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Four corners: China rising
China Rising: The challenges for Australia as China and the US struggle for supremacy in Asia. On Monday night, reporter Peter Greste joins Four Corners for a special report on the rise of China and...
Balancing act: Experts warn we can’t stay out of China’s conflicts
Australia faces an increasing challenge as tensions escalate between China and the United States over the Asia-Pacific region. For the past 20 years, Australia has been trying to balance its...
How ISIS survives defeat: Propaganda and decisive minorities
Despite suffering major losses of territory and personnel, Islamic State (ISIS) has continued to produce propaganda. Understanding the strategic role of propaganda in the group’s campaign strategy...
Political concerns fuel Japanese business pessimism in China
The Japanese business community is increasingly pessimistic about the Japan–China relationship. For the past three years the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the...
Pine Gap ‘Spy base’ Alice Springs: What you never knew about top-secret facility
But unless you work at Pine Gap, or have spent decades researching what really goes on here, your knowledge about it is probably fairly limited. And forget taking a tour to learn more about it...
Australia's China choice?
Professor Hugh White speaks about Australia’s relationships with China and the US. Listen to the full interview, Australia’s China choice? on 2CC radio Canberra.
It's time for a new intelligence review
It has been five years since the release of the Independent Review of the Intelligence Community (or IRIC). Why do we need another review now? The IRIC endorsed the work the Australian Intelligence...
Seventeen years on, East Timor intervention remains a success
Australia’s involvement in the liberation of East Timor, a mission launched on September 20, 1999, was the most decisive demonstration of Australian influence in the region since World War II,...
Intelligence agencies face major review in new security era
The Turnbull government is set to embark on a major independent review of the nation’s intelligence agencies as Australia faces an unprecedented array of security challenges ranging from...
US Ambassador John Berry ‘complicated’ matters: experts
A public spat between China and the US about Beijing’s political influence in Australia indicates the deep concern about the shifting power balance in the region, experts say. Beijing responded to...
