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AUKUS is our path to defence self-reliance

17 July | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 17 July 2025 Australia should not sign a blank...

AUKUS: Building confidence in Australia’s submarine pathway

14 July 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in Lowy's Interpreter on 14 July 2025 Image: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for...

NATO’s 5% of GDP defence target ramps up pressure on Australia to spend vastly more

27 June 25 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Conversation on 27 June 2025. Image: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the Hon Richard Marles MP, meets with Minister of National Defence of Canada David McGuinty at the 2025 NATO Leaders’ Summit. (Defence Images) After lobbying by US President Donald Trump, NATO leaders have promised to boost annual defence spending to 5% of their countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. A NATO statement releas

Would Iran Blockade the Strait of Hormuz?

25 June 25 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 24 June 2025 Image: Strait of Hormuz. Google Maps In...

US strikes on Iran warn adversaries, re-establish deterrence

22 June 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian 22 June 2025 Image: US State Department. US press conference...

Trump’s AUKUS review is routine, not a harbinger of collapse

13 June 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 12 June 2025 Image: Deputy Prime Minister and...

Australia must not become complacent to China’s aggression in the South China Sea

28 May 25 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Conversation on 28 May Image: China China Coast Guard vessel water canons...

To strengthen defence, Canberra and London must turn good will into actual capability

8 May 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in Leading Britain's Conversation on 8 May 2025 Image: Defence Minister Richard Marles...

Why AUKUS remains the right strategy for the future defence of Australia

24 April 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Conversation Image: United States Navy Virginia-class submarine USS...

Fewer ‘rat catchers’ risk Defence paralysis

22 April 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 22 April 2025 as part of their election...

China’s “spy ship” that wasn’t off the coast of Australia

17 April 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Lowy Institute's The Interpreter on 17 April 2025 Image: Starboard Maritime...

Yes, women do belong in frontline combat roles

15 April 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian on 15 April 2025 Image: Image of RAAF Corporal Samantha Mead...

Australia’s plan for acquiring nuclear-submarines is on track

2 April 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 2 April 2025 Rather than repeatedly...

Defence spending – A question of capability

24 March 2025 | Jennifer Parker Image: Royal Australian Navy Minehunter Coastal HMAS Diamantina anchors in the Derwent River in support of the 186th Royal Hobart Regatta. (Defence Images) The Australian government has said, and frequently reiterated that we are facing our most ‘ complex and challenging strategic environment since World War II—diplomatic language for a region where conflict is increasingly likely, though not inevitable. That means Australia could soon need th