Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

Full spectrum defence: Re-thinking the fundamentals of Australian defence strategy
Analyses
Full spectrum defence: Re-thinking the fundamentals of Australian defence strategy
In this Analysis, Alan Dupont argues that successive Australian governments have failed to define an effective national defence strategy. Australia needs a defence strategy that…
Applying the right lessons to Iraq
The Australian Government's announcement that 300 additional troops will be sent to Iraq to help train the Iraqi Army has brought forth the usual public commentators, myself…
Who or what is a 'leading military planner'?
During my Army career I was a military planner. I worked on lots of plans. Most were never executed, but others were. Some were standing plans that were annually revised, while…
Treat terrorism like crime, not war
Earlier this week Anthony Bubalo suggested that a debate is needed about how to properly counter terrorism in liberal democracies, and more specifically how to achieve the proper…
Australia and UN peacekeeping: Time for a reset
The UN is the go-to organisation for virtually every forgotten international crisis. While the West has struggled on in Afghanistan and Iraq, the UN and its peacekeeping missions…
Australian recognised by UN's chemical weapons watchdog
A scientist and WMD expert with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Dr Robert (Bob) Mathews, has been honoured by the Organisation for the Prohibition of…
Sydney crisis a test of spirit
Commentary
Sydney crisis a test of spirit
Sydney crisis a test of spiritRory MedcalfAustralian Financial Review17 December 2014Please click here for the online text.Rory Medcalf
Russia is back in the Pacific
The Russian Navy is getting closer to Australia than we're used to, and beyond the bluster of 'shirtfronting' we don't seem to have a coherent policy response to a more active…
Defence challenges 2035: Securing Australia's lifelines
By Rory Medcalf, Director of the Lowy Institute's International Security Program and James Brown, Military Fellow Debates on Australia's defence policy have long oscillated…
Malcolm Fraser's Asia Delusion
Journal Articles
Malcolm Fraser's Asia Delusion
Malcolm Fraser's Asia Delusion Rory Medcalf Australian Journal of International Affairs 20 October 2014Rory Medcalf