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  • 26 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security

    The building blocks for security partnership in the Indo-Pacific

    Michael MacArthur Bosack
    There are five basic requirements for successful military-to-military cooperation. Australia is already ahead of the game.
  • 24 Feb 2025
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • China-Australia Relations

    How should Australia respond to Chinese warships’ live fire?

    Sam Roggeveen
    Provocations such as the PLA’s weapons drills are the moments when Australia must channel its unique geographical power.
  • 19 Feb 2025
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Defence & Security
    • Intelligence and security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Political lessons for Australia from the war in Ukraine

    Mick Ryan
    The concept of sovereign resilience must be implemented from the top of our nation’s political leadership.
  • 9 Dec 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Diplomacy
    • Climate change

    Australia is out to lunch on disaster diplomacy

    Fleur Johns
    Despite multiple strategies, frameworks and partnerships, Canberra still lags on regional disaster relief.
  • 8 Oct 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Europe

    Does Finland’s "total defence" doctrine hold lessons for Australia?

    Grant Wyeth
    Liberal democracy doesn’t defend itself. The Finns know a thing or two about protecting it.
  • 23 Apr 2024
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security

    As warfare changes, so does Australian strategy

    Mick Ryan
    The National Defence Strategy is not as new as the government claims, but comes with welcome capability investments.
  • 15 Mar 2024
    • Australia
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia's Army
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Pacific Islands
    • China and the Pacific
    • Fiji
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Vanuatu

    A “climate defence force” for the Pacific

    Thomas Lonergan
    By harnessing human, environmental and resource security, Canberra can counter Beijing’s coercive tactics in the region.
  • 23 Feb 2024
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Development Assistance
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Defence & Security

    Economic diplomacy: Strategic funding comes in from the cold

    Greg Earl
    A new review may cast a revealing light on how the government uses third-party institutions to shape the country’s strategic thinking.
  • 29 Jan 2024
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Maritime Security
    • Review

    Why big projects fail: Climate change and AUKUS submarines

    Stephen Grenville
    Construction lessons – from the Empire State to the Sydney Opera House – can inform Australia’s most pressing problems.
  • 28 Sep 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Review

    AUKUS: A debate after the fact is still worth having

    Georgina Downer
    Can Australia’s statecraft and alliances offer alternative security options in the Indo-Pacific?
  • 14 Sep 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy

    ASEAN maritime security and what next week’s navy exercises mean

    Tom Barber
    Australia’s experience and reputation can support Southeast Asia’s aim of multipolarity. And it doesn’t need to be flashy.
  • 5 Sep 2023
    • Australia in the World
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Technology

    Danger Will Robinson: Warfighting robots fast approaching

    Peter Layton
    A swarm of angry Australian-made cardboard attack drones sets the scene for all future conflicts.
  • 1 Sep 2023
    • Philippines
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australian Defence Force

    The Philippines and Australia: A new golden era of strategic relations?

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    Canberra’s defence ties with Manila have gone from strength to strength. Now it’s time to step up economic linkages.
  • 25 Aug 2023
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    The social licence for AUKUS has not yet been earned

    Peter K. Lee , Alice Nason , Sophie Mayo
    Convincing Australians that nuclear-powered subs are needed, and worth the $368 billion price tag, is a hard sell.
  • 4 May 2023
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands

    The case for opening the ADF to citizens of Pacific Islands nations

    David Van
    The potential benefits in a contested region extend far beyond a military need.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • China
    • China's Military
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Defence & Security

    Australia, China, AUKUS and the squandered advantage

    Sam Roggeveen
    Canberra appears to have overlooked the tyranny of distance as its chief asset in regional military deterrence.
  • 2 Mar 2023
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • United Kingdom
    • United States

    AUKUS and intellectual property

    Naoise McDonagh , Sascha-Dominik Dov Bachmann
    In an era of economic entanglement, IP theft has the potential to threaten democracy. Governments need to be vigilant.
  • 24 Feb 2023
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Australia–New Zealand
    • China-Australia Relations
    • New Zealand

    The Australia-New Zealand alliance in a war with China

    Robert Ayson
    The potential for conflict in the region should have Canberra and Wellington thinking about shared strategic risks.
  • 31 Jan 2023
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security

    Australia’s return to must-win wars

    Peter Layton
    The future is not the past. Australia needs to reset its strategic thinking and plan to win the wars it fights.
  • 30 Nov 2022
    • India
    • Australia
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Maritime Security

    Australia–India: “Hands Across the Water”

    Justin Burke
    Naval port visits send important signals and contribute to the thriving bilateral relationship.
  • 28 Sep 2022
    • China's Military
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security

    Buying the wrong submarine

    Peter Layton
    Being able to sink ships doesn’t end a war. Australia should consider ballistic nuclear missile subs as an alternative.
  • 17 Mar 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Defence’s bullet for disaster isn’t silver, it’s brass

    Miranda Booth
    Rushing in with troops in emergency response could make matters worse at home and muddle efforts to engage the region.
  • 28 Sep 2021
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy
    • Australia's Defence Challenges

    AUKUS and the nuclear non-proliferation regime

    Cathy Moloney
    Australia’s new trilateral agreement and its hard-won nuclear grand bargain. 
  • 20 Sep 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia
    • Technology
    • International law

    The law when putting autonomous military platforms on a shopping list

    Eve Massingham
    The fear of rogue killer robots looms large but legal questions go well beyond the pointy end.
  • 20 Sep 2021
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Navy

