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Feb 27, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

The Hon. Scott Morrison at Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2023. (Madeline Mills)

Commentary

Address to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China Tokyo Symposium

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne at the US Department of State, in Washington, DC, on September 15, 2021. (State Department photo by Ron Przysucha)

Commentary

Down Under, Jitters about National Security

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 13, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flies in front of a U.S. C-17 during an aerial maneuver training mission around the Hawaiian islands as part of Exercise Global Dexterity 2022 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 4, 2022. The RAAF and USAF conducted joint flying missions alongside each other and swapped aircrew members to better learn of each others’ procedures and techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Makensie Cooper)

American and Australian C-17 Globemasters take part in an aerial maneuver training mission in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 4, 2022. (US Airforce photo by Makensie Cooper)

Reports

America’s Next Steps with AUKUS

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Jan 13, 2023

Reports

4 Min Read

BANGKOK, THAILAND - NOVEMBER 19: President Xi Jinping of China enters the APEC Economic Leaders Sustainable Trade and Investment meeting at he Queen Sirikit National Convention Center on November 19, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand is hosting the APEC meetings this year, w

Xi Jinping in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 19, 2022. (Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)

Commentary

Don’t Expect Beijing to Comply with Trade Rules

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Jan 4, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Quad meeting held at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York, on the 23rd of September 2022. From 21 to 23 September 2022, the SDG Action Zone will take place during the High-level Week of the UNGA. Senator, the Hon. Penny Wong, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs attended. The seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly under the theme, “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”.

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong attends a meeting with other QUAD leaders on September 23, 2022. (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia)

Commentary

Diplomatic Reset amid Seamless Strategic Continuity

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Dec 21, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via Sky News)

In the Media

China Is "Opportunistic" about "Concessions" from the Australian Labor Party

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Dec 21, 2022

In the Media

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15, 2022. (James Brickwood/Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Future of Australia-China Relations