Andrew Carr

Andrew Carr
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Andrew Carr is an Associate Professor at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. 

He is an award-winning teacher and scholar of strategy and Australian defence policy. A/Prof Carr has published in outlets such as Survival, Parameters, Journal of Strategic Studies, Australian Foreign Affairs, International Theory, The Washington Quarterly, and Comparative Strategy. He is currently part of the ANU-Department of Defence project writing a history of Australia’s Defence White Papers from 1976-2020. His next book Defending Terra Australis: Paradoxes of Strategy and Geography will be published by Cambridge University Press.

Beyond White Papers: How Australia should rethink strategic planning
Beyond White Papers: How Australia should rethink strategic planning
Busy ministers don’t need more framework documents; they need a playbook for winning the competitions that matter.
Net assessments for Australia
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Net assessments for Australia
Evaluation and diagnosis are key to helping Australia tackle its core security challenges.
Free DFAT from “national interests” so that it can solve problems
Free DFAT from “national interests” so that it can solve problems
Discussion of foreign policy always begins by identifying interests, but that’s less helpful than you might think
Should war require parliamentary approval?
Should war require parliamentary approval?
So long as bipartisanship on foreign and defence policy overrules argument and debate, any effort to give parliament a say on war will be pointless.
The liberal order is not America’s to break
The liberal order is not America’s to break
By overstating the importance of American involvement in the past, we over-emphasise the risks of American absence tomorrow.
Time to harness the motivating force of fear
Time to harness the motivating force of fear
As the clouds loom and the storm brews, we still have time to think afresh.
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