Australia’s Defence Spend to Jump $53B as Global Norms Erode

Beyond the Budget: How Australia’s National Defence Strategy is Pivoting to the Age of Attrition A staggering $53 billion. That is the scale of the capital injection currently being poured into the Australian military apparatus, but to view this simply as a budget increase is to miss the forest for the trees. We are witnessing … Read more

Japan Boosts Defence Spending as China Tensions Rise

A staggering $785 billion. That’s the size of Japan’s newly approved budget, a figure that isn’t just a national record, but a potent signal of escalating geopolitical tensions and a fundamental reassessment of Japan’s role on the world stage. While social spending also sees an increase, it’s the unprecedented investment in defense – fueled by … Read more