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While the world is distracted, China is making its move
Jennifer Parker | 7 August 2026 *Originally published in The Australian on 7 August 2026 Image: Chinese Coast Guard Vessel provided by Philippine's Coast Guard (https://x.com/jaytaryela/status/2000797031938580553?s=20) The global pressures of 2026 have created no shortage of distractions. An increasingly interventionist US administration has added to flashpoints from the Middle East to Venezuela and Greenland, consuming the attention of the media, the public and Australia’s s
The Chinese warships Australians never got to debate
Jennifer Parker | 19 February 2026 *Originally published in the Lowy Institutes The Interpreter on 19 February 2026 The silence around a second Chinese naval deployment near Australia cost the public a chance to understand the risks. Image: A People’s Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate of the type that accompanied an amphibious ship (ADF/Defence Imagery) In parliamentary hearings earlier this month, Australia’s Chief of Defence Force confirmed for the first time tha
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...
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...
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...
If we panic about these Chinese ships, Xi wins the propaganda war
27 February | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 27 February 2025 Image: People’s Liberation Army-Navy...
China’s expedition shows Australia must become a maritime power
23 February 2025 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 23 February 2025 Image: Defence Images ...
China's Push for Closer Defence Ties Is Unrealistic Without Behaviour Change
30 November 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 30 November 2024 While the relationship...
Here are the facts about Australia’s nuclear submarine program
28 May | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 28 May 2024 It is not an alliance of mutual...
China’s grim pattern in South China Sea needs a collective response
May 10, 2024 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on Saturday 10 May A quiet tussle is going on...
Mid-East chaos must not distract us from China’s aggression in the South China Sea
April 17 | Jennifer Parker