The United States, its allies and the Iraqi Government will need to make some difficult decisions if they are to maintain hard won security gains in Iraq. In the wake of coordinated and deadly al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) attacks in and around Baghdad, Lydia Khalil explores the uncertain road ahead and considers the role Australia...

Carl Ungerer outlines the debate over US grand strategy occurring in Washington, where a common theme is that American grand strategy will increasingly need to rely on allies to share the burden of international security. Walter Russell Mead once described US grand strategy as America’s ‘project for the world’. And, at various times over the...

A report on burgeoning Chinese military power, the United States response and Australia's position. The Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) talks next week come at a time when Australia’s most important ally is reassessing its strategic policy and disposition of forces in the Asia-Pacific region. Australia’s security has long depended upon a robust US military...

This report details the foreign policy views of Republican Presidential candidates. As Washington focuses on the Republican race for persidential election in 2012, carl Ungerer looks at two themes surrounding the foreign and defence policy stances of the Republican candidates. The first theme is a growing isolationist sentiment among the leading candidates, some of whom...

In an address to the Global Forces 2011 Conference, Major General (Retd) Peter Abigail discusses questions to be considered for Australia's next Defence White Paper and the issues identified with the 2009 Defence White Paper. In his speech, Peter Abigail summarises key concepts of the 2009 Australian Defence White Paper and its reception overseas. In...