Elbridge Colby’s recent decision to formally request how—and when—Australia and Japan would respond to any outbreak of hostilities in the Indo-Pacific between the United States and China was prudent.

While committed to the US alliance, he has helped to stabilise Australia's ties with China. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In view of rising tensions between the US and China and the latter’s unprecedented military build-up, Xi Jinping’s willingness to push China’s relationship with Australia “further” and urging Anthony ...

Public pledges from the Asia-Pacific allies unlikely, observers say, with efforts to pressure them seen as signs of ‘weakening’ confidence.

Shadow Defence Minister Angus Taylor is calling on the government to "make principled commitments to the security of Taiwan" ...

Japan said Tuesday that China’s intensifying military activities could “seriously impact” its security, citing the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese military aircraft into its airspace in an ...

Malcolm Turnbull held substantial conversations with Elbridge Colby about the AUKUS agreement – including its defects and challenges – before the Pentagon policy chief was charged with leading a vital ...

The president should recognize those who are truest to his purported nationalist worldview.

Japan said Tuesday that China's intensifying military activities could 'seriously impact' its security, citing the first ...

US' policy of ambiguity towards Taiwan may have worked so far, but with the world order shifting and China sending ominous ...

The Trump administration is insisting on guarantees from Australia, as well as Japan, of involvement in any, potentially ...

The comments follow bombshell revelations Australian defence officials had been asked by the US to commit to a course of ...