Visceral dislike of Donald Trump by his many detractors has spawned an outbreak of alarmism that threatens to erode nearly seventy years of bipartisanship on Australian foreign policy. Green’s leader, Richard Di Natale, is the latest politician to question the value of close security ties with the US, Read more
International security expert Alan Dupont speaks with Stan Grant on ABC’s 7.30 about Russia’s relationship with the US. Read more
Since Donald Trump’s remarkable US election triumph, several influential members of Australia’s foreign policy community have argued his victory ought to be the catalyst for a rethink of the US alliance and our broader foreign policy settings. Read more
Geraldine Doogue interviews Alan Dupont on Radio National about Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and changing foreign policy. Read more
The battle for Aleppo is over. The Assad regime and its Russian, Iranian and Shia paramilitary allies have achieved victory.
The process of evacuation of civilians and rebels is yet to be completed. Syrian oppositionists are alleging that pro-regime militias are committing atrocities in the conquered areas. Read more
The instability that has swept over the Middle East over the past half-decade has its winners and its losers. For the most part, the much-beleaguered Kurds are to be numbered in the former camp. In Syria, the long-silent Kurdish minority now finds itself allied with U.S. air power and special forces, and controlling a large, de facto autonomous area in the country’s north. Read more
Two incidents this week showcase the complexity of the challenges facing Israel on its northern front.
In the first, an air strike killed four members of the Islamic State-affiliated Khalid Ibn al-Walid Brigade after a patrol of the Golani reconnaissance unit in the southern Golan Heights was targeted by the organization. Israeli aircraft then targeted a facility used by the group in the Wadi Sirhan area. Read more
The challenges and opportunities presented by China’s rise are hotly contested. To help make sense of the issue, the ChinaPower Conference will feature a series of debates between leading experts on the nature of Chinese power. Read more
Alan gave the keynote presentation at the 2016 Master Class for the finalists of the Australian Export Awards, held on Thursday 24th November in Brisbane at the Rydges Hotel, Fortitude Valley. Read more
As the Trump juggernaut rolled across the US on election day, turning the political map red, anxious foreign leaders began to contemplate a new world order of a kind few had envisaged.
Could it be that Donald Trump, the quintessential change agent, would administer the last rites to Pax Americana, the US-led rules-based Western order that had prevailed since 1945, thereby achieving what China, Russia and legions of anti-American jihadists had failed to bring about? Read more