Public pledges from the Asia-Pacific allies unlikely, observers say, with efforts to pressure them seen as signs of 'weakening' confidence The United States is unlikely to secure public pledges from ...

Japan and Australia have been asked by Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby to detail their commitments in the case of a U.S.

The prime minister of Australia, a longtime US security partner in Asia, sought to focus his trip to China this week on ...

The Trump administration says it is trying to prevent a war, but it is raising eyebrows by calling for commitments from Australia and Japan.

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

Colby has concluded Australia is not properly financing AUKUS because it lacks a defence budget that meets the submarine ...

After this masthead confirmed the Pentagon wants the question answered, the Prime Minister reiterated the submarine pact was ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, speaking in Shanghai at the start of a six-day visit to China that is likely to ...

The Albanese government is facing a push by the United States for a ‘broad ranging and open ended’ commitment to defend ...

Anthony Albanese has been asked point blank what Australia would do if the US and China “went to war over Taiwan”.

Taiwan is wary of increasing pressure from Beijing and this year it has beefed up its defence drills and is training citizens ...

STORY: Australia will not commit troops in advance to any conflict, the country's defence industry minister said on ...