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Australia’s View of the Evolving Quad

Australia’s View of the Evolving Quad

Canberra’s position – that Indo-Pacific stability depends not only on military deterrence, but also on the protection of trade flows, energy supplies, critical technologies, and economic sovereignty –...

May 28, 2026 5 min read
Ceasefires by other means

Ceasefires by other means

The week began with the ceasefire in Iran seeming more a negotiation over what the meaning of the war was in the first place, rather than a straightforward attempt at peace. It ended in a similarly su...

May 31, 2026 5 min read
Trump’s Abraham Accords push bedevils Iran peace try

Trump’s Abraham Accords push bedevils Iran peace try

President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to end the war with Iran has taken an unexpected turn. Instead of focusing only on a ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program...

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read
Somali piracy making a comeback on waves of Iran war

Somali piracy making a comeback on waves of Iran war

On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It was steered towards an anchorage near the port of Garacad in Puntland, a s...

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read
The Quad’s new agenda: ports, cables and minerals

The Quad’s new agenda: ports, cables and minerals

The most consequential Indo-Pacific development last week may not have been the speeches delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. More significant were the decisions announced days earlier a...

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read
When AI speaks in the name of God

When AI speaks in the name of God

I (Adam) am chatting with the “Apostle Stephen”, an online chatbot created by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, a church founded in Nigeria in the 1950s with a growing global following. He is, to ...

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read
America’s big chance to roll China out of the Solomons

America’s big chance to roll China out of the Solomons

Admiral Samuel Paparo commands USINDOPACOM, home to over 300,000 sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines in an area of operations extending from the US west coast to India. Paparo also has the clearest ...

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read
Markets are misreading Nvidia’s latest move

Markets are misreading Nvidia’s latest move

Investors have spent the last three years asking who will build artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia built the chips, Microsoft built the platforms, Amazon, Google and Meta built the infrastructure. I...

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read
When national security becomes market logic

When national security becomes market logic

In recent weeks, Japan halted South Korean equity firm MBK Partners’ acquisition of machine-tool manufacturer Makino Milling Machine on national security grounds. Around the same time, the Briti...

Jun 01, 2026 5 min read