This Month
Albanese condemns antisemitism amid protests outside Lowy event
The prime minister reiterated his firm opposition to antisemitism in a speech to the Lowy Institute on Tuesday night, as Pro-Palestine demonstrators rallied outside.
- Jacob Greber and Emma Connors
‘Our region is first priority’: still no answer on ships to Red Sea
The longer the delay, the more likely the answer to a US request for navy assistance in the Red Sea will be “thanks, but no thanks”, a top defence analyst says.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
September
- Opinion
- Opinion
Japan now has to deal with ASEAN on a more equal footing
The time is right for ASEAN and Japan to forge a new partnership based on security co-operation, sustainable economic development and closer mutual understanding.
- Mie Oba
August
Why two historic rivals are teaming up to counter China
Leaders of the US, South Korea and Japan are set to meet, as the White House believes a seismic shift is underway to counter China’s influence in the region.
- Trevor Hunnicutt, Hyonhee Shin and Sakura Murakami
July
- Opinion
- The AFR View
AUSMIN gives US forces a bigger nod
Australia is now being asked to pull more of its weight in the alliance and be integrated into US war planning for a possible conflict with China.
- The AFR View
Vietnam bans Barbie movie in China territory row
Vietnam’s government has made a string of similar moves in recent years over territorial claims in the South China Sea.
- Nicola Smith
June
- Exclusive
- China relations
Taiwan does not fear Trump return to White House: foreign minister
Taiwan’s foreign minister Joseph Wu says he does not fear any security implications from a potential return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2024.
- Gus McCubbing
May
Australia to join Pacific security talks, without Biden
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been dispatched to talks between Pacific Island leaders and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week.
- Tom McIlroy
March
- Opinion
- AUKUS
Morrison’s legacy will turn Australia into a significant power
Instead of being loyally dependent on ‘great and powerful friends’, Australia will now share more of the burden of maintaining the balance of the power in the Indo-Pacific.
- Alexander Downer
February
‘No new cold war’: Biden seeks end to spy balloon saga
Joe Biden said he would speak with China’s president Xi Jinping after the balloons shot down over the United States raised tensions between the two countries.
- Steve Holland and Jeff Mason
US says three downed mystery objects have no China link
The US judgement may ease tensions between the two superpowers.
- Jordan Fabian, Courtney McBride and Laura Litvan
US shoots down unprecedented four objects in eight days
The US is on “heightened alert” after a spy balloon from China was discovered, but little is known about the latest targets.
- Colleen Long, Lolita Baldor and Zeke Miller
US shoots down new UFO flying over North America
The incident is the second in as many days and follows the destruction of a Chinese ‘spy balloon’ off the US east coast last week.
- Updated
- Helene Cooper
US fighter jet shoots down object over Alaska
The object, deemed a potential threat to civilian aircraft, went down over the Arctic Ocean near the north-east border of Alaska and Canada.
- Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes and Edward Wong
China sends spy balloons worldwide, US warns
US intelligence agencies have assessed that China’s spy balloon program is part of a global surveillance effort designed to collect information on military sites around the world.
- Updated
- Julian E. Barnes, Edward Wong and Helene Cooper
China spy balloon ‘may have carried explosives’
US experts are still assessing the debris from the balloon, which landed in an area about 3 square kilometres in size off the coast of South Carolina.
- Jennifer Jacobs and Iain Marlow
- Opinion
- Opinion
How a spy balloon popped thawing US-China ties
Relations between Washington and Beijing remain trapped in a downward spiral.
- Gideon Rachman
Navy scours for China balloon as US weighs retaliation
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said the US military was able to collect “valuable” intelligence by studying the balloon.
- Daniel Flatley, Jenny Leonard and Iain Marlow
- Analysis
- Inside China
China’s anger over downed balloon shows Xi’s challenges
Beijing said it would reserve “the right to use the necessary means to deal with similar situations”.
- Sheryl Tian Tong Lee
China condemns US for shooting down spy balloon
US officials are searching for wreckage from the balloon that flew over North America for a week, after a fighter jet shot it down with a Sidewinder missile.
- Christian Hall, Jenny Leonard and Riley Griffin
