The arrival of two F-35 Joint Strike Fighters this week marks the first time Australia's own fifth-generation fighter aircraft have flown over Australian skies.
A successful UBI program in a Kenyan village will not provide insights relevant to the challenge posed by fast-changing technology in advanced economies.
Euan Graham spoke with David Skalicky, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force who is currently operating the F-22 out of RAAF Base Tindal.
Colombo recognises that great power-small power relations are, in some ways, returning to the situation during the Cold War when small states could always turn to the other bloc.
Links on the growing collection of international actors using and manipulating cyberspace to fulfil international ambitions and shape global developments.
It is possible to sketch what’s happening in Asia and what it means for Australia in terms which are not as scary politically or diplomatically as our ministers seem to assume. Here is a modest drafting suggestion.
Alliance critics need to offer realistic alternatives; alliance advocates need a realistic plan for helping the alliance adjust to difficult times ahead.
Perhaps the most important task is to get a sense of who will prevail in the contest for foreign and defence policy influence in the Trump administration.
Managing the tension between the interests of our major strategic partner - the US - and our primary economic partner - China - has to be at the very heart of Australian foreign policy.