Mark O'Neill
Biography
Publications
Dr Mark O’Neill works at Synergy Group Australia and has over four decades experience in defence and national security. In 2006 Mark was the first Chief of Army Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales.

Breaking Houthi resolve: Why Trump’s strikes won’t work any better than Biden’s
The “whack-a-mole” approach to Houthi attacks in the Red Sea needs a rethink – upstream, rather than down.

Australia’s new strategic geography
The “sea-air gap” has collapsed amid the proliferation of technologies that are agnostic about distance and domain.

Lowy Institute Papers
Confronting the hydra: Big problems with small wars
As a democratic middle power that chooses to wage counterinsurgency conflicts, Australia needs improved strategic policy approaches and capabilities to overcome a complex and many…