China’s unprecedented naval drills in the Tasman Sea signal a bold shift in its military strategy. Timed with US Indo-Pacific Commander Samuel J. Paparo’s visit to Canberra, this move tests regional ...

Listen to ABC News interviews and commentary and analysis from radio programs like AM, PM and The World Today.

New Zealand and Vietnam have upgraded their relationship to include closer defense ties. That's as New Zealand's foreign minister goes to Beijing to raise concerns about China's recent live-fire naval ...

China's ambassador insists no apology is needed after live-fire exercises disrupted dozens of commercial flights and says the ...

Prime Minister Mark Brown says "in due course, we may be informed more about these naval exercises that these countries ...

Beijing has signalled a remarkable shift in approach towards Canberra, one that appears aimed at bolstering Labor's prospects ...

China exposes fundamental flaw in Australia’s defence. With their navy in the Tasman, AUKUS is sapping funds from ...

Has Australia decided to deepen its reliance on the US just as it abandons its friends to embrace isolationism?

OPINION: Beijing wants free rein to colonise the South Pacific.

Analysts say China is testing the US and its regional allies’ responses to military threats as Trump administration focuses ...

Sky News host Caleb Bond discusses the lack of “notice” China gave Australia ahead of their live fire testing in the Tasman ...

The flotilla of Chinese naval ships that conducted live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea has moved further away from New Zealand, entering the Great Australia ...