    Australia’s wartime seaborne trade: insights from before

    Peter Layton
    The cargo, not the ships, should guide Australia’s responses to potential threats against seaborne trade and supply.
  • 30 Aug 2021
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China's Military
    • Australia's Defence Challenges

    Sharpening deterrence

    Ben Scott
    The language around the who, what and how of Australia’s defence strategy needs an overhaul.
  • 27 Aug 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Maritime Security
    • China's Military
    • Australian Navy

    Australia’s seaborne trade: Essential but undefendable

    Hugh White
    Recognising the limits to Australia’s military potential.
  • 25 Aug 2021
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia

    The new citizen soldier

    Cate Carter
    Recent events have seen a modern Australian military member emerging – vocal, humanitarian and politically active.
  • 4 Aug 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Preparing Australia to respond to disasters – at home and abroad

    Peter Layton
    The military should be restructured with a dedicated element to better tackle relief operations full-time.
  • 1 Mar 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia
    • International law

    How far would Australia go in defence of the rules-based order?

    Sam Roggeveen
    The way the defence force is structured and the weapons deployed sends a message beyond the words.
  • 7 Dec 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Afghanistan War
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia

    The Afghan inquiry and the question of responsibility

    Rodger Shanahan
    Agitating for a big scalp only distracts from reflecting on what the Brereton report actually uncovered.
  • 20 Nov 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Afghanistan War
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Afghanistan
    • Australia

    Australia’s mission in Afghanistan – what was it again?

    Daniel Flitton
    Nothing can reduce the responsibility of individuals. But the political context for a “forever war” is relevant, too.
  • 20 Jul 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia

    Hidden gems in the 2020 Force Structure Plan

    Victor Abramowicz
    Defence’s $270 billion shopping list has some surprising inclusions.
  • 14 Jul 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia

    A high-risk, low-reward defence posture

    Victor Abramowicz
    What exactly does Australia showing “willingness” to use force look like? And where does it lead?
  • 20 Feb 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force

    Being one of the boys in the military

    Cate Carter
    Advancement in women’s participation in the armed forces is oversimplifying the way we see diversity.
  • 13 Jan 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Technology

    Australia’s new strategic geography

    Mark O'Neill
    The “sea-air gap” has collapsed amid the proliferation of technologies that are agnostic about distance and domain.
  • 25 Nov 2019
    • Australian Defence Force

    Australian civil-military relations: Who guards the guardians?

    Cate Carter
    Debate about responsibility to support serving and former soldiers shows some feel abandoned as cultural norms shift.
  • 11 Nov 2019
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australian Air Force

    Australia’s F-35s: Lessons from a problematic purchase

    Peter Layton
    The rush nearly 20 years ago to buy the fighter of the future exposed fundamental shortcomings in defence acquisitions.
  • 20 Sep 2019
    • Australian Defence Force
    • United Nations
    • Timor-Leste

    INTERFET and the defence of Australia

    Luke Gosling
    The 1999 mission shaped not only Timor-Leste’s recent history, but also Australia’s post–Cold War trajectory.
  • 4 Sep 2019
    • Australian Defence Force

    You can’t always get what you want, but you can get what you need

    Victor Abramowicz
    If Australia must spend more on the military, there is no point buying a Ferrari when a Toyota will do.
  • 27 Mar 2019
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force

    Mobilising Defence in the “fourth industrial revolution”

    Peter Layton
    Information technology advances could revolutionise supply chains and logistics – if the ADF can seize the chance.
  • 9 Nov 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • US Navy
    • Australian Defence Force
    • India's Navy
    • India-Australia Relations
    • South China Sea
    • India
    • Japan

    A reborn quadrilateral to deter China

    John Hemmings
    Organising a loose strategic coalition might upset Beijing, but that's no reason not to forge ahead.
  • 30 Oct 2017
    • Australian Defence Force

    Time to fast-forward the Future Submarine

    Euan Graham
    Australia can't afford to wait until 2032 for the first of its new submarines to enter the water.
  • 4 Oct 2017
    • Australian Defence Force

    Ballistic missile defence: New options for Australia

    John Blaxland
    It is said ballistic missile defence cannot cover the vast Australian landmass. But technology has advanced rapidly.
  • 30 Aug 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force

    Observing Crocodile Strike

    Euan Graham
    The USMC and ADF operate well together, though they have their own distinct traditions and cultures that require some working through.
  • 24 Aug 2017
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia

    Should war require parliamentary approval?

    Andrew Carr
    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.
  • 3 Aug 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • New Zealand

    Australia, US and NZ military co-operation augurs well

    Greg Colton
    For the first time, the combined amphibious force was comprised of ships from the US, Australia and New Zealand.
  • 25 Jul 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Talisman Sabre 17: The realisation of defence strategy

    Greg Colton
    For the first time in more than 30 years, Australia has a military strategy that is beginning to truly align ends, ways and means.
  • 11 Jul 2017
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Defence & Security

    Missile defence for Australia? Expensive and probably not wise

    The North Korean ballistic missile threat is both more intractable, but also less dramatic, than calls for an Australian national missile defence suggest.
  • 5 Jun 2017
    • Australian Defence Force
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • The Trump Presidency

    AUSMIN: Regional issues deserve top billing

    Dougal Robinson
    The key question is whether Australian overtures to Tillerson and Mattis will inform President Trump’s decision making.
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