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  • 18 Mar 2022
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    Australian defence: what the 1930s foretells for the present

    James Cotton
    A new volume on the country’s interwar foreign policy decisions takes us back to the future.
  • 15 Feb 2022
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia makes a big defence statement

    Sam Roggeveen
    Canberra should look beyond the Quad and to its own backyard for an all-weather strategic friend.
  • 8 Feb 2022
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Australia-United States Relations

    Getting ready for Trump as President 47

    Ben Scott
    In order to adjust to an unpredictable United States, Canberra needs new habits.
  • 13 Dec 2021
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    History in the making: AUKUS, allyship and the 1957 Defence Review

    Honae Cuffe
    Menzies era rationalism offers insight into Australia’s pragmatic approach to security partnerships.
  • 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.
  • 31 Jul 2017
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australia and Climate Change

    Climate change will place new pressures on LHD vessels

    Nic Maclellan
    If the ADF deploys for more humanitarian operations in the Pacific, its budget, equipment and personnel will be stressed.
  • 25 Jul 2017
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    National security changes – Australian style

    Clive Williams
    The most effective way for the DG ONI to influence agencies and their parent departments would be to have some control over the National Intelligence Community budget.
  • 24 Jul 2017
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    From ONA to ONI: Getting closer to the original plan

    Geoff Miller
    Both of those functions were envisaged in the legislation establishing ONA, enacted 40 years ago in 1977, after the seminal report by Justice Hope into the AIC.
  • 24 Jul 2017
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    The Australian Intelligence tradition

    Allan Gyngell
    Critically in Canberra power terms, the Director General ONI’s capacity to wrangle the other larger agencies like ASD and ASIS would be boosted.
  • 21 Jul 2017
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    Australian intelligence reforms: ‘Ain’t broke’ can still be improved

    David Irvine
    <p>The ultimate issue will not be the politics of allocation of agencies to a new portfolio, but the increased effectiveness of the Australian Intelligence Community through the early implementation of these reforms.</p>
  • 18 Jul 2017
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    Politics and policy meet in new Home Affairs Department

    Geoff Kitney
    The Dutton appointment has given an element of domestic political intrigue to the Prime Minister’s announcement.
  • 9 May 2017
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    The Australian budget and counterterrorism

    Clive Williams
    One of the significant growth areas in the Commonwealth sector over the years since 9/11 has been the disproportionate increase in the number of highly-paid senior managers.
  • 3 Apr 2017
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    Three ways to improve Australia's intelligence capability

    Arzan Tarapore
    Intelligence organisations cannot assume their job is done once a report is delivered but should instead seek to add value through expertise, focus, and access.
  • 15 Nov 2016
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    Australia's intelligence review: Time to ask the big questions

    Matt Rainbow
    Does the AIC provide a sufficiently independent source of intelligence, or are we still largely reliant on our allies?
  • 4 Mar 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    It's time we talked about war with China

    Hugh White
  • 1 Mar 2016
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    Anti-submarine warfare biggest winner in Defence White Paper

    Brendan Thomas-Noone
  • 10 Dec 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security

    Australia needs calibrated deterrence against cyber attacks

    Ben FitzGerald
  • 7 Dec 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security

    China's puzzling defence agreement with Australia

    Euan Graham
  • 23 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism

    The island fortress: How Australia's geography influences the likelihood of Paris-like attacks

    David Wells
  • 12 Nov 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China and the Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea

    Sam Bateman
  • 28 Oct 2015
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security

    The economics of submarines: Our debate is narrow and siloed

    Alastair Cooper
  • 20 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Waging war in peacetime: Cyber attacks and international norms

    Fergus Hanson
  • 6 Oct 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Opportunity cost in Australia's future submarine decision

    Stephen Grenville
  • 21 Sep 2015
    • Global Economy
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Australia's Future Submarine Project: The urgent need for economic scrutiny

    Stephen Grenville
  • 18 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Open-source intelligence links: Soldiers on Instagram, Russian submarines, Chinese drones, Syria and more

    Danielle Cave
  • 11 Sep 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Sustainability
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy
    • Nuclear energy

    Australia-India nuclear deal: Parliamentary treaties committee recommends tough conditions

    John Tilemann
  • 10 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy

    Syria: It's what isn't being said that's of interest

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 10 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    The US needs to take the fight in Syria more seriously and Australian involvement will help

    Jim Molan
  • 9 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • E-diplomacy

    To effectively counter ISIS online, we need a narrative

    John Gooding
  • 4 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism

    The Australian Government needs to go back to basics on ISIS and radicalisation

    Hussain Nadim
  • 3 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Asia and the Middle East

    Reflections on the 2015 Lowy Lecture: Greater Asia

    Euan Graham
  • 1 Sep 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    The Syrian conflict is a civil war, and R2P won't help

    Crispin Rovere
  • 31 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Will the RAAF be assisting the Syrian Army?

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 19 Aug 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism

    While the West panics about ISIS, the Middle East is fracturing

    Lydia Khalil
  • 29 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats

    Turkey-ISIS: Safe zones open up new problems

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 22 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats

    Is the war on ISIS coming home to Turkey?

    Lauren Williams
  • 20 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Talisman Sabre 2015: Bigger and more amphibious

    Euan Graham
  • 16 Jul 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Stripping citizenship: Information gaps and unforeseen consequences

    David Wells
  • 26 Jun 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Migration

    Who are you calling radical, radical?

    Lauren Williams
  • 1 May 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australia and Asia
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    New Defence Guidelines re-brand US-Japan alliance

    Euan Graham
  • 20 Apr 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Cyber Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Digital Disruption
    • E-diplomacy

    Countering ISIS online

    Fergus Hanson
  • 15 Apr 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Will space and cyber operations affect ADF force structure?

    Derek Woolner
  • 18 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Australia and Asia
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Do we need 'full-spectrum defence'?

    Hugh White
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Maritime Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Cyber Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Quick comment: Rory Medcalf on Australia's security challenges

    John Gooding
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy

    Australia needs to start thinking globally about national security

    Peter Layton
  • 9 Mar 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Syria
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Australian Perspective
    • Arab Uprisings
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy

    Applying the right lessons to Iraq

    Jim Molan
  • 2 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Defence Intelligence and Security

    Who or what is a 'leading military planner'?

    Rodger Shanahan
  • 30 Jan 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Terrorism
    • Asia Pacific Security

    Treat terrorism like crime, not war

    Paul G Buchanan
  • 22 Jan 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Australian Perspective
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • United Nations
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy

    Australia and UN peacekeeping: Time for a reset

    Peter Nadin
  • 23 Dec 2014
    • Defence & Security
    • Diplomacy
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Emerging Threats
    • Australian Perspective
    • Australian Diplomacy
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Foreign Policy

    Australian recognised by UN's chemical weapons watchdog

    John Tilemann
